Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Questions
I guess some of the questions I would ask about SLT, CLT, and DLT and if it is being used are interacting and learning from each other? Are they breaking down the terms they don't understand and connecting them to something they do understand? Am I using concrete examples and relating it to their lives so they understand it better? Am I fitting what I'm teaching into their stigmas by connecting things they say to the concept I want them to learn?
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Reading your post made me realize how these questions are sooo much more difficult to answer when they're posed totally abstractly, without trying to apply them to any concept or skill! The way learning theories interact with each other must have to do with what you're trying to- and probably who you're teaching to, since children are all so different. I know you were suggesting that you'd ask yourself these as you went along, but it sort of put the way we're being taught this class in perspective!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ann's comment. It is difficult to answer questions like those when they are so abstract. I think your questions you would ask are great. You even thought of some I didn't, and made great connections. I agree with you that it is important to fit your teaching into your students' stigmas, but also think you should challenge their existing stigmas. Pushing them to see things or topics differently may help them to start thinking outside of the box more.
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