Passion for your subject and a willingness to hand over some of the classroom dynamics to the students are two components in helping build a community around your classroom texts. When students sense that you are genuinely interested in having them move from being an "outside" in your discipline to becoming an "insider" , then you will see a shift in attitude and a willingness to change from learned patterns to more disciplinary ways of reading and thinking.
Passion for your subject and a willingness to hand over some of the classroom dynamics to the students are two components in helping build a community around your classroom texts. When students sense that you are genuinely interested in having them move from being an "outside" in your discipline to becoming an "insider" , then you will see a shift in attitude and a willingness to change from learned patterns to more disciplinary ways of reading and thinking.
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AuthorMichele Lesmeister has been using Reading Apprenticeship in her ABE/GED classroom at Renton Technical College since 2008. ArchivesCategories |