C4T-2 Post #2 Comments & Summary

My second C4T assignment took me to the blog Teaching Is a Dynamic Activity. Jerrid Kruse blogs about thoughts on the changing nature of education. I commented on two posts Modeling Is So Much More Than Demonstrating and Pseudoteaching With Demos. Jerrid discussed an Educon 2.3 video
about how teachers model. This post introduced me to constructivism. I compared the video to his arguments. My conclusion is that a classroom with constructivism and "active explicit modeling" is a win/win situation. In my comments, I reflected upon real life situations that I've experienced with my children...since, I don't have a classroom yet. Another new term that I picked up from reading Jerrid's post is pseudoteaching. This one made me scratch my head a bit...hmmm. Curiosity led me to investigate more about this concept. So, I checked out the links posted at the Action<>Reaction Blog and compared it to Jerrid's comments. Here's a bit of my response to his post, "Pseudoteaching to me, when compared to Burk and Noschese’s definition, sounds like old-fashioned “trial and error.” That’s not necessarily a bad thing. I think the best teachers “try” without fear of “error” and evolve their techniques to reach an engaging outcome for everyone in the classroom, “pseudoteacher” included. I’m with you…ask questions, encourage questions!