Two things jumped out at me from this week's readings with regard to teaching. First, Paul Hirsch, a renowned film editor, spoke about how using a split-screen in film will detach the audience emotionally from a scene, and engage them only intellectually. This inspired a thought that often, a successful lesson will frame the information so that it resonates with the student emotionally. This can be done through project-based learning or other types of lessons where students are creating things. When a student creates or builds something, they are usually emotionally invested into it, and that is more likely to stay with them over time. Experiential learning is another way students can be emotionally tied to the things they learn through the cycle of: experience, reflection, and application of information.
The second thing that stood out came from the site on television journalism. The article suggests that the journalist forms the information into an easy to understand package, and let the audience draw inferences and form opinions. This is similar to a lecture/discussion type of situation where the teacher's role is to frame the relevant information in a way the students can understand so they can inquire, research, synthesize their understanding, and hopefully transfer the knowledge to other areas.
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