Reflection #10

Reflection #10.

That's not a mistake. There was no reflection posted last week. 

This week was good. Every week is good.

We’ve been doing STL teaching. I’ll say more about my own performance in a different document entitled “STL Video Reflection”. We also had a learning adventure. More about that in a minute.

What do I have to say about STL teaching? Everyone has been doing a great job. I mean, sure, we’re far from perfect, but I have had my attention captured and I’ve learned interesting things. That’s a winning combination, as far as I’m concerned. What I really want to talk about for a second is the learning adventure…

As weird as this may sound, I loved the learning adventure. Doing that assignment was like a light bulb went off and I realized suddenly that I cared about this theoretical stuff way more than I thought. Looking over the list of philosophers was surprisingly pleasant. Learning all 20 STLs was mind-opening more than it was annoying. Knowing the parts of a lesson plan felt more empowering than like it was just memorization. Maybe it was because I kept calling it a learning adventure and not a test, so it didn’t have the feeling of work as strongly as it might have, but the learning adventure was nice.

What does this mean for me? Well, I will probably revisit the list of philosophers and learn more about their ideas, even if I’m not required to. I’ll keep a more open mind whenever we talk about the theoretical sides of teaching. And I’ll give more consideration to teaching research than perhaps I was before.

That’s all for now.