Who's Doing the Thinking?
From The Inquiry Exchange · 00:10:41
Show by David Brothman, Ed.D
Episode 2 — Who’s Doing the Thinking?Who’s doing the thinking in your classroom? The teacher or the students?As teachers, we know our content. We know where we want the lesson to go. But sometimes that expertise creates an unexpected trap: we step in too quickly and do the intellectual work our students could be doing themselves.In this episode of The Inquiry Exchange, I explore what happens when we resist the urge to provide the answer and instead give students more opportunities to question, struggle, think, and discover.And I leave you with one simple Inquiry Challenge you can try in your classroom tomorrow:Don’t rescue them, once.Wait a little longer. Ask another question. Give your students the opportunity to do the thinking you were about to do for them.Then, at the end of class, ask yourself:Who did most of the thinking today?If this conversation makes you think of another educator, share the episode with them and continue the exchange.Let’s change classrooms—one question at a time.
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