Dealing with Challenges

Exploring Science Education and the Brain in a K-12 Setting

Exploring Science Education and the Brain in K-12 Schools:

A Praxis III Study
 
Emily Lovejoy

One Student and his Silence in the Classroom

LaKesha Preston-Roberts

 

 

One Student and his Silence in the Classroom

 

 (Student)        “What I need a tutor for? I already know this stuff. Why can’t I just go sit in class?”

Encouraging Productive Discussion: Suggestions for Extra-Classroom Facilitators

Susanna Farahat

Encouraging Productive Discussion: Suggestions for Extra-Classroom Facilitators

 

Learning from my experiences as an extra-classroom facilitator this semester, I am exploring a process by which we, as facilitators, can determine how best to be of service to our groups, given our specific extra-learning contexts. The following are a series of questions for the facilitator to ask herself, as well as some of insights, experiences, and struggles from my facilitation experiences this spring.

1) Assess your own role as a facilitator. Who are you in this group of people? Are you an expert? What do you bring to the group?

The Worst-Case Scenario Handbook: Mentor's Edition

Sandra Gandarez and Julia Vance
The Worst-Case Scenario Handbook: Mentor’s Edition
 
The following chapter consists of excerpts from students working as mentors discussing issues they faced in their unique placements.