Teaching in Community

I loved when Palmer said "When I remind myself that to teach is to create a space in which the community of truth is practiced-that I need to spend less time filling the space with data and my own thoughts and more time opening a space where students can have a conversation with the subject and with each other-"

I hope that when I have my own classroom I can remember to do this. I have noticed from my time in classrooms with different teachers that some of them are constantly filling the silence with their own voice. I believe that sometimes that silence is essential and that is the time when the students are taking it all in. It is so important that students have that space to create their own thoughts. I know as a student myself that I sometimes like to take the time to process what I have learned and then discuss it with my peers. Just like we do in these blogs we share our thoughts and are able to discuss what we have learned. It is so important that we focus on the student and what suits them best when it comes to the subject. Palmer spoke about how it is hard to abandon the teaching style he was taught and not be the center of the subject. I really like how he pointed out that lecturing is not the best way to deliver the subject. So many of us can relate to sitting in the classroom where information is given to us and we are told what we should know but never retain the knowledge.