The thought of "less telling and teacher talk" and "more active and engaged learning" is an idea that was mentioned on page 18 as part of The Singapore Ministry of Education. Student's should be doing more hands-on learning rather than sitting there and listening to teacher's talk. Project-based learning is still new for a lot of teachers, which gives them the opportunity to learn with the students. It's important that teacher's make sure they get comfortable with this type of approach and are able to adapt to change. There were many things mentioned in the book on what teacher's should be thinking about/doing as they make the transition. This includes personal learning goals, the way you engage with students, your classroom management style, the physical arrangement of your class, how you think about assessment, how you think about community resources, what you collect and how you communicate with parents. Although it seems like a lot of reevaluating and changing, it may be worth it.
"Engaging in project work helps teachers and students develop new ways of working together and incorporating new ideas." Project work allows for students to learn how to work as a team, investigate their own questions, resolve conflicts and manage deadlines, all which are things that are essential for their success in the future.
I believe that is an excellent notion that Erika mentions about less telling student strategies and more engaging teacher talk. How are we excepting students to comprehend the curriculum if we are constantly lecturing but never giving them hands on time to comprehend and the information really be grounded in their knowledge of the concept? I also enjoyed how you mentioned teachers needing to be able to change and adapt to different strategies because that is a huge component to teaching. Going off the project based approach, I think this is a viable option which I also mentioned in my blog for teachers to allow students more critical engagement through hands on activities.
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ReplyDeleteI believe hands-on learning is vital for comprehension. I like the idea of students and teachers learning together. I think it will only increase the students interest in a topic because they, will see the teacher getting excited about learning. I agree that teachers need to be comfortable with PBL.
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