chapter 8

Teachers need to be aware that student projects might take a turn in a direction we don’t expect. As the book mentions we have to be able to think on our feet. Being flexible as a teacher you adjust your teaching to meet your student’s needs. The book list ideas for discussion with teachers to teachers this means teachers working together to collaborate on ideas. I want to collaborate with teachers on ideas and units when I get my first teaching job. I think more people who work on a project can create something great together. And there’s an opportunity for the workload to be shared. Student and student discussion can develop a student’s communication skills. Effective teamwork skills develop as students start to do these types of discussions. Teachers have to model this type of discussion so students know how to format the discussion. Teacher to student discussion is a traditional type of discussion and I was only exposed to this kind in school. I would want to implement the student to student discussion in my classroom. I want my classroom to have some aspect of student-centered learning. Project based learning needs higher order questions. This means questions that require an analysis or evaluation answer. Questions like “how do you know? What did you notice?” these types of questions should be asked even if the teacher is not doing project based learning. Expeditionary learning requires higher order questions and active citizenship. This would look like a project that focused on an issue in the community and the questions being asked pushed the students to think of a solution for the problem. Personal I think these are great ideas, but it would take time and effort on the teachers part to implement and create these types of classrooms.