Blog #8
Learning via Case based learning. When I started working this topic I was seeing it as a new idea. The more I thought about it and began planning on how to use it and how others have used it in their lessons, I discovered many teachers use this without even knowing they are using this method. I think it is something that many teachers do naturally. It is a very natural and useful way of sharing useful information. I was also surprised that students were supposed to fail before the story was shared with them. But that failure is what causes students to want to learn. It creates the motivation that drives the student to actually learn. I would say that the broader you can see and apply the the concepts to life the more innovative you can be.
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Submitted by Brad Larsen on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 2:51pm
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I don't think that I agree
I don't think that I agree about the failure idea. I do agree that some good teachers are well versed in teaching with stories but I don' t think that failure makes you want to learn more. I don't like to fail, so success makes me want to learn more. Isn't this like saying that losing a game makes you want to play more? I do see a bit of benefit in finding a safe place to be wrong, without being made fun of but I'm still trying to hash out this theory.
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When I say I think it happens
When I say I think it happens naturally I am saying we share stories all the time. We might not think of it as I failed at something and now I need help. Rather I think of it more as something didn't go right- so what do we do? We talk to someone about it- often times they will share something in return and we naturally glean something from from the conversation. When I say that some teachers do this naturally- I mean that some teachers will share stories of their past experiences to give weight to the idea that they are teaching. Generally we skip the failure step which doesn't bother me. We share the information and then jump right to sharing the story.
You make a valid point with the losing a game makes you want to play more. I didn't see it like that. I saw it more as losing the game makes you more coachable. If you just show up to the games and win all the time, what point is there for a coach? Why would you listen to them? The same concept can be applied to teaching- I am not saying MAKE them fail, but allow them to try and if they fail then they might be more willing to listen to the teacher. Does that make sense? What I should have said is more a kin to something like this, failure sometimes helps students become willing to listen.
Thanks for the comments, it helped me reevaluate what I said.