We are nearing the end of this CnI class which means a) there is not enough hours in the day to do everything I want, and b) did I mention there is a lot to do? So excuse the brevity of this last post, but I still wanted to comment on the class as a whole. Bring on two stars and a wish!
The literature circles. It was a cool strategy, but I don’t feel like I got as much out of it as I thought I would. I appreciate that we looked at ne classic text in addition to some more contemporary alternatives, but I felt like there was something missing. I felt like the goal in the end was to summarize the books and their usefulness and not enough emphasis was put on the teaching of the texts. I would of rather read the texts, and present to the class the activities we would do if we taught it. Instead of a reading log, we could of created a teaching log, with resources and ideas for teaching the books. Sort of like a teaching plan, but more individual. (Upon editing this I realized that I may be biased. In truth, I am just more of an individual worker, and I find it frusterating to complete group projects sometimes.) |