- Challenge
- Affirmation
- Contribution
- Power
- Purpose
Teacher Responds
- Investment
- Persistence
- Opportunity
- Reflection
- Invitation
Curriculum and Instruction
are the Vehicle
- Important
- Scaffold
- Demanding
- Engaging
- Focused
Just like any cog in any machine if all the pieces are not working together something will fail or break. Each part of all three cogs are extremely important and are what makes that connecting link so strong. If the teacher and the student are not on the same page space will come between the cogs and stop working. I have seen this in the classroom where the students "cog" has stopped going the same speed as the teacher and eventually the student steps back and the teacher is still going with the curriculum and instruction and the student has no idea what is going on. I like the idea of how each section on the cog has its own individual importance but they will are a killing when used all together. 
Kels, I agree with you about all of the things that you talked about in this posting. I like that you compared the classroom to a machine and how that each part has to work together in order for it to function properly. I also agree that each part of a machine is very important and that without all the parts working together it would fall apart. Great post!
ReplyDeleteKelsey, this is a great post... with wonderful insight! This is the best post you've done. WELL done! 5 pts.
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