Boulware, B.J., & Crow, M.L. (March 2008). Using Concept Attainment Strategy to Enhance Reading Comprehension. Reading Teacher, 61 (6), 491-495. Retrieved from: http://library3.webster.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,cookie,url,uid&db=eric&AN=EJ787678&site=ehost-live. Retrieved on: 2-1-2009.
I am using this article for our wikibook. Although there is nothing spectacular in the article itself, what kept occuring to me is how amazing it is that all these theories have lasted so long in education and increasingly I realize how they have even trickled into my classroom. I would not classify myself as a constructivist. BUT, everytime I have my kids work in pairs, or I have them research thoughts on their own, or even when I ask them to write down their schema. (They are nine and ten years old and LOVE that word!) I am implimenting a little bit of Piaget and the rest who worked so hard to prove that children need to be active to learn. I do have to admit that I take little credit for implementing those stragtegies, they are in my district curriculum. But I am also amazed by how all those theorists are intertwined! It really is almost like six degrees to Piaget or Dewey if you read enough of them. Education today is the same way. I was given advice to beg, borrow, and steal ideas-and I do. But I also share. The neat thing about being an educator is learning from others. I should keep that in mind that if I enjoy it so much, the kids enjoy it more!
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"6 Degrees to Piaget" or "6 Degrees to Dewey"...great description of education. I wonder how many teachers in my building understand that...all, I hope...
ReplyDeleteDepending if they had to do the research. You do all of this stuff so naturally teaching, I never think about where it comes from.
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