Teaching RealityTeaching RealityShelley MalinskiShelley Malinski

What is teaching?What is teaching?

Gail Godwin says, “Good teaching Gail Godwin says, “Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and is one-fourth preparation and

three-fourths theater.”three-fourths theater.”

““You can teach a You can teach a student a lesson student a lesson for a day; but if for a day; but if you can teach him you can teach him

to learn by to learn by creating curiosity, creating curiosity, he will continue the he will continue the learning process as learning process as long as he lives.” long as he lives.” Clay P. BedfordClay P. Bedford

Inquiry is an Inquiry is an approach to approach to teaching that teaching that

involves a process involves a process of exploring the of exploring the natural world, natural world, that leads to that leads to

asking questions asking questions and making and making

discoveries in the discoveries in the search of new search of new

understandings.understandings.

Answering questions is made so Answering questions is made so much easier with the technology much easier with the technology tools that schools are offered in tools that schools are offered in

today’s classrooms.today’s classrooms.

““You can teach a student a lesson You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he to learn by creating curiosity, he

will continue the learning process as will continue the learning process as long as he lives.” long as he lives.” Clay P. BedfordClay P. Bedford