For years I taught based on whatever seemed like a good idea. If something was interesting or new I would try it. Really, I would try anything if I thought it would help my student's learn. This led to many different strategies that might or might not have worked. There is no way for me to ever know.
I was searching for that magic bullet that would pierce apathy and ignorance to instill knowledge and understanding in my students. I would bounce from strategy to strategy looking for the one that would give my students success. I wanted something that would reach all my students.
Then I remembered a professor telling us that teaching is an art and a science. We often focus on the art of teaching. We forget that what we do is also a science. It is the science of the mind. It is psychology.
Why search blindly for the strategy that will help students learn. Why not look at the mind itself and how it works. Then we would have the tools we need to understand it. Then we could teach it.
That is the purpose of this blog. I am trying to find research that applies to learning and looking at how it can be applied in the classroom. In short, using science to educate.
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