Round Table Sessions: Teaching in the Middle
Round Table Sessions: Teaching in the Middle
Randy Bomer – President-Elect of NCTE
In his book Time for Meaning, Bomer views adolescents as both children and adults. This is an idea that has been changing and evolving for him. Bomer views the Writer’s Notebook as a place for students to begin their thinking and to study themselves and others. A student’s writer’s notebook is also a place for teachers to study the thinking of adolescents and the people they are becoming.
Flynders (sp?)—middle school psychologist—middle school students are a combination of adult and child. (I tried to find this reference, but I couldn't find any variation of the spelling. Instead I found the following link)
A sharing of culture—child-like qualities and adult-like qualities. We properly want both in our students. We want them to begin to think and consider consequences, but we want them to retain the innocence of childhood. We want them to utilize the resources available to them, drawing them toward adulthood, helping them understand and come out on the right side of complex, ethical barriers.
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