{"id":1175,"date":"2018-09-19T22:09:29","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T02:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2018-09-19T22:27:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T02:27:36","slug":"in-the-margins-an-every-day-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2018\/09\/in-the-margins-an-every-day-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Margins: An Every Day Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Where are the Margins?<\/h2>\n<p>Where are the margins in your classroom? Is it in the question your student just asked? Or is it the snake sneaking out of his enclosure to eat the nearby goldfish? Or is it in the stream outside of the high school?<\/p>\n<p>In reality, the margins can be found in all of these things! According to Ann E. Haley-Oliphant in <i>Exploration, Risk-Taking, and Wonderment: Traveling to\u00a0the Margins of Instruction<\/i>, in the margins, it&#8217;s much more about experiencing science than it is about lecturing science. She goes on to say that we cannot have the margins if we don&#8217;t have the center. What is the center, you ask? Let&#8217;s Explore!<\/p>\n<h2>The Margins vs. The Center<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1211 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2018\/09\/Education-is-the-kindling-of-a-flame-Quote-234x300.jpg?resize=234%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/Education-is-the-kindling-of-a-flame-Quote.jpg?resize=234%2C300&amp;ssl=1 234w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/Education-is-the-kindling-of-a-flame-Quote.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><strong>The Center<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>teacher lecturing<\/li>\n<li>cut-&amp;-dry lessons<\/li>\n<li>teacher gives students things to memorize<\/li>\n<li>Read the textbook. Remember the textbook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Margins<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>teacher and students discuss topics<\/li>\n<li>Often spontaneous<\/li>\n<li>Can happen anywhere<\/li>\n<li>full of rich and diverse thoughts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the center, the teacher&#8217;s goal is to &#8220;fill&#8221; their students with definitions and topics to <strong>memorize<\/strong>. In the margins, the teacher&#8217;s goal is to encourage and discuss concepts and thoughts for\u00a0<strong>learning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClaireCreight10\/status\/1042592875861749763<\/p>\n<h2>The Margins vs. Teachable Moments<\/h2>\n<p>While the margins and teachable moments both happen unplanned, they are different.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The margins are diverse in ideas and thoughts<\/li>\n<li>The margins are often led by the students<\/li>\n<li>The margins is an area of uncertain learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Teachable moments are teacher-led<\/li>\n<li>Teachable moments ultimately lead back to a concept in the lesson plan or textbook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How-to: Venture into the Margins<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1216 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2018\/09\/Dr.-Suess-Thinks-Quote-131x300.jpg?resize=131%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/Dr.-Suess-Thinks-Quote.jpg?resize=131%2C300&amp;ssl=1 131w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/Dr.-Suess-Thinks-Quote.jpg?w=191&amp;ssl=1 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Below is a short list of tips and tricks you can use to venture into the margins during your classes. Some of the most opportune times come when we are least expecting it, so be spontaneous and travel outside the center.<\/p>\n<p>When a student asks a question you don&#8217;t know the answer to<\/p>\n<p>Take the opportunity to learn with your students and explore the answer together instead of just saying &#8220;I don&#8217;t know&#8221; and moving on<\/p>\n<p>When a student asks a question but you&#8217;re just trying to get through the lesson<\/p>\n<p>STOP! If a student asks you a question, they&#8217;re giving you a chance to teach something that they are interested in or curious about. Use that to dictate what you discuss to get your students involved.<\/p>\n<p>Bring in an animal<\/p>\n<p>Animals are unpredictable and often a mode of emotional support for students. Teach a lesson on cell division if the class animal scrapes its leg, or reproduction if one is pregnant! Students will care about the animal and what it is doing<\/p>\n<p>Use current events<\/p>\n<p>Ask your students what they think about things happening around them related to science<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ramsey Musallam: 3 rules to spark learning\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/ramsey_musallam_3_rules_to_spark_learning\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To close out this blog I encourage you all to really listen and comprehend what Ramsey is saying. As a teacher, instead of being guided by lesson plans and textbooks, he is guided by \u00a0his own student&#8217;s questions and curiosities. As educators, we should follow in his footsteps so we have more opportunity to teach <em>in the margins<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Where are the Margins? Where are the margins in your classroom? Is it in the question your student just asked? Or is it the snake <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2018\/09\/in-the-margins-an-every-day-goal\/\" title=\"In the Margins: An Every Day Goal\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2515,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teaching-in-the-margins"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2515"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1175"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1243,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions\/1243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}