Learning Can Be Puzzling

In our last class, we participated in our first Jigsaw assignment.

If you don't know, as was the case with me, Jigsaw is an activity in which students work in groups to research as topic. One person takes on a different aspect of the research. The group then meets and you teach one another on whatever it was you researched. As a group, you are putting the pieces of the research together like a puzzle, hence the name Jigsaw.

After everyone has done their research, the group meets up once again and teach one another in the group what was discovered about the topic.

For our Jigsaw assignment, our group had to look into different educational philosophies (5 total). I was given the task of researching Social Reconstructionism.

Social Reconstructionism is a philosophy in which schools are looked at as agents of change. Students should become critical thinkers and have the ability to solve real world problems.

It is a pretty interesting philosophy, and while I don't think my personal philosophy would be based entirely on Social Reconstructionism, I would certainly incorporate certain parts of it.

Below is an example of Social Reconstructionism in action.

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