Parentella

Many educators and parents recognize that learning is quite an idiosyncratic act. Children have various environmental, psychological, and physiological preferences when it comes to the act of learning. Some letter better while listening to music, others prefer using their hands, and others prefer learning on the computer. Some learn better at night and others in the daytime. Some prefer going outside while others need to stay inside in a quiet area. A parent can tell you how one child studies differently from the other child. Recently, I had one of these conversations with a good friend. He told me how his two boys approached learning in very different ways. For example, one of the boys would always need books when traveling while the other needed drawing materials. How about the various learning differences between boys and girls?

During this past Wednesday’s #PTCHAT (Parent Teacher Chat) principals, parents, teachers, and other educational stakeholders gathered to discover the learning differences among boys and girls.

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Parentella: We’re talking about learning differences in boys and girls
ryflinn: this is a subject close to my heart being a man teaching kindergarten gender always played a role in my education. I see gender differences but these difference can cross over boys seem to yell out more and need to be hands on girls more passive.
Teacher_Chic: @ryflinn you’re right. it’s hard for students to un-learn these socially driven expectations.
Teacher_Chic: it’s less about how WE identify them + more about how students I.D. themselves that teaching should speak to
tomschimmer: Might be semantics, but I see a huge difference between ‘personalizing’ and ‘individualizing’. Regardless of gender, students have to play a role inside the instructional process to capitalize on strengths, interest, & talents
strongfathers: @tomschimmer If you teach to many (more…)