Thursday, April 24, 2008
A very interesting article on “teachers as learners.” What do you think?
http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/04/operationalizin.html
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I think Reading Apprenticeship can be a good starting point for this. On p. 137 of our RA “Reading for Understanding” book, the authors state “Becoming aware of your own reading processes is the essential first step in helping students focus on how they read and, therefore, on their ongoing development as successful discipline-specific readers. As you read, on your own and with your students, two questions must be in the forefront of your mind: How did I come to my understanding of what this text may mean? What is invisible here that I need to make visible for my students?”
As we transition to teachers as learners, we must first become as self-aware of our learning styles, abilities, processes as we want our students to be - because our value as teachers will now become not what content we know, but how we can help our students know themselves and be able to use that knowledge to use the content to their advantage.
on 04/25 at 10:57 AM
