Teachers Teach as They are Taught!

When reading The Practice Implications of Constructivism by Wesley A. Hoover, I was particularly struck by this passage, "It is also useful to remember the educator's maxim, Teachers teach as they are taught, not as they are told to teach. Thus, trainers in constructivist professional development sessions model learning activities that teachers can apply in their own classrooms. It is not enough for trainers to describe new ways of teaching and expect teachers to translate from talk to action; it is more effective to engage teachers in activities that will lead to new actions in classrooms." This is how our Methods of Instruction classroom is set up. We are constantly doing things in new and different ways, individually and in groups. Each method we learn we have to explore in all the different ways that our students will learn from us...it really is exciting!