My Operanight classes?
Monday, April 9, 2007 1:27:24 PM
What if we had a short course of night classes for the other teachers in the school?
How many would want to come or could come, given they don't all live close to the school and anyway might have other obligations?
Who should come? teachers? everyone? adults only? women only on some occasions?
I think it'd be fun to see how many would come. We might be surprised - either way, I guess!
I have been thinking a lot since I started to focus on the issues - and what we do with students and what they learn are two things: instead of asking what will we teach, we might ask, what will we do with them that would allow them to learn what?
Actually, that is how I always think about teaching - if we teach what we want students to learn, they don't do the learning themselves, we do it. If we offer an experience that allows them to learn freely but include the things we are interested in, I think we have done better.
And if we were teaching teachers or parents or community people, we certainly would want to make sure they have fun and also feel they have an understanding of what the kids are doing, or could do.
I think we could do that pretty easily with some Scratch sessions...and maybe some other things too?
How many would want to come or could come, given they don't all live close to the school and anyway might have other obligations?
Who should come? teachers? everyone? adults only? women only on some occasions?
I think it'd be fun to see how many would come. We might be surprised - either way, I guess!
I have been thinking a lot since I started to focus on the issues - and what we do with students and what they learn are two things: instead of asking what will we teach, we might ask, what will we do with them that would allow them to learn what?
Actually, that is how I always think about teaching - if we teach what we want students to learn, they don't do the learning themselves, we do it. If we offer an experience that allows them to learn freely but include the things we are interested in, I think we have done better.
And if we were teaching teachers or parents or community people, we certainly would want to make sure they have fun and also feel they have an understanding of what the kids are doing, or could do.
I think we could do that pretty easily with some Scratch sessions...and maybe some other things too?
