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Eudeane Stewart-Sealey Post 1

• 30 June 2021, 11:03 PM

Activity 3.1 What does active teaching look like?

8. Learners feel afraid to give a wrong answer or to make a mistake.

What this teacher can do is to read a story about a child who was afraid to speak up but with hold the ending and allow the children to finish the story. Make sure to let the students know that all answers need to be respected and that there is no right or wrong answer because we all have a different way of thinking. Give the children time to explain why they thought of that ending. In the end let the class come together to agree on an ending to the story and document their answers.

This activity would help to cultivate an atmosphere of freedom to speak and would also help students to help each other learn.

10. Teachers always ask closed questions with a yes/no right or wrong answer.

This teacher can start to ask open ended questions (why, what and how questions) more during lessons as to learn how your students think and to challenge them. This would help transform your classroom's learning environment, and the way your students think about the world.