TEDTalk: 3 rules to spark learning - Ramsey Musallam

What have you personally learned about teaching from the viewing?

Great teachers fall into the cycle of "pseudo-teaching". Some teachers I work with may be in the this cycle like this teacher was prior to his life-changing medical event. Reflection is a powerful tool that can help us break the cycle and make changes that best support our students' learning.

What is the author’s message that we are meant to take away from the viewing?

Cultivate curiosity. Questions are the "seeds of learning". Embrace the mess and don't be afraid to "fail" - there is learning that happens in that mess. Reflect and revise.

Will you use any ideas from the video directly with your students? 

I feel lucky in that my "content area" is teaching students how to find the information they need for  inquiry. As part of the inquiry process, gathering background information and developing research questions help guide a student through that process. I can help student researchers remember or dig into the "questions" in their research. Why did they chose the topic? Why learn more about the topic? Why is it important? Why should they consider other viewpoints/approaches/situations? Who benefits and why? Who is impacted and why? What are the larger implications of this topic? What happens if...? My role is to help support them in growing those seeds of learning.

What questions have arisen for you in the video?

How can I help or support teachers to move out of the "pseudo-teaching" cycle?

What competency (ies) are addressed by the reading?

ProEd A.3.a The learner and learning: Learning environment as demonstrated by: Working with learners to create and access learning environments that support self-directed individual and collaborative learning, based on each learner’s interests and passions; 

How this competency is addressed: By cultivating student curiosity, this creates a supportive learning environment which encourages students to ask the questions that are of interest to them and that make learning relevant to them.