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Teaching for IndependenceTRANSCRIPT
Guidelines for Teaching for Independence
Teaching for Tomorrow
by Ted McCain.
Teaching for Independence
How I Realized I was creating highly educated useless people.
Students need to be able to problem solve, so they need to be taught how to do it!
Teaching for Independence
Teaching for Independence
The 6 step plan for teaching for independence and higher-level thinking.
Teaching for Independence
The 6 step plan for teaching for independence and higher-level thinking.
1.We must resist the temptation to tell.
Teaching for Independence
The 6 step plan for teaching for independence and higher-level thinking.
1.We must resist the temptation to tell.
2.We must stop teaching decontextualized content.
Teaching for Independence
The 6 step plan for teaching for independence and higher-level thinking.
1.We must resist the temptation to tell.
2.We must stop teaching decontextualized content.
3.We must stop giving students the final product of OUR thinking.
Teaching for Independence
The 6 step plan for teaching for independence and higher-level thinking.
1.We must resist the temptation to tell.
2.We must stop teaching decontextualized content.
3.We must stop giving students the final product of OUR thinking.
4.We must make a fundamental shift – problems first, teaching second.
Teaching for Independence
The 6 step plan for teaching for independence and higher-level thinking.
1.We must resist the temptation to tell.
2.We must stop teaching decontextualized content.
3.We must stop giving students the final product of OUR thinking.
4.We must make a fundamental shift – problems first, teaching second.
5.We must progressively withdrawal from helping students.
Teaching for Independence
The 6 step plan for teaching for independence and higher-level thinking.
1.We must resist the temptation to tell.
2.We must stop teaching decontextualized content.
3.We must stop giving students the final product of OUR thinking.
4.We must make a fundamental shift – problems first, teaching second.
5.We must progressively withdrawal from helping students.
6.We must reevaluate evaluation