{"id":2437,"date":"2019-09-11T19:09:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T23:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/?p=2437"},"modified":"2019-09-11T19:09:53","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T23:09:53","slug":"outside-of-the-box-and-in-the-margins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2019\/09\/outside-of-the-box-and-in-the-margins\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside of the Box and In the Margins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is the best way to teach our students? Is it through hour long lectures, strict note taking and forcing them to sit and listen to us ramble on about a topic they really don’t care about? Or is through creative activities, pursuing the student’s interests and discovering new things as a group?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully you can see that the latter is a far superior option. But how do we create these situations where learning thrives? To accomplish this, we must be willing to take a trip to the margins.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What does it mean to teach in the margins<\/strong><\/em>?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Margins are the outskirts. They are where the ordinary is replaced by the extraordinary and everyday tasks fall way to memorable experiences. Teaching in the margins is focused on student-centered, unique lessons that allow students to truly learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is found in the margins?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Experiences that lead to memorable knowledge<\/li>
  • New perspectives on learning<\/li>
  • Student Curiosity<\/li>
  • Visible interest and passion<\/li>
  • Expansion of basic topics<\/li>
  • Experimentation and discovery<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    What is not found in the margins?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • “I talk, you listen” class structure<\/li>
    • Required note taking<\/li>
    • Pure memorization to the fault of true learning<\/li>
    • Silent classes<\/li>
    • No discussion<\/li>
    • Experiments with a known result<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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