I have enjoyed it a lot. The reflections questions have brought out things
that I did know I was drawing on. Talk about metacognition.
My favorite sessions have been #1, on developmentally appropriate tasks and
spiraling learning, 8 on cognitive apprenticeships, 9 on metacognition, and
11 on transfer.
I guess # 11 was my favorite because it was so useful to me ? the students I
teach are typically close to graduation, and need all the transferable
skills they can get. After teaching college chemistry for 5 years, I know
what freshman are like when they think they learned everything in the world
in high school, and are ŗking of the hill˛ and then face college. I want to
help my students be better prepared.
My second favorite was 9, because I was thinking to myself the whole time˛ I
wish my high school teachers had talked to us and taught us about this.˛ I
feel that I am one of those students who could have gotten a lot out of
that. I was a quiet thinker type, and would have enjoyed that type of
process and learning.
The cognitive apprenticeship discussion in #8 is really interesting. I wish
there were still more areas of life where formal apprenticeships were in
progress. That type of process with a personal relationship suits so many
areas and so many peoplešs learning styles. Teaching would be a good area to
have long term cognitive apprenticeships. Donšt really know what that would
look like.
Anyway, I guess this is a lot in one email, but I will be sending my
coursework tomorrow, so I wanted to give you the thoughts while they are
still clear in my mind.
Mary
On 7/21/06 1:52 PM, "Hoagan84@aol.com" <Hoagan84@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 7/21/2006 7:36:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> marydillingham@bellsouth.net writes:
>> I signed up for The Learning Classroom.
>>
>> I teach 11th and 12th grade AP Bio and applied physics in Piedmont, South
>> Carolina.
>> Hi Mary,
>>
>> I just moved from Wilmington, NC last summer. I got tired of the hurricanes.
>> How much time did you spend on The Learning Classroom. I really enjoyed the
>> Reading 3-5 and thought it was a lot like the National Board process but it
>> was a lot of work - good though: not busy work - just a lot of it. Did you
>> like The Learning Classroom?
>>
>> Libba
>>
>>
>>
>>
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