Monday, October 30, 2017

Thinking about what I teach and why I teach it

I am working on a unit on adaptations right now and students are watching Life - Hunters and Hunted.  It's a fantastic video and I am willing to commit the 50 minutes of class time to it because I don't know of a better way for students to see so many evolved adaptations and analyze them.  One thing that I have taken to doing is pausing the video after a specific scene



After this scene I always share how curious it is to me that everyone feels bad that the rabbit gets caught (spoiler alert if you didn't watch the video)  I point out that rarely does anyone say "Oh!... poor stoat its going to starve if the rabbit gets away"  But people don't I try to open up perspectives that animals aren't mean or nasty just hungry! Why do I do this?  I guess I really do want students to think differently than the did before my class.  I am biased.  I want them to behave differently.

I am biased

http://readingagency.org.uk/news/blog/neil-gaiman-lecture-in-full.html 

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