Teaching only to where the teacher feels comfortable… | Teaching and Learning... - 4 views
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I wonder about whether we as teachers set the same goals for ourselves. Do we want to push past our levels of comfort? Do we want to be scaffolded (or go and find scaffolds for ourselves) to move to higher levels and better outcomes? Do we want to feel challenged? Are we willing to use ‘experts’ to support us through the Zone of Proximal Development from watching the expert, doing with the expert and finally becoming the expert?
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When we relate these questions to using E-Learning and ICT applications in our curriculum development and teaching, we need to determine whether we are willing to use students as the experts to teach us? Are we willing to be out of our comfort zone in front of our students, until we have tried and tried again to succeed?
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s, finding ways to improve his/her skills, of practicing the new technology. Wouldn’t it be beneficial for the students to see some of the struggles the teacher is having when learning something new, so the students could realize that learning is a slow process – even for teachers?
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A fantastic article worth reading that explores teacher vs student expertise in ICLT and it's implications with teaching an learning. The interview at the bottom is also worth a listen, it is an interview with Edith, a student in England speaking about ICLT in her learning. She recently spoke at a TeachMeet, and in the interview, explores many aspects of ICLT in the classroom, including wether ICLT should be treated as an integrated, or separate subject.
