Sweater Reading

I found this reading to be extremely interesting. It showed me how learning can change simply just by how the teacher begins a lesson on any subject. The way Debbie O'Brien taught her students was extremely different from the experience that I had when I was in fourth grade. We were only taught based on what the book told us, instead of being taught based on what we wanted to learn about or what our own perceptions of topics. A quote from the reading that caught my attention was, "Experience, that most deceptive of teachers, had to be met head on." I found this quote to be extremely true. I have never had a teacher use their students experiences to help teach a lesson. It is such a great way to get the students to learn something but, in their own way. The sweater experiment was a great way to get the students curious about heat and to see the way the kids thought about the sweater was really interesting. Using this form of teaching in my classroom will not only work for science, but for social studies as well. I like that I'm learning ways to teach all subjects and not just science. It is extremely helpful  for me to get multiple teaching examples for all different subjects. I also found it interesting that the children never changed their stance on how the sweater should make the temperature on the thermometer change. That gives me insight to how my own students will think about certain topics and that they will never give up on their own perceptions. My teaching will solely be about the students learning and will be inquiry based.