EPISODE · Jun 4, 2024 · 32 MIN
Peter Liljedahl and Norman Eng: How to Create Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics
from Have a Life Teaching · host John Schembari
In an earlier episode, we spoke with Alice Vigors about her work in creating cross-content thinking classrooms. In this episiode, we speak with Professor Peter Liljedahl, of Simon Fraser University, about how to create thinking classrooms in Mathematics - primarily K-6 - where students are doing the heavy cognitive lift as opposed to teachers.Join me and my guest co-host Norman Eng, student teaching supervisor at Brooklyn College/CUNY, as we chat with Peter Liljedahl about:- The 14 practices associated with a thinking Math classroom (macro/micro moves);- Exemplars of what a thinking Math classroom looks like;- How a thinking classroom differs from traditional models of teaching (i.e. the I Do, We Do, You Do Model);- How teacher practice shifts from answering questions to asking them and having students make meaning of learning before direct instruction;- How to prepare student teachers in this alternative methodologyPeter Liljedahl - Building Thinking Classrooms WebsiteBuilding Thinking Classrooms Book Norman Eng - 10X Your Teaching Website Teaching College Book Music - Aylex
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In an earlier episode, we spoke with Alice Vigors about her work in creating cross-content thinking classrooms. In this episiode, we speak with Professor Peter Liljedahl, of Simon Fraser University, about how to create thinking classrooms in Mathematics - primarily K-6 - where students are doing the heavy cognitive lift as opposed to teachers.Join me and my guest co-host Norman Eng, student teaching supervisor at Brooklyn College/CUNY, as we chat with Peter Liljedahl about:- The 14 practices associated with a thinking Math classroom (macro/micro moves);- Exemplars of what a thinking Math classroom looks like;- How a thinking classroom differs from traditional models of teaching (i.e. the I Do, We Do, You Do Model);- How teacher practice shifts from answering questions to asking them and having students make meaning of learning before direct instruction;- How to prepare student teachers in this alternative methodologyPeter Liljedahl - Building Thinking Classrooms WebsiteBuilding Thinking Classrooms Book Norman Eng - 10X Your Teaching Website Teaching College Book Music - Aylex
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