jan sanders
Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:36:54 -0800
I think it is very important for teachers to experience the dimensions of understanding at a conscious level before trying to implement these ideas in the classroom. When we have experienced it, the experience becomes part of our schema. It helps us to understand what the students are going through if we go through it ourselves. The best teacher is experience. I was part of a 7 district collaborative on writing workshop. One of the things the leaders had us (coaches who were going to be training teachers) do was to try the lesson ourselves -at an adult level. We experienced what it felt like to pick a topic, find a great lead that hooks the reader, how to observe and take notes, etc... We also were asked to keep our own writer's notebook -well, that's what we asking the students to do. By experiencing it ourselves, we knew what it was like (at least for us). It helps build empathy for the student who has trouble picking a topic (it wasn't all that easy for me). Jan We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. -Robert Shaffer ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: understand@literacyworkshop.org<mailto:understand@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 6:20 AM Subject: [Understand] Sarah, Audrey and the Hopper painting There are many of us who are involved in professional development ---we are either planning it, or participating in it. Consider the powerful teacher learning described in pages 92-96. How do we find such learning experiences for ourselves and how do we provide them for others? How important is it for teachers to experience the dimensions of understanding at a conscious level before trying to implement these ideas in the classroom? Jennifer **************Check out smokin’ hot deals on laptops, desktops and more from Dell. Shop Deals (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1213345834x1200842686/aol?redir=http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;209513277;31396581;l<http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1213345834x1200842686/aol?redir=http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;209513277;31396581;l>) _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list Understand@literacyworkshop.org<mailto:Understand@literacyworkshop.org> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org<http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org> _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list Understand@literacyworkshop.org http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org