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]]> By: Lee Henrikson http://brandon-hall.com/richardnantel/2007/04/23/learning-to-calculate-the-area-and-circumference-of-an-irregular-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Lee Henrikson Tue, 01 May 2007 17:24:15 +0000 http://brandon-hall.com/richardnantel/2007/04/23/learning-to-calculate-the-area-and-circumference-of-an-irregular-shape/#comment-27 Your comment, "A good teacher would be able to explain the methodology required to solve these problems clearly. A lesser teacher, such as the substitute my daughter and her classmates endured, could not," stuck with me as perhaps not quite complex enough. A good teacher needs to know math, and know how to teach it - I think we agree on that. A good teacher guides the students to developing their own understandings for solving the problems rather that explaining the methodology. If your daughter is using the Connected Math curriculum, that is certainly how that curriculum is meant to be taught. Your comment, “A good teacher would be able to explain the methodology required to solve these problems clearly. A lesser teacher, such as the substitute my daughter and her classmates endured, could not,” stuck with me as perhaps not quite complex enough. A good teacher needs to know math, and know how to teach it – I think we agree on that.

A good teacher guides the students to developing their own understandings for solving the problems rather that explaining the methodology. If your daughter is using the Connected Math curriculum, that is certainly how that curriculum is meant to be taught.

]]> By: Kevin Jones http://brandon-hall.com/richardnantel/2007/04/23/learning-to-calculate-the-area-and-circumference-of-an-irregular-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Kevin Jones Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:22:40 +0000 http://brandon-hall.com/richardnantel/2007/04/23/learning-to-calculate-the-area-and-circumference-of-an-irregular-shape/#comment-26 I have been exploring this in the corporate world and have a presentation to give soon which is strengthened by your thoughts. Thank you. I have been hung up lately on how we, as 'trainers' get in the way of employee learning - we are the corporate Gatekeepers of Knowledge. But it is a mindset that is difficult to come out of because it has been tradition and common practice. I read a great article today (http://tinyurl.com/2m2qbd) on the media, as an example, being the traditional gatekeepers of knowledge when the best news came from 2000+ writers on Wikipedia. There is a great blog by Steve Hargadon (http://www.stevehargadon.com) that deals with what he terms "School 2.0". There are some great implications of corporate learning in there as well. Thanks again for your thoughts. I have been exploring this in the corporate world and have a presentation to give soon which is strengthened by your thoughts. Thank you. I have been hung up lately on how we, as ‘trainers’ get in the way of employee learning – we are the corporate Gatekeepers of Knowledge. But it is a mindset that is difficult to come out of because it has been tradition and common practice. I read a great article today (http://tinyurl.com/2m2qbd) on the media, as an example, being the traditional gatekeepers of knowledge when the best news came from 2000+ writers on Wikipedia.

There is a great blog by Steve Hargadon (http://www.stevehargadon.com) that deals with what he terms “School 2.0″. There are some great implications of corporate learning in there as well.

Thanks again for your thoughts.

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