Preparation for Concluding Post
The reading focused on how educator’s can reflect on
their own teaching and learning in the mode of reflection through story
telling. Moreover, the reading emphasizes how educators do this not only
through their work teaching at a job but also through the lives they live – how
can an educator’s own life point to curriculum making?
The quote that stood out to me the most was on page 7: “I do not believe that people need to be told what to do. They can be advised or guided but not told. We can all think for ourselves. In the same way that we are born with the capacities to walk and talk as part of our genetic inheritance, we are born with the capacity to think, to make choices, and to reflect critically on our actions.”
I chose the above quote because this describes one aspect of what I try to do as a teacher: encouraging students to think and act for themselves, not be dependent on me as a teacher or other adults in their lives. I want them to take ownership over their own learning.
For my concluding post, I would like to focus in my letter to students on my aim to empower them to be autonomous learners, not just dependent on others. In this, I want to explain how this aspect of learning has greatly grown me as a life-long learner. I also aim to discuss the importance of having a growth mindset in learning, not a fixed mindset. Students should be okay with failing and be able to persevere through failure. Again, this has been a theme in my own life of how I have needed to grow to embrace a growth mindset. Lastly, I want to write a letter about how learning is valuable in and of itself. Ideally, as people we should delight in learning simply for the joy of learning, not just seeing it as a means to end. Learning is a gift and a joy, not just a necessary task. Having this perspective can transform the way someone learns and grows.
The quote that stood out to me the most was on page 7: “I do not believe that people need to be told what to do. They can be advised or guided but not told. We can all think for ourselves. In the same way that we are born with the capacities to walk and talk as part of our genetic inheritance, we are born with the capacity to think, to make choices, and to reflect critically on our actions.”
I chose the above quote because this describes one aspect of what I try to do as a teacher: encouraging students to think and act for themselves, not be dependent on me as a teacher or other adults in their lives. I want them to take ownership over their own learning.
For my concluding post, I would like to focus in my letter to students on my aim to empower them to be autonomous learners, not just dependent on others. In this, I want to explain how this aspect of learning has greatly grown me as a life-long learner. I also aim to discuss the importance of having a growth mindset in learning, not a fixed mindset. Students should be okay with failing and be able to persevere through failure. Again, this has been a theme in my own life of how I have needed to grow to embrace a growth mindset. Lastly, I want to write a letter about how learning is valuable in and of itself. Ideally, as people we should delight in learning simply for the joy of learning, not just seeing it as a means to end. Learning is a gift and a joy, not just a necessary task. Having this perspective can transform the way someone learns and grows.
Hi Sarah,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your post here. It shows a great understanding of the reading and leads nicely into what you want to do with the concluding post. Too often, educational research has been positioned as "telling teachers what to do." But if we thought of research as drawing out teacher's lived experience and wisdom?
So, you your life's curriculum in front of you in term's of the growth mindset. You want to share that with your students through this letter. The only reminder here is that story is the form of research knowledge that is most appropriate to practical life. So share stories to illustrate who you are, what you do, and why.
You are well on track. Let me know if you have any questions as you work on this!
Kyle