Seating plans that enhance learning and shift the agency of being a responsible learner onto the students. I have always had a seating plan and in the past I have controlled the seating within my classroom. Sometimes creatively, sometimes out of frustration, most of the time to minimise behaviour issues. I have setup cooperative, ability, random and friendly seating plans. I have set… [Read more…]
May 16, 2009
Connecting knowledge relativism and learning highlights two perspectives for me. If we want to engage our brains in higher order thinking we need engage in activities that question ideas, beliefs, values and facts. We need to ask why, find answers and still look for more. In this instance, at this stage I agree with the critics… [Read more…]
May 16, 2009
When I think about the people I know who are committed to religious truths, from my perspective, I see people looking for direction, answers and perhaps excuses/reasons why things are the way they are. Answers to how the earth came to be, why the earth came to be and their goal in life is to behave… [Read more…]
May 18, 2009
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