Episode 5: Supporting Disengaged Students
Modern Classrooms Project Podcast
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Can You Just Ask Questions Back to Kids When They Ask Questions?
Teachers need to be more flexible in their teaching, says Mr M. If you push someone beyond their zone of proximatle development then you run into a real issue. You have to teach kids like how to use resources. Sometimes they don't know how to do it because thy've never been expected. And if a kid's saying that they're stuck, you have to teach them how to formulate a good question. That's a transferable life skill besides being in science class or history class.
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