Chapter 7: Thinking about Teaching and Learning

The following list is composed of ideas that I would like to include in my philosophy of education from the material in chapter 7 of The Joy of Teaching, written by Gollnick, Hall, and Quinn (2008):

• The Socratic Method (p. 264) seems like a good idea to get children involved in the material. Asking multiple questions to build to an answer instead of just asking a question to get one answer is a method I think would work well. Questions and answers are a good way of assessing if the students are understanding the material.
• The first assumption of Hilda Taba I completely agree with. It says that "Thinking can be taught" (p. 267). I feel like students should be encouraged to think and be given tools and opportunities to further advance their abilities to think and construct ideas.
• An idea that will work well in math is the Confucius method. This is where the material is given in three ways, reflection, imitation, and experience (p.275). In math that would be introducing the new concept, doing some examples together as a class, and then letting the students experience the material on their own and see how they work through it.

References:
Gollnick, D., Hall, G., & Quinn, L. (2008). The Joy of Teaching: Making a Difference in Student Learning. Pearson Education Inc., 258-291.