2023 Workshop Talk | 52:24 | 7-12, Teacher & Classroom, General Classroom
Summary
How can we determine if students truly “understand” the ideas they are taught? Have you ever asked a student why something is true, and the student replies with “Because you told us so”? This workshop will discuss the method of “Dialogue” as a way to counteract those types of responses. In a Dialogue, students are required to teach the class certain topics, and in their preparation to teach, students learn to think about the “whys” of topics. This method will work for all classes, and most especially math classes.
Speaker
Sandra Schinetsky has been teaching mathematics at Regents School of Austin since January 2017. She earned both her bachelor and master degrees in education from Louisiana State University, and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from Texas State University. After teaching junior high mathematics in Louisiana public schools, she realized that classical Christian education is the best way to educate children and has spent the past six years teaching Algebra I, Geometry, and Precalculus at Regents. This will be her second time presenting at an ACCS National Convention, the first was in 2020 when she presented “How to Engage Students in a Meaningful Mathematics Harkness.”
Martha Shaunessy has been teaching Geometry for three years at Regents School of Austin. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University. After graduating from Texas A&M University, Martha realized that she wanted to teach at a school that focused more on the student as a whole. Martha’s first introduction to classical Christian education was at Regents. While teaching at Regents, Martha realized that the classical model helps to engage and grow the student’s character and academics. This is Martha’s first time presenting at ACCS.
sschinetsky@regentsaustin.org & mShaunessy@regentsaustin.org
Additional Materials
The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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