Dewey was right; we learn from doing.
Today we taught the 6th graders part 1 of our media literacy and advertising lesson. We did stations with the kids. There were 4 groups of 4. This gave us the opportunity to teach just a few students at a time and also meant we would teach the same thing four times. I had planned out what I would do for my station many times and changed it, but once I had taught it once to the first group I could see so clearly the flaws and I knew how to fix them for the later groups. I was then able to teach more effectively and involve the students more.
If we role play teaching before we actually do it, lesson plans will improve. There are some things that we will not understand until we see them happen.
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