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Case: Scaffolding or building foundation?
It is interesting how we are eager to run with new terms in education. A few years ago the new buzz word was scaffolding.
A parent who is an educator once asked the teacher for her child; "how do you scaffold for the students?" The teachers response was sharp. "I don't... I am building foundation." Was the teacher correct in his response, considering the original meaning of scaffold as borrowed from building construction? ( A temporary platform used to hold up workers and material during building).
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
Depending upon the grade level and content area, I can see this from both sides. Elementary teachers build foundations for everything that the students will learn as they continue throughout their education. How to read, how to write a sentence, how to compute mathematically, and how to use the scientific method are all things that students learn at an early age that is used throughout the rest of their educational careers and lives. However, once the foundations are build, scaffolding is used in order to build upon those foundations until the new structures (or concepts) are self-supported. As a middle school teacher, I know how important it is to scaffold upon what students have already learned, but I also realize that I am building new foundations for their high school teachers to build upon. |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| Comments: I agree with you. |
| Rated On: October 18, 2015 6:29 am |
| Rated By: qutehu |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| Comments: good response |
| Rated On: February 24, 2018 12:49 am |
| Rated By: aqaMuT |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: I like that you see it from both sides. But the foundation is what primarily needs to be focused on in early elementary |
| Rated On: July 2, 2019 12:56 am |
| Rated By: pehute |
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