as a teacher. I use to go to bed and think of what a
perfect class room would be like. I would lay in my
bed picturing a chalk board with the entire's week
worth of work and a teacher who gave the student the
freedom to do what assignments they wanted as long as
they agreed to complete all the assignments in that
week.
Of course, I have since learned that not every student
could function in a classroom like that, nor would the
established educational system allow for that much
freedom in the classroom.
But What I do believe is that for any education to be
successful the student MUST be actively involved.
The following links are to web pages that will help you
understand how my classroom runs:
Paradigms for Teaching - comparing a traditional classroom and Ms. Little's classroom
Philosophy of Teaching with Inquiry
Process of Inquiry
Learning Pyramid