I always tell my students about my first semester of grad school. Everyone (myself included) was desperate to prove how smart we were—except one student. He’d just raise his hand and say, “I don’t know what that word means. Can you explain it?” That kind of honesty was so powerful. 1/2
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Matt Gabriele
One thing I wish my students would hear from me is that it’s ok - brave even - to ask for help
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Nowhere in the system do students get external rewards (grades) for asking questions or doing the work needed for learning and understanding.
Only outputs to inputs are measured.
As a firstgen scholar I always felt intimidated that I would reveal my ignorance or everyone would laugh at me. Now I realize “they” usually have the same questions that I do. 😌
"To my parents, who taught me to love questions as much as answers. And to Jane, who always asks the best questions."
He went out of his way to say "where did you go to undergrad?" to humiliate me before answering.
Real shithead.
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It went on; you could hear the numbers getting less; us stubborn/competitive ones kept going, determined not to be beaten.
That one was a lightbulb moment for me and genuinely shifted my thinking. Asking for help is a GOOD thing, actually.
Ahem…. Can you explain what you mean by pedagogy? That’s another big, academic sounding word.