Sunday, April 20, 2008
TEN
Seriously...I love this text!!! It is probably one of the most useful texts I've been assigned to read while in school. I will definitely be using multiple ideas from this text as I explore the world of teaching!! I loved the beginning of this chapter. Gallagher's breakdown of what students learn on their own and what they through us, they're teachers is extremely important information for us to be aware of. I think that the breakdown of first draft reading, second draft reading and collaboration is an essential plan I want to implement in my class while we read and evaluate texts. Also, using Gallagher's idea of "Reflective Response to Text" is something I think that we can use to help students become aware of issues of our society as well as bring a text that might seem outdated to students and help them find themes in it that relate to their world!! All in all another great chapter...Thanks Gallagher!!!
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I too appreciated the "reflective response to text" portion. Anything we can do to help our students feel more engaged in what they are reading and see the relevance to their own lives will only serve to make them appreciate our classes more.
I agree that the concepts disussed in this chapter bring to mind the importance of social issues. I would love to incorporate current events into my classroom, and I feel like the students would "read deeper" with background informations provided.
I love this text too, stacy. I love the essay ideas and just generally enjoy most of the ideas that come from these books from class.
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