The bell worked
Today was meetings again but this time we had meetings about how we teach. Specifically related to the use of language in our classes. I teach students from a range of backgrounds with different levels of English, some can hardly say a word. For one of the exercises we were asked to take a piece of student work. My partner in the group work took with him a TOK essay. It was written by one of my students so I read it to see if any of my bell ringing had taken effect. I should explain that I ring a bell every time I want the students to realise that I am talking about something that might be useful to discuss in their TOK class. I was pleasantly surprised to find several references to physics in the essay titled; "A model is a simplified representation of some aspect of the world. In what ways may models help or hinder the search for knowledge?" Good to know that this technique works as well with students as it does with dogs. Subscribers can read the essay here.
