This week in our technology class, we were asked to find a TED Talk to watch and evaluate. After watching this TED Talk by Sal Khan, I thought that it was important that I share it with other educators out there who may not have had a chance to see it. This lecture not only highlights the importance of giving students time to achieve mastery, but it talks about teaching students to have a growth mindset. By teaching grit and perseverance, we are teaching students to see their mistakes as opportunities to learn, rather than as failures. Allowing students to have time to master the subjects that we teach will lead to less gaps in their learning and less students falling through the cracks.
Despite all the important messages that this TED Talk touches upon, my main question after watching it was how teachers are expected to give students enough time for all of them to master a subject at their own pace, when there is so much curricular content to cover within the school year?
I hope that you find this talk as inspiring and interesting as I did. Please feel free to watch the TED Talk at the link below:
Khan, S. (2015, November). Let's teach for mastery - not test scores [Video]. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_let_s_teach_for_mastery_not_test_scores
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