Monday, October 6, 2008
Chapters 5-6
I found this week's reading to be extremely interesting. Yesterday I was actually talking with my cousin who is a junior in the program about this exact thing. She was asking me how you determine what a child actually needs to retain knowledge, and what is busy work for both the student and the teacher. As the book discussed curriculum today is very demanding, so we need to find ways to engage the students. One thing that I really liked were the "I" statements under engaging. I thought these were interesting because it was never, "This is what teacher wants me to do." It was always, "This is what I want to do." That brings the curriculum to life for every student. I also really liked chapter 6. It talked about using the curriculum to fascilitate students' needs. In my opinion, this is what differentiation is all about, taking the state's core curriculum and modifying it to fit our classrooms.
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Good comments! Have you thought of ways that teachers (you, for instance) can keep up the motivation to continue putting in the effort to teach this way? How do you keep it up, year after year, especially if or when the teachers around you are settling for the easy way to get it done? I soooooo want to help you all keep this desire and motivation.
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