Your conversation gives me so much hope, knowing that there are kids who get to have teachers like you. Thanks for inviting us to eavesdrop! (And Chana, i almost wish I could be in 9th grade again, so I could be in your class.)
"I give students a chessboard and ask them how many squares are on it, and give them time in groups to discuss it."
Can that bear more than ten seconds of "discussion"? Even if none of them have ever played chess or known how many there are, how could this take more than seconds?
I really love this whole conversation, both for its pedagogical insights and (as Leah pointed out) how this can be applied On Line. "Whenever I want to know about how someone can be so wrong, it leads me to be at least a little interested in as a person, and helps break me out of the habit of treating them as just the avatar of a Wrong Idea" was something I really needed to hear today.
Your conversation gives me so much hope, knowing that there are kids who get to have teachers like you. Thanks for inviting us to eavesdrop! (And Chana, i almost wish I could be in 9th grade again, so I could be in your class.)
"I give students a chessboard and ask them how many squares are on it, and give them time in groups to discuss it."
Can that bear more than ten seconds of "discussion"? Even if none of them have ever played chess or known how many there are, how could this take more than seconds?
I really love this whole conversation, both for its pedagogical insights and (as Leah pointed out) how this can be applied On Line. "Whenever I want to know about how someone can be so wrong, it leads me to be at least a little interested in as a person, and helps break me out of the habit of treating them as just the avatar of a Wrong Idea" was something I really needed to hear today.