TBers,

This is a reminder that our next Teaching Breakfast get together is tomorrow (Thursday) at 8 am outside Starbucks.   The article linked to below is an example of how collectivist cultures have different expectations about "normal" school behavior for students.   This is worthy of a larger discussion which I hope we can have at tomorrows get together.


Struggle Means Learning: Difference in Eastern and Western Cultures<http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/11/struggle-means-learning-difference-in-eastern-and-western-cultures/>




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Struggle Means Learning: Difference in Eastern and Weste...<http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/11/struggle-means-learning-difference-in-eastern-and-western-cultures/>
In Japanese classrooms, teachers consciously design tasks that are slightly beyond the capabilities of the students they teach, so the students can actually experie...


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Jim Greenberg