Maybe children don't really want the answers from adults but instead, the want us to take their hand and follow them in the journey of exploring and finding out about the world. This is the role of "teacher as researcher", listening to a child's questions allowing the child to take the lead and use their "hundred languages" to research the world around them. Have you heard of the "Reggio Approach" to teaching and learning with children? This is a well-intentioned, book, for sure but how about investing in an "image of the child" that is fully capable of finding out things for him or her self?
On Sep 1, 2014 mama bird wrote:
Maybe children don't really want the answers from adults but instead, the want us to take their hand and follow them in the journey of exploring and finding out about the world. This is the role of "teacher as researcher", listening to a child's questions allowing the child to take the lead and use their "hundred languages" to research the world around them. Have you heard of the "Reggio Approach" to teaching and learning with children? This is a well-intentioned, book, for sure but how about investing in an "image of the child" that is fully capable of finding out things for him or her self?