CTE New Teacher Institute Forum: Surprised .....sit back and watch the higher level learning.

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Surprised .....sit back and watch the higher level learning.

Something happened that surprised me this week and was related to Bloom's Taxonomy. In one of my Intro classes we were finishing up our unit on healthcare insurances. It is a very current topic in light of the elections. When I opened up the class and started with some review questions (in the basic knowledge area)from the day prior,my questions led the students in a direction I had not intended. The students started into a spontaneous debate on healthcare insurance and what issues effect families financially and emotionally. I basically sat back and let the higher level learning roll. When they noticed me listening and nodding they said ," Are you mad Mrs.A.?". My thought was that I was watching Bloom's Taxonomy at its best. "No, I'm enjoying your ideas", I said.

2 comments:

Unknown said...: This is an example of learning at its best. One of the things that I strive to do is to keep my instruction relevant by applying current events to my daily instruction. I stress to the students the importance of being knowledgable about the things that will affect them as they become adults entering the workforce, particularly in an election year like 2012. I am sure you were proud, and your strategy of sitting back and allowing higher learning to take over obviously worked in your favor. Great Post; September 11, 2012 at 6:26:00 PM EDT
Sherri said...: Good Job DAB! A less seasoned instructor, like myself, would have cut them off because we had a schedule to keep and I didn't have time for TOM-FOOLERY. You, however, allowed the students to take advantage of a great gift - the freedom to express their opinion and challenge their peers to think deeper.; September 12, 2012 at 7:41:00 PM EDT