Keep Your Head Up and… Listening is Hard

“When you feel yourself getting lost, don’t look down, LOOK UP & LISTEN!” -Ms. Thomas

Fast-Forward 15 Years… Me, facilitating

Rough Workshop… Tired faces Tired faces Crickets chirping Crickets chirping Off-task talking Off-task talking Put-downs Put-downs Class clown behavior Class clown behavior

Help!

A disaster, right? “Activities were interactive.” “Activities were interactive.” “Hands on work” “Hands on work” “Working with my peers to problem solve” “Working with my peers to problem solve” “The interactive role-play" “The interactive role-play"

Getting Lost

How my plans look now:

On the path to “student- centered”… We need to talk about what makes this hard.

“Just listen to the students” “Just shut up” “Listen TO, don’t listen FOR” “Make thinking visible”

What makes a “listening to” approach hard in math class ? A *B * * * * *

What makes a “listening to” approach hard in math class ? A *B * * * * *

What makes a “listening to” approach hard?  What is a useful & reasonable outcome for each path?  How will you all know the path(s) you’re on?

I Know I’m Challenged:  Rushing through the summing up  Spending too much time listening  Talking too much

The consensus is the students’ The consensus is super useful When you don’t know the reasonable outcomes…

“When you feel yourself getting lost, don’t look down, LOOK UP & LISTEN!” Is it possible to resolve the tension the first time through? What are we gonna do about it?

When you are still lost after listening… share that experience and find ways to get even more feedback: productivestruggle.wordpress.com Lesson Study ???