This week in my CEP 810 class we were tasked with defining learning while reading Bransford, Brown & Cocking’s, (2000), How people learn: Brain, mind, experience and school. In the second chapter the differences between a novice and expert learner are discussed. Preexisting knowledge was brought up a few times, and that had me thinking about my own students. As a first grade teacher, in a low income school district most of my students come to school with little preexisting knowledge other than what they obtained in Kindergarten. In this essay I reflect on what I read and how it relates to my own classroom. As well as, what I need to consider as a teacher to make sure my expertise in first grade curriculum is taught in a way my students can engage in and ultimately understand. I welcome your feedback and hope you enjoy my brief essay which you can find here.
From Novice to Expert
Learning with Lindsay 
Lindsay, nice distillation and relation of this weeks reading to your own teaching practices. I agree that learning is a process and like your well oiled machine metaphor. It sounds like your students this year will fit nicely into your inquiry based lessons. I work with middle schoolers and it’s not everyday that I find a group of students who actually want to learn from their mistakes 🙂
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