Comments on: Learning from our students–the roving librarian http://futura.edublogs.org/2008/02/05/learning-from-our-students-the-roving-librarian/ technology, libraries, and schools Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:29:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: a. woody delauder http://futura.edublogs.org/2008/02/05/learning-from-our-students-the-roving-librarian/comment-page-1/#comment-1655 a. woody delauder Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:58:19 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/2008/02/05/learning-from-our-students-the-roving-librarian/#comment-1655 "We have to believe in our students, believe that they have something to contribute." I couldn't agree more with this statement. It seems like something that is said all the time, but many teachers don't really trust their students. Having a class that is Discovery oriented, I deal with the trust issue on a daily basis. Many of the students teachers have absolutely no trust in their students. When they come to my science class, trust is all they get. They don't quite understand the concept... yet. But, I have a positive outlook on the contributions a child can make to their own learning. Wikipedia is a powerful site. We use it on a daily basis in science. The important idea to get across to students... trust but question and research. Thanks for the post :) “We have to believe in our students, believe that they have something to contribute.”

I couldn’t agree more with this statement. It seems like something that is said all the time, but many teachers don’t really trust their students.
Having a class that is Discovery oriented, I deal with the trust issue on a daily basis. Many of the students teachers have absolutely no trust in their students. When they come to my science class, trust is all they get. They don’t quite understand the concept… yet. But, I have a positive outlook on the contributions a child can make to their own learning.
Wikipedia is a powerful site. We use it on a daily basis in science. The important idea to get across to students… trust but question and research. Thanks for the post :)

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