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Lessons - Connecting the 4 C's in the classroom
The cornerstone of becoming a successful learner at any age comes down to the four C’s: critical thinking, collaboration, creativity and communication.
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An awesome Eduprotocol lesson that utilizes the 4 C's. |
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Essential to my research was this THIS SURVEY. Below is just one graphic that sheds light on how a small sample of students were feeling during distance learning.
Thank you Zaretta Hammond for the lessons I learned. I enjoyed this blog experience thanks to Zaretta and...other factors. Culturally responsive teaching is exactly what we ALL need to do. Memo to me - keep this phrase written down and kept nearby.
1. Build authentic relationships. They are the on-ramp to engagement and learning. There is a trust factor here. My students come to me with a brand new IEP (usually) and they are wondering why they have to see me and sometimes, when can they get back to class. I work hard from minute ONE to build a relationship. They need to trust me. Ours is a safe relationship.
2. Use the brain's memory systems for deeper learning. Connecting new content through music, movement, and visuals strengthens the neural pathways for comprehension. A waldorf school, once one understands the philosophy behind the practices, can instill a love for lifelong learning! Music, movement, and visuals are what we do. Heart, head, and hands. And when we teach, we let it sit - an important pathway to comprehension.
3. Acknowledge diverse students' stress response from everyday micro-aggressions and help calm the brain. OK, not my forte, but this is interesting. I am reading that stress responses can be complex and numerous. Culturally responsive teaching can incorporate something as simple as asking how things went at home. Another memo to me: bridge the GAP between the student and myself - look for, ask for, investigate, try harder! There is little trust if I do not begin to understand their own personal ties to culture.
4. Use ritual, recitation, repetition, and rhythm as content processing power tools. And an incredible way to teach rote memorization. Boring stuff like multiplication facts. Set to music or rhythm and you can set the tone for years of automatic and authentic understanding.
5. Create a community of learners by building on students’ values of collaboration and connection. It creates intellectual safety, reducing stereotype threat. Teachers inherently build on their connections with their students. I think of little ants who climb on each other to create a bridge. We are always the ants - masterfully stretching, connecting, and sharing our strengths with other educators, in hopes to reach our students. There is a lot of trust there. If I can go home that day knowing that there was a kiddo who trusted me or even another teacher in a significant way, then I feel a connection was made. Just a little strand maybe, but a connection. Our students deserve this.
CLICK HERE to FOLLOW Zaretta Hammond
1. Build authentic relationships. They are the on-ramp to engagement and learning. There is a trust factor here. My students come to me with a brand new IEP (usually) and they are wondering why they have to see me and sometimes, when can they get back to class. I work hard from minute ONE to build a relationship. They need to trust me. Ours is a safe relationship.
2. Use the brain's memory systems for deeper learning. Connecting new content through music, movement, and visuals strengthens the neural pathways for comprehension. A waldorf school, once one understands the philosophy behind the practices, can instill a love for lifelong learning! Music, movement, and visuals are what we do. Heart, head, and hands. And when we teach, we let it sit - an important pathway to comprehension.
3. Acknowledge diverse students' stress response from everyday micro-aggressions and help calm the brain. OK, not my forte, but this is interesting. I am reading that stress responses can be complex and numerous. Culturally responsive teaching can incorporate something as simple as asking how things went at home. Another memo to me: bridge the GAP between the student and myself - look for, ask for, investigate, try harder! There is little trust if I do not begin to understand their own personal ties to culture.
4. Use ritual, recitation, repetition, and rhythm as content processing power tools. And an incredible way to teach rote memorization. Boring stuff like multiplication facts. Set to music or rhythm and you can set the tone for years of automatic and authentic understanding.
5. Create a community of learners by building on students’ values of collaboration and connection. It creates intellectual safety, reducing stereotype threat. Teachers inherently build on their connections with their students. I think of little ants who climb on each other to create a bridge. We are always the ants - masterfully stretching, connecting, and sharing our strengths with other educators, in hopes to reach our students. There is a lot of trust there. If I can go home that day knowing that there was a kiddo who trusted me or even another teacher in a significant way, then I feel a connection was made. Just a little strand maybe, but a connection. Our students deserve this.
CLICK HERE to FOLLOW Zaretta Hammond