How often has this happened to you: after designing the perfect lesson, you teach it without a hitch. Your students go through a project and their results are fantastic. But when you ask them to apply their learning in another area OR you see them take an assessment with questions addressing that very topic, they completely fall apart. You’ve just been hit with the Disconnect Disease.
This happens when students don’t have any personal connection or investment in their learning. They can memorize facts or even re-create the perfect project. But because they didn’t go through the process of making meaning out of the process, what they learn goes in one ear and out the other.
Want your teaching to “stick” with your students? Then you need them to practice their interpretation skills! In this episode of the SparkChasers Podcast, we’ll explore why the Interpret phase of the Creative Process is what can make or break any actually learning that happens. Plus, you don’t want to miss out on hearing what Mary Poppins and Julia Roberts have in common!
SHOW NOTES:
Pretty Woman opera scene with Julia Roberts
Saving Mr. Banks behind the scenes of the music
Creative Mindset Process Worksheet
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About the podcast
The Art Works for Teachers Podcast helps teachers crack the code of creativity and use it as a hidden advantage in the classroom. Each week, we’ll use “creative clues” from authors, artists, and teachers to unlock the power of the arts and where it can take us in education today.
