Week5


 * 1) "What does it take to bring out the best in young people today, both in school and in the workplace?"
 * 2) As teachers, how do we balance "interest-based learning" and the necessity of teaching certain skills and concepts that may not be "interesting" to the student?
 * 3) Interesting quotes to use as discussion starters...
 * "Motivating young people to do their best in school requires teachers to rethink the what and how they teach...We knock creativity out of kids, with our focus on memorization...they don't have to memorize all of what we had to memorize...Also, we need to teach subjects in broader context...young people need to analyze and interpret new media; they need to create and produce...in order for young people to respect learning and school, we need to think more carefully about what we're asking them to learn-to ensure that schoolwork is not busywork but real work that requires both analysis and creativity..."
 * "Impassioned teachers - ones who challenge me by the questions they ask..."
 * "I learned most from the extra-curricular activities I was involved in..."
 * "The teacher as facilitator versus information dictator..."
 * "They want to be challenged to think and to solve problems that do not have easy solutions...They want to know //why// they are being asked to learn something..."