your Learning Journey, your questions, your answers,

The Learning Journey – by Linda Johnson Nov 29/13

Tightened version

*LEARNERS have QUESTIONS (reasons).

(Kids are natural-born scientists. First of all they ask the deep scientific questions: Why is the moon round?

Why is the sky blue? What’s a dream? Why do we have toes? What’s the birthday of the world? By the time they get into high school they hardly ever ask questions like that.” –Carl Sagan)

*Learners seek RESOURCES to find answers.

(Teachers are resources NOT reasons.)

(“Children enter school as question marks and leave as periods.” –Neal Postman)

*Learners PLAY with answers.     

*Learners ARTICULATE understanding.

(Repeat question/play/articulate cycle till gaps are filled.) (“Become a question mark again.” –Jack Foster)

*Learners use (publish) new knowledge creatively.