what teachers are really thinking...

[Neil Finney]

Hi,

Thanks to everyone who took up my "call for twitter connections" - I really appreciate the opportunity to network and learn from you all in a global capacity.

My latest post is entitled: "Open letter from a teacher to a student" and I would love for you to post your comments about how to reach resistant students and for you to resound your own thoughts about why we choose this profession (because we love teaching kids!)

Thanks,

Neil

[Ira Socol]

Neil,

I have often tried to apply microeconomics to student decision-making. There is, after all, a huge opportunity cost in even bothering to attend school. Each class you go to in a day ups that opportunity cost. Paying attention - rather than thinking about just about anything else - raises the cost even higher. Kids, when they can, make reasonable decisions regarding these costs.It would be different if they had "market choice" each day, but they don't. So showing up and paying attention are "done blind" - they have to make the investment without any knowledge regarding if there will be a reasonable payoff. Kind of like paying to see a film without any review.

This doesn't answer your questions, but it is what I think about as I watch kids in a classroom.

Ira


Ira David Socol
Michigan State University College of Education
SpeEdChange - Transformative Learning
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