Monday, July 2, 2007
Letting Go.
To me letting go means avoiding direct instruction. Letting go allows students to think for themselves and allow conversation among students. This allows students to utilize and sharpen their thinking skills. Letting go, may be difficult because it is a new concept to us. We want to teach the way we were taught. But in order to teach what needs to be taught by the new Performance Standards, we may need to try constructivism as the new deliver of mathematic concept. I am willing and definitely will try these new concepts in my classroom. However, I know I will definitely need to work my questioning technique. Again, as a new concept, it may seem hard. Only because it is different, it is not what we are use to doing. But I believe it is doable.
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I agree. Students need to learn by doing, which means we must let go. We must challenge them with our questioning techniques to foster deeper understandings where real learning can take place.
letting go is an issue of control of the teacher too.. She might be afraid of letting go of the thin thread of order that she has in the classroom. Another thing that we as teachers have to break out of is demanding silence or quiet when working on tasks. It's such a revolutionary idea to me.. this "letting go" . I hope to learn the skill necessary to pull it off in my classroom.
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