In the article " Schools that practice Learning-Literacy", David Warlick has pointed out many things that get may get your attention. We learn new things everyday. It could be the simplest thing, but we have learned something new that we can use later on in the same situation.
"Literacy makes people master learners, people who can successfully learn, unlearn and relearn."
David makes a good point in his statement. We do something a the long way until someone or something shows us the short way to do it. Our brain is capable of letting us learn everyday and lets the information stick to us. We are master learners since the day we were born, from the moment we were born we learned how to eat. Us as future teachers we want to be able to produce everyday learners. They learn from us as well we learn from them. Another statement that David mentioned was "We must walk into our classrooms out of today, not from the day that they graduated." This statement is true cause many there is teachers who teach the same thing every year. Our resources, such as our books change every year. We gather new information each year so we have to update our information that we have in our books each year. As mentioned earlier we learn everyday. Learning is among us and is contagious!! So don't be scared to learn something new. Learn from it and teach others around you.
Resources:
Bowker LLC, (2010). Bowker reports traditional u.s. book production flat in 2009. Retrieved from website: http://www.bowker.com/en-US/aboutus/press_room/2010/pr_04142010.shtml
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Isn't it fascinating when you begin to think about how learning and literacy intertwine on a regular basis. It helps understand the natural and continuous aspect of learning - whether we have 'school' or not! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting your resources, too - you will want to give full credit to the blogpost of David Warlick by using the APA style - will show you how if you need help!