A New way of Teaching: Educationally Minded

We read this blog about a math teacher and how he decided to have his class learn a new math concept. He only gave them minimal information, such as the terms and the sites where they could find useful information to work out the math problem. He didn't really do much more than that, he wanted them to explore on their own and really engage in the activity. He was just there to guide them, and he did just that. He also mentioned that his students loved this activity and they hope he does more like it. Children get excited when they can explore on their own, it makes it so much fun. This teacher really wanted his children to engage in exploration while learning along the way. This was probably a really fun lesson for the students. The teacher hit 15 standards in one lesson!!!!! That is awesome! If all teachers taught with inquiry learning then our students' would learn so much more. Like this teacher said, it's more work for the teacher and more time for planning, but the pay off is so much more rewarding than if he just lectured and provided definitions on the board. This is the kind of teacher I hope to be, this is what I want my students to be doing with my assignments. Students retain more and learn more when working hands on and exploring!!!! His students were excited about learning, which makes it even more exciting to teach them, all while covering three times the standards in the curriculum as a traditional lesson would have done.    To read the blog yourself visit: Educationally Minded