So I’ve noticed that my students have become very teacher dependent and I realized that I was not letting my students do enough problem solving on their own. If they had problems interpreting results, they looked to me to figure it and tell them what to do next. I had given in to their constant prodding by the end of the day because I felt like I didn't have the time or patience to let them figure it out for themselves. It's such a struggle because the curriculum and the pacing guides set us up to teach basic concepts really fast. Do we have time for students to act a designers? Is there time for authentic problems in our pacing guides??
Going through this class, I discovered that it's really not the fault of the curriculum or pacing guide. It's part that I've become so wrapped up in SOLs, and the pressure to have common plans and assessments and teaching the way I was taught. I want my students to be well prepared, so some of that pressure to get through everything is real. So, is all the time that it takes connecting learning to current events…authentic problems….worth it? There’s a way to make it work and that comes from proper planning and design which I'm going to work on.
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