9/30/2010
I found myself enjoying chapter 3 in To Understand by Ellin Keene. I think that she made a lot of very good points. I was astounded by the story of a 5 year old kindergardener who's curisoity and understanding was way beyond what would have been expected of him. I really think that's our problem... we underestimate kids. We set expectations for them and are thrilled when we meet those expectations, but are we limiting them?
I very much agree with the message that Keene was making. She was basically saying that we need to encourage students to facilitate their own learning. If a child is feeding their own drive to learn, then they are going to be more eager to understand. When I am curious about something, I am very eager to learn. I go online, read books, look it up on Youtube, etc. I go to these measures because I am interested in it. How can we expect kids to foster their own learning when the topic is of no interest to them? How can we expect them to want to understand something they have no cares about understanding at all? Just a thought...
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