Teachers can arrange for their students to meet with politicians, academics and experts as well as have a pen pal system so children can talk to other people their age all around the world. By conversing with experts, children are able to see what some people do and the experts can answer any questions that the children might have.
2.) Description of the EAST Initiative Model.
East stands for Environmental and Spatial Technologies. It's a network of schools that have been demonstrating the benefits of technology for a real purpose to solve problems and make improvements in their communities. EAST students master the tools that they need to, to solve community problems that interest them.
Students can take on their own learning and we as teachers can be there to support them. Students have their own path and they can tackle it themselves. Students need to eventually be able to think for themselves and go about things in their own directions.
4.) Discussion on how concepts in this chapter relate to your topic/project?
The topics discussed in this chapter can help our students be able to understand that they need to take their own lead for the projects that they do. Our students also need to know that we will be there for support.
Love your explanation on why teachers need to let students take the lead in projects, you hit the nail on the head! I also enjoyed your comment on learning outside of the classroom, and using people who are working at/ on the topics that students are learning in school to see how that applies to real life.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your answer to number 3! I think we can learn a lot as well when we watch out student lead others. It also produces a deeper level of thinking!
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