Keep Your Head Upand… Listening is
Hard
Max RayThe Math Forum @ Drexel University
Keep Your Head Upand… Listening is
Hard
Max RayThe Math Forum @ Drexel University
“When you feel yourself getting lost, don’t look
down, LOOK UP & LISTEN!”
-Ms. Thomas
Fast-Forward 15 Years…
Me, facilitating
Rough Workshop… Tired faces Crickets chirping Off-task talking Put-downs Class clown behavior
Help!
A disaster, right? “Activities were interactive.” “Hands on work” “Working with my peers to problem solve” “The interactive role-play"
Getting Lost
How my plans look now:
On the path to “student-centered”…
We need to talk about what makes
this hard.
“Just listen to the students”
“Just shut up”“Listen TO, don’t listen
FOR”“Make thinking visible”
What makes a “listening to” approach hardin math class?
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What makes a “listening to” approach hardin math class?
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What makes a “listening to”
approach hard?What is a useful &
reasonable outcome for each path?
How will you all know the path(s) you’re on?
I Know I’m Challenged:
Rushing through the summing up
Spending too much time listening
Talking too much
The consensus is the students’
The consensus is super useful
When you don’t know the reasonable outcomes…
“When you feel yourself getting lost, don’t look down,
LOOK UP & LISTEN!”
Is it possible to resolve the tension the first time through?
What are we gonna do about it?
When you are still lost after listening… share that experience and
find ways to get even more feedback:
productivestruggle.wordpress.com
Lesson Study???