Double Entry Journal #12

I learned that IRE type teaching leads to the idea that the teacher is superior to the student and that it implies there is an answer to every question. Also this learning implies that the teacher decides what is important and how the material should be covered

I thought it was interesting relating the intimacy of language to public speaking as well as how stiffing IRE type instruction can be to student interest.

One question I have is why is IRE instruction taught as a primary method of instruction if its results are as dismal as this reading suggests.

Discourse." Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education. Yahoo. Available: http://www.caje.org/a_lukin.htm. March 7, 1998.

Asking essential questions can improve learning in schools because the answers to the questions are often open ended and allow the student to critically think and develop their own rationale to the answer.

Reflection: learning to ask essential questions. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://docs.google.com/document/d/165BCE1vIgTotWw49y5tMN2JAKVNdjH7aVTsaNZep7Js/edit?hl=en_US