This week, Zach is joined by Andrea Mahr, Beth Benavides, and John Tyler to address six common misconceptions about self pacing and self-paced classes.
Outline and Show Notes
- Get to know Andrea, Beth, and John
- Andrea and Beth's previous MCP Podcast episode: Elementary Math
- Kareem on the Cult of Pedagogy podcast
- Misconception: Self-paced classes have no deadlines
- Misconception: Kids do whatever they want in self-paced classes
- Misconception: Teachers don't teach in self-paced classes
- Misconception: Self-paced classes never have any full-group collaborative activities
- Misconception: Students lack the skills to self pace effectively
- Misconception: Students can never collaborate since they're working on different things
- Connect with Andrea, Beth, and John
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