Thanks to Dr. B for giving such an incredibly interesting test. I thoroughly enjoyed and found the results to match my personality 99.9%. I now understand how husbands and wives often clash because of these results.
I was away last week on a cruise and even though I was very tired, still found the energy to get to class on Sat. and really enjoyed it. I am learning so much from NTI to use in class and it really does make a difference in your teaching style. I am looking forward to working on the portfolio project more so than Bloom's Taxonomy, but I guess it works well since we don't have to meet. I will enjoy my October Saturdays. Jessie and Dr. B really know how to pile it on us, but in the end, we are learning such valuable information to last a lifetime.
Kudos to the Mediators for a job well done. I enjoyed working with Shane, Jamie, Mortissa. I learned that "Cooperative learning" can be a great tool to use with the new generation of kids that seem to be more social. It is a great strategy that I will use once I get my own classroom.
Never give up!
The social learning aspect of cooperative learning does seem to motivate students. I read a great quote once in a book about teaching adult ESL literacy that describe learning [to read] as a social vs. an individual achievement.
ReplyDeleteHistorically, all learning was passed down SOCIALLY from one generation to the next. It's really only in modern times that we switched to what many refer to as a "factory model" of education-- i.e. an input/output based model of learning that is passed down via an educational assembly line. This model of education is more product vs. process oriented. I think this model of teaching and learning de-humanizes education and has contributed to many of the failings of the educational system today. Cooperative Learning is really just a route back to the roots of teaching and learning.