#personal differences

When differences are not as wrong or as different as we think

An individual from Peru has been teaching a class at my day-job the last couple of days. Yesterday, during a lull in the actual teaching, he was asked about some of the differences between Peru and America. One of the differences he mentioned food. In one specific example he said people from certain areas in Peru will raise and eat Guinea Pigs. As would be expected, that bit of information…

Critical Reflection #6: What the student does

Blast from the past~

I am now moving onto Biggs’ (2001) level 3 teaching theory~ tho first to note my mood which I have been neglecting in a couple of the previous posts.

Mood: Happy~ because it is raining and so not humid!

Student-focused

Teaching that leads to learning (teach to fish)

What a student does = learning; not waht teacher does (Tyler, 1949)

Teacher task is student engagement

What are…