Questions for Consideration

1. When faced with the challenge of creating a teacher-student partnership, do analogies come to mind . . . especially when considering why it "won't work?"
2. What is the history of the "learner-centered" approach?
3. What assumptions do you have about "learner-centered" classrooms?
4. Do you know the "histories" of your students and your learning organization?
5. What is the "big picture" behind the movement to a learner-centered approach as part of a larger time sequence?
6. Do any of these questions really matter . . . especially when considering student achievement? Why or why not?

In their book Thinking in Time (see previous blog post), Neustadt and May that questioning analogies, understanding histories, seeing the big picture of an event or idea, understanding the time sequence are all vital to good decision making . . . unfortunately, they also note that it is rather rare.