Chapter 6 of DI/UbD talks about the importance of responsive teaching in a differentiated classroom. In order to have responsive teaching students must understand the basics. Without learning the basics students will not be about to have deeper learning. Students will not be able to make connections to the larger picture. To really understand something the student has to see why they are learning the material. Teachers should not share knowledge with students but guide them to understand the knowledge. This will allow students to have the most learning possible. Guiding students will also allow them to uncover knowledge at their own rate. This allows all students to move forward. To do this a teacher can simply ask essential questions. To make all of this work together smoothly a teacher must be flexible. Being flexible allows you to throw out things that do not work and change things that might work. Flexibility allows for responsive teaching.
The class as a whole liked the metaphor used on page 89-90 about the jazz musician. This put into perspective what responsive teaching is, along with being flexible in both the curriculum and classroom. It was a consensuses that flexibility is very important to DI. We all felt that it was important to incorporate responsive teaching and the different aspects of it into our lessons.
12 comments:
Your second link was really cool. I noticed that there was a lot more stuff on there that I'd like to read.
The what why and How breakdown of your first link is really easy to read as well as helpful. It has a lot of great tips and it simplistic set up makes it an easy resource
brenna- very informative entry! your first link has a lot of great information. great job!
The first link was really helpful it was easier to understand then the book was, since it was broken down. Also there is a lot of extra information.
Your first link was really cool it helped me better understand what responsive teaching is because I've read it in more then one area now.
your first link was really good. it gave a good break down in understanding the topic.zcfb
Your second link really helped me understand what culturally responsive teaching is. It's all about the students!
Brenna-I liked you link that was about responsive teaching. It had a lot of good information talking about how we can help students.
I like the first link because it includes a lot of stuff about diversity. It is helpful to read about that, especially being from Maine.
Both of the Websites you found are amazing. The second one, especially, has so many great resources.
The idea of responsive teaching was really interesting to me, so the link that you included was really informative. It answered all of the questions I had about responsive teaching as well as opened my mind to new ideas.
Brenna,
I really liked the first link, because it help explain responsive teaching, and there are many links that branch off of it. Good job with your summary and links! :)
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