Season 6 | Listen & Learn

Start Small

Listen and Learn, Season 6

What you’re doing, how are you typically getting students to express their understanding of the material that you’ve just given them? And instead of maybe doing it in a way you’ve done it, every single week, or every single year. Is there an opportunity for them to make something? And perhaps there’s a collection of choices they can select when it comes to “making something”. And I think that’s where it is about “starting small”, it is working on what you already have in place.

– Dr. Matthew Worwood

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In this second episode of the Listen & Learn Summer Series, Cyndi and Matt discuss “Start Small” – one of ten actions they’ve identified for classroom creativity during their 60+ podcast interviews with creativity researchers, practitioners, and talented educators.

During the conversation, Cyndi and Matt revisit advice shared by Maker Space expert Michael Mino and educator Andrea Mango; both emphasize the importance of expanding on what you are already doing well and recognize that change takes place over time and in small micro-bursts.

Featured Episodes:

Michael Mino, Maker Education Across Different Socio-Economic Environments
Andra Mango, Giving Up Control in the Classroom

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