Minds Of Our Own Analysis

Concepts In order for students to truly learn science and for teachers to provide high quality teaching of science, teachers must give students opportunities to experience science like scientists. To do this, students must be given opportunities to experience things themselves, have time to think about experiences, and have time to talk about what they have seen and done. In Minds of our Own: Can We Believe our Eyes, the teachers and students shown, expressed and illustrated the effects of teaching science through engaging, concept based activities and experiments, while also allowing students to share their thinking and ideas, as scientists do.
Student’s reflections shown in the video, about the activities they engaged in illustrated how experience leads to a deeper understanding of science. For example, one student stated that she “remembered more” and “got more out of the lesson” by going through the process of learning science as scientists. However, experience alone does not do the job. Experience also has to involve talk and think time. Students need time to process their thoughts and be allowed to think out loud with other …show more content…
They were encouraged to share their thinking with others like scientists. Scientists are at best when they are allowed to discuss their findings with other scientists. Just as professional scientists present their work and ideas to others, students should do so as well. By giving students these opportunities, teachers are allowing students to bring in their ideas, test, revise, and/or add to them to match science concepts and