Putting Students in Charge of Their Learning Journey

By leaving space in their lessons for authentic curiosity to take hold, teachers can enable deeper learning.
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[@dhankmeme8345]

In 8th grade the greatest teacher I have ever had made me interested in a subject I thought I hated; algebra. He opened my eyes to what good teaching can do, and how bad some other teaching can be. Lets just say his class was the only one I got an A in.

[@Teachwisdomconsulting]

its amazing what teachers can do with students when schools use school funds for critical thinking activities and not just paper/pencil/textbooks

[@seekingsnowflakes]

Great example of how to teach students how to think independently 🤩

[@boobatherapper2595]

Well played springfield! The only 2nd role i would definitly want the teacher to make is a very brief format of a lesson video, 'CLEAR' and easy that you should present and interact along with it's representation.Trust me this would save huge amont of time but have a good representation,try to show in the same time a LIFERELATED IMPORTANT idea.A BIG non-dogmatic cultural idea ofc.remember :The real base of our knowledge and developpement is "Doubt"! Good luck on your journey!☺

[@jeannetteyounghydeparkms5556]

I loved it!

[@QueenQueetie]

Brilliant

[@khwahishsharada5555]

That's good enough 😊

[@christianbutcher828]

This is an awesome engagement activity, but I'm wondering what a classroom like this looks like when getting into the real difficult stuff. How do you take kids from the wondery of bugs to some rigorous argumentation and modeling?

[@boobatherapper2595]

Argumentation about what?

[@AMichaelFromBrasil]

It's seems promising, but this class has a few students so based on my opinion only I would say that this just would work in a scenario like on the video: few students on class. How would manage a class with more than 30 students like in Brazil?And I'm not even considering the social problems

[@edutopia]

Classes at the school featured in the video average 25 students. We wanted to clarify the number, since it was mentioned in your comment.

[@stormelemental13]

Using magnets schools as examples is not very useful as they are not reflective of regular school environments or student bodies.

[@seekingsnowflakes]

I disagree - a teaching tool such as an anchor chart - can be used in any classroom. All you need is a whiteboard and a pen. Or paper. Most classrooms in America/western world would have these tools :)