I read an article from twitter on an edweek blog talking about life skills in the classroom. I found it interesting because most people do not think about teaching students things other than their subject matter and their common core standards. I think more teachers should be actively trying to better their students for when they leave the classroom. If you do not think it is important that students learn life skills such as cooperation, communication skills, and conflict resolution (amongst MANY others,) why bother teaching? Common Core is important in that it is a guideline for things all students should know by the time they are done that year of school but it is also important to remember that students will probably need life skills more than they will need Shakespeare. Now, do not get me wrong, I think all students should be exposed to Shakespeare, but if you can form a lesson that requires them to work together, to collaborate and to be patient with other students as well as commited to getting their work done, why not switch up your normaly boring lecture and teach them more with a single lesson?
You can read this article here.
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