My student was Kristin and this is her blog.
With this student, I had her think about her favorite subject to learn about. School is out and it is summer time, so I asked her what she learned last year that was very interesting to her. When Kristin's answer to my question was science, I was extremely happy because I know a lot about science. The next step was to find out what she found intriguing and she said fish in the ocean. She had to research this subject while in school, so she enjoyed going into depth about the details she enjoyed most about certain fish. The whole time I wondered what she wanted to learn and what aspect of it throughout the whole process. Again I am a firm believer in choice of the student and that is why I wanted to know what she liked as opposed to something I would find interesting. Guiding without direct instruction.
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I totally agree! I think learning can become much more personalized by using the students interest. The student then becomes much more involved in the learning process and retains more of the knowledge learned.
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