{"id":4582,"date":"2022-09-23T16:35:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T20:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/?p=4582"},"modified":"2022-09-23T16:43:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T20:43:34","slug":"road-tripping-to-the-margins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2022\/09\/road-tripping-to-the-margins\/","title":{"rendered":"Road-Tripping to the Margins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What are Margins<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“Margins are those interfaces between woods and fields, the land and the sea, along abandoned railroad tracks and highways, between residential areas, along flooding and receding rivers, between prairies and forests, and at the seashore. These areas are places where DIVERSITY<\/mark><\/strong> in species EXISTS<\/mark><\/strong>, where life is often RISKIER<\/mark><\/strong> for its inhabitants, and where species have the freedom to FLOURISH<\/mark><\/strong> and EXPERIMENT<\/mark><\/strong>” <\/p>– Ann E. Haley-Oliphant<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Staying in the “center” of the classroom<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Margins cannot exist without the “center”. That being said, these classroom environments are typically monocultural and are a place where students feel constrained. Staying in the “center” emphasizes the teachers control over the flow of the interaction, information, and discourse of the classroom. Static environments like these do not help students to create a growth mindset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Lecture heavy<\/li>
  • Textbook-based instruction<\/li>
  • Lack of curiosity<\/strong> and wonder<\/strong><\/li>
  • Teacher holds control<\/li>
  • Risk of Disenfranchisement<\/li>
  • Fosters homogenous<\/strong> thought, talk, and action<\/li>
  • Doesn\u2019t allow student imagination, wondering, and speculation to flourish<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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