Friday, August 2, 2013

Article about someone else changing from a traditionalist

Read this article called "Never Say Anything A Kid Can Say." It is a lot about questioning techniques, but I wanted to focus on his shift from traditionalist to non-traditionalist point of view.

My favorite quote form this article is My definition of a good teacher has since changed from "one who explains things so well that students understand" to "one who gets students to explain things so well that they can be understood." I thought that was fantastic. We teachers aren't the best when we're talking, we're the best when we can get students to talk.

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