Today’s thought revolves around “performative arts” and how that may impact education.
What does teaching look like? I’m wondering if when we think of teaching, we think of a teacher doing “performative arts”. That is, we think of what the teacher is doing. This fits well with the model of lecture (or worksheets, the teacher has created the “performance” that students will complete).
I’m wondering how much of teacher evaluation relates back to “performative arts” of the teacher.
The real power in learning comes from the learner doing the work and reflecting on what they are doing (and why).
It can be harder to assess and quantify students doing and reflecting. It is far easier to assess what a teacher is “performing”.
As with most things, this thought came from outside of education. I was listening to a discussion about Zoom and why conversation is different when we aren’t in the same room (i.e. missing physical cues, bad lighting, bad sound, delayed sound, etc.)
Just the thought for the day.
