Conference Teachings
My last blog went off on a little tangent, but now I wanted to talk about the conference-These are not my own comments-think about some of these things:
"Self discipline is a better indicator of ability than IQ"-how a kid sustains thought and takes information over a period of time is what counts.
Giving a test every unit is not teaching-think about it-how long does a kid retain that information? Not long-how are you engaging kids to sustain thought? School shouldn't be about, "Guess what the teacher already knows."
We are passing up kids because we have not enlisted kids' energy in learning-we keep going by them. We want kids to buy into the system of learning. We underestiamte what kids can do.
Why can't you give up content to focus on teaching kids how to think about content?
If I do not express care or interest in students, EVERY student, they will not learn from me.
We need to model every skill we want kids to learn-we need to be writing with our kids, showing them our own thoughts, giving them Background knowledge, setting purpose-
We the teachers are the chief interrupters that takes students away from that long-term thinking that they may be forming.
"Self discipline is a better indicator of ability than IQ"-how a kid sustains thought and takes information over a period of time is what counts.
Giving a test every unit is not teaching-think about it-how long does a kid retain that information? Not long-how are you engaging kids to sustain thought? School shouldn't be about, "Guess what the teacher already knows."
We are passing up kids because we have not enlisted kids' energy in learning-we keep going by them. We want kids to buy into the system of learning. We underestiamte what kids can do.
Why can't you give up content to focus on teaching kids how to think about content?
If I do not express care or interest in students, EVERY student, they will not learn from me.
We need to model every skill we want kids to learn-we need to be writing with our kids, showing them our own thoughts, giving them Background knowledge, setting purpose-
We the teachers are the chief interrupters that takes students away from that long-term thinking that they may be forming.
posted by Jessie C. at 12:01 PM
1 Comments:
These are some thought provoking quotes. I, of course, especially like "We need to model every skill we want kids to learn - we need to be writing with our kids, showing them our own thoughts, . . ."
Hmm, sounds to me like teachers should be doing some blogging - both reflective and otherwise - and sharing that with colleagues and students. Gee, why didn't I think of that?
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