When Teaching the Right Answers Is the Wrong Direction | Edutopia - 0 views
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Step off the soapbox, tone down that direct teaching, and become wondrous and inquisitive right along side your students. Take a break from what you are expert at and delve into unknown territory with new content, activities, or a concept. Here are ways to get started:
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Keith Hamon on 07 Sep 10In QEP terms, this means ceasing to be THE content deliverer and become a co-content explorer and generator with your students.
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Begin and end a lesson, unit, or project with an essential question or two. These are overarching questions that do not have a definitive answer
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Take every opportunity to express to your students that you have no idea about an answer, even if you have to fake it a little.
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Students are all too often on a quest for the Correct Answers, which has little to do with critical-thinking development. Our schools are about competition, merits, awards, and how to earn the Golden Ticket -- giving the right answers. And this focus often starts as early as kindergarten. … Studies show that getting answers wrong actually helps students learn.