{"id":5591,"date":"2015-09-09T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=5591"},"modified":"2015-09-08T08:24:11","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T14:24:11","slug":"worth-sharing-some-rules-for-teachers-the-new-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/09\/09\/worth-sharing-some-rules-for-teachers-the-new-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth Sharing: Some Rules for Teachers \u2013 The New Inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>This is a great list &#8211; I only disagree with one or two&#8230;.. as for the rest, YES, YES, YES!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thenewinquiry.com\/features\/some-rules-for-teachers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/rules-social.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>After John Cage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/thenewinquiry.com\/features\/some-rules-for-teachers\/\">Some Rules for Teachers \u2013 The New Inquiry<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1. only ask the questions to which you really need answers<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Maybe I don&#8217;t understand the intent. If the idea is to only ask questions that are important for the students to understand, then fine.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>2. demonstrate uncertainty<\/p>\n<p>3. reconstruct for your students your own previous errors of thought and elucidate to your students what factors lead to a changed mind<\/p>\n<p>4. do not let the terms with which you understand the world get in the way of understanding it<\/p>\n<p>5. give up any desire to be the smartest person in the room<\/p>\n<p>6. remember that students have bodies and that bodies require movement, sustenance, rest, and relief<\/p>\n<p>7. leave an inheritance of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dialectic\" target=\"_blank\">dialectic<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I was uncertain ( \ud83d\ude09 ), so I looked it up &#8211; it basically means debate.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>8. preserve and sustain whatever delusions you\u2019ve found necessary to behave in good faith<\/p>\n<p>9. every student is a genius<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This one I have difficulty with. We aren&#8217;t all geniuses, you know. HOWEVER &#8211; we all deserve the same respect and our very best efforts to help them learn and grow.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>10. do not be afraid to state the obvious<\/p>\n<p>11. a socratic bully is still a bully<\/p>\n<p>12. thoroughly prepare class, including making preparations to abandon your preparations entirely<\/p>\n<p>13. listen with your body<\/p>\n<p>14. suspect charisma<\/p>\n<p>15. conduct yourself in such a way that your students can eventually forget that you exist<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-5591'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5591);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5591);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(5591);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>This is a great list &#8211; I only disagree with one or two&#8230;.. as for the rest, YES, YES, YES!!! After John Cage. Source: Some Rules for Teachers \u2013 The New Inquiry 1. only ask the questions to which you &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/09\/09\/worth-sharing-some-rules-for-teachers-the-new-inquiry\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,9,369,373,24],"tags":[388,389,393],"class_list":["post-5591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-educational-technology","category-higher-education","category-students","category-teaching-learning","tag-academia","tag-educational-technology","tag-teaching-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1sb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7101,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/10\/23\/the-club-theory-of-teaching-and-learning\/","url_meta":{"origin":5591,"position":0},"title":"The Club Theory of Teaching and Learning","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"October 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Or - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blue Rule I have a colleague (thanks Patrick) who has a \"Club Theory\" for how we teach a discipline. 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