Close your eyes and imagine this scenario: a classroom with white walls, a row of desks, and a teacher lecturing to the students. Imagine the student\u2019s faces, bored, tired, and distant. This is too common in most classrooms, where education is supposed to enrich students. In particular, science classrooms that are lecture-based with hands-on activities. However, these activities are predictable and are just a set of instructions for the students to complete. Where is the curiosity? The scene of critical thinking and social context and application? The investigation has no predictable answer. Where is the student in charge of the activity and outcome? Where is the exemplary science teaching?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, I\u2019m not saying that it\u2019s the teacher’s fault for the lack of exemplary teaching. Perhaps they don\u2019t know how to start shaking things up and introducing new activities. Perhaps they don\u2019t have the time, between lesson planning and grading (plus having a social life outside of work). Or perhaps they just don\u2019t know what exemplary teaching looks like, as they haven’t been taught or exposed to it. I know that all teachers can implement exemplary teaching in their classrooms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What does Exemplary Teaching look like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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