Thank you for this comment Debbie! I also observed the same thing when my kids were at school. My daughter, once an avid reader, suddenly stopped reading until she met her literature teacher at grade 9 and then at university she studied comparative literature.
Spot on Eva! It is the mechanism that makes a lesson land. Build the best curriculum in the world and a kid who feels invisible in your room will not absorb one word of it.
My son's 11 now. Throughout the years, there were teachers he liked and teachers he didn't particularly care for.
I always ask why. I want to encourage him to understand himself better, and I also want to know more.
The teachers he likes and respects are the ones who do exactly what you described here.
Thank you for this comment Debbie! I also observed the same thing when my kids were at school. My daughter, once an avid reader, suddenly stopped reading until she met her literature teacher at grade 9 and then at university she studied comparative literature.
Spot on Eva! It is the mechanism that makes a lesson land. Build the best curriculum in the world and a kid who feels invisible in your room will not absorb one word of it.
So true, Larry! Once they feel you're there for them, they try more. Thanks for reading and commenting!