I found this article to be quite interesting and incredibly pertinent to my present teaching and field work experience. I am a picture book lover and collector. In early childhood education, I think that a great picture book collection is a teacher's most vital possession. I loved this quote: "if the children are not allowed to speak or interact during a book's reading, then they are less able to pick up all the different elements of the story." When I read to my preschool class, my students are encouraged to interact with me and with the book.
The discussion about font was also very interesting. I recently helped my 12 year old daughter as she put together a power point presentation for a class. We were choosing a font, I suggested Comic Sans and my daughter responded, " Are you kidding me, Mom? That font is so babyish." The fact that she correlated a font to a maturity level was quite eye opening.
The "new" roles of the teacher were especially interesting...particularly:
Teacher as co constructor of knowledge—
Teacher and students explore and learn together
because the teacher acknowledges that
students sometimes know as much, if not more
about certain things
So true! I'm off to amazon.com to purchase the Doughnut book.
Is it just me getting old? The fonts are small for me... Even so, I did try to finish reading. Well said. Hahah... I am glad you liked the article and found it pertinent to your teaching and field work. :-)
ReplyDeleteKids really do say the most amazing things. Education has really come a long way with the total recognition of different perspectives etc...I remember the days when regurgitation was what was expected and being lost if I couldn't make the connections the teacher did. I am going to write using different kinds of text and ask my kids for there thoughts/reactions.
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