Teacher's Role

I had the pleasure of working with two student teachers last week. They
took several classes and did an activity to introduce themselves to the
classes. Basically, they organized the students into groups and gave
them packages of personal artifacts. The students were supposed to,
using the artifacts, create a story about the teacher whose package they
had and identify the teacher.

This worked reasonably well for all the classes. However, the second
day one of the classes was working really well. They were discussing
what they had found, trying to explain how the artifacts related to the
owner. The student teachers had little to do except sit back and watch
the students. It occurred to me that this is what is supposed to happen
in the classroom. The teacher sets up an opportunity for learning and
the students do the work.
- posted by Larry @ 8:04 p.m.