Reading Reaction Four – Making Connections (Framing the Learning)
Reading Assignments:
1) Review Boundless Learning Co-Teaching: Section 3 (pp. 25-42).
2) Read The Skillful Teacher: Chapter 11 (Part 1, pp. 195-237).
Directions: After completing the Reading Assignments, review Figure 11.1 on page 197 to identify two connections between the Boundless Learning Team-based Cycle of Instruction and the concept of Clarity as outlined in the Skillful Teacher text. As you explain the connections, be sure to reference both texts to support your ideas. Each response should be about 250 words.
Connection # 1 (around 250 words)
Connection # 2 (around 250 words)
The reading response should be clearly defined. Central ideas from the readings are evident to support the response. The response indicates an understanding of the critical concepts from the reading. The reading response cites the source of information taken from books or articles and uses the APA format.
Reading Reaction Four – Making Connections
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March 16, 2021
Connection 1 – Framing the Learning
Understanding the importance of team-dynamics and clarity is essential for teaching children. It allows the teacher to be able to understand how to frame tasks into a coherent team-based structure that would benefit the student in the long-run. Accordingly, one of the connections between the concept of clarity and team-based boundless learning is framing the learning through the setting of goals, expectations, and other objectives that would guide the teacher and the students.
On the one hand, framing the learning in the concept of clarity of teaching has two main aspects, namely (1) communicating the big picture and (2) assessing readiness to receive CITATION Sap17 \l 1033 (Saphier, Gower, & Haley-Speca, 2017). First, communicating the big picture aims to provide an overview and allows the student to relate past, present, and future lessons to the ones that will be discussed in the upcoming lecture. In turn, this could then improve student engagement, results achievement, as well as develop the proper behaviors that students should exhibit within a group setting. It was also shown that by providing clarity, the teachers could establish their authority as early as the beginning and command more interaction with the student, helping develop the children within a social setting.
Finally, another importance of framing the lesson is eliminating or reducing distractions. One of the main issues that relate to teaching clarity is that group-based dynamics have many distractions. Students can deviate from the tasks at hand when ...