These videos touch on many important aspects of why students find difficulty in today's classroom.
Our brains are hardwired to seek out learning from the understanding of the big picture to then put together an understanding of how all of the details fit. However, in an attempt to meet expectations of high stakes testing and demand for grades and control of classroom management, many classrooms today are based upon rote learning, scripted lessons and formulaic teaching. Value is not placed upon the process of learning but instead is focused on finding correct answers, to take a test and get a grade. To little time is spent in problem solving and participation in the learning, while most time is spent in repetitious and methodical rote learning.
Like anything learning is about being in the moment. The best time to learn is when our brains are open, willing and able to comprehend the material in a means acceptable to our past knowledge and current abilities. We actually learn best when we are challenged to stretch our minds without fear of failure nor artificial constraints.
We learn best when we are allowed to model the processes in style similar to the moments of play we enjoyed as a child, no matter what our age. We desire the interactive nature of play to understand how things fit. It is important for us in the learning process to see others engaged in the process and model what we see.
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