Double Entry Journal #14

From: Teaching for Meaningful Learning

What are some challenges to inquiry approaches to learning? Teachers that want to implement these approaches, or are being asked to, may not completely understand the approaches, what they require, etc. They may not be as confident in this form of teaching. Time for planning and implementation may also be difficult to juggle. With these stressors on the teachers, students may not have the required support to be successful at these approaches.


What are the benefits of group work? Give two concrete examples from the reading. When students are able to work in groups, they tend to have better social and behavioral skills developed. Children are able to bounce ideas off of their peers, collaborate and share the work load, stay on task better, connect with their peers on different levels and learn from each other. Also, through collaborating with their peers, they are learning vital life lessons about working with others that will carry throughout their entire lives.

Name one strategy to support group work and find an example of that strategy on the Internet and link me to it. Using Roles in Groups - Role Cards, Multiple Group Strategies for Older Ages