Over the weekend I read my students' opinions of this experiment as noted in my previous post. Knowing that some really did not care for it, combined with a hectic Monday morning created conditions favorable to me deciding to go back to regular teaching in third period today.
I am disappointed that I made that decision, but as the students filed in, it seemed like a better idea to make the decision and avoid the confusion and controversy of a class vote. The students didn't seem to mind too much, but I think some did. I felt like I wasn't holding up my end of the bargain.
For the students who prefer the regular way of doing things, I hope that they will continue their own explorations, and I intend to visit them more often to make sure they are finding what they need.
Well, tomorrow is another day.
About Me
- Kay Endriss
- "If you're working on a problem you can solve in your own lifetime, you're not thinking big enough." ~Wes Jackson, founder of the Land Institute "At every crossway on the road that leads to the future each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past." ~Nobel Laureate Maurice Maeterlinck "Our job is not to be the opposition to student ideas, but to be flexible, living, breathing, organic and responsive to students’ ideas to help them embrace their dreams so they can channel their enthusiasm positively rather than cut if off because they don’t conform to a lesson plan.” (Willis, 2006)
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