tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post16726796042011231..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Brain Privacy, or Why I'm Cross about Tables - Joan LennonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-980442461675907772015-09-22T18:18:35.141+01:002015-09-22T18:18:35.141+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.rjsolutionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00065371160219848598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-39550598054588324892015-09-22T18:14:51.713+01:002015-09-22T18:14:51.713+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.rjsolutionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00065371160219848598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-17037886236341506012015-09-22T18:05:25.497+01:002015-09-22T18:05:25.497+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.rjsolutionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00065371160219848598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-91165679574120424532015-09-21T10:42:22.050+01:002015-09-21T10:42:22.050+01:00I really agree with this post and the point re ext...I really agree with this post and the point re extroverts and introverts. Very interesting.Anne Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17160915179685300264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-68181381010272973292015-09-21T10:25:39.840+01:002015-09-21T10:25:39.840+01:00Yet another example of introverts and extraverts n...Yet another example of introverts and extraverts needing different learning styles. Some people thrive in groups. Some do well when left alone. Most need a mixture of the two, to a lesser or greater extent, depending on their level of introversion vs. extraversion. So many teaching mistakes result from the misconception that children are essentially identical empty vessels that will all learn in the same way. Which could not be more wrong.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-26285361242298380302015-09-20T11:37:46.259+01:002015-09-20T11:37:46.259+01:00Sue, you are making a good point and I'm sure ...Sue, you are making a good point and I'm sure that in your hands there's lots of opportunities . However, to my mind, it's not entirely simple. When working in groups is seen as a Good Practice - i.e., boxes can be ticked because that style of interaction is encouraged - and where opting to work alone is awkward - whether at a practical seat-organisation way, as Joan suggests, or because solitary writing children may seem, by their peers. to be excluding themselves socially, less-confident children may not feel it's worth the work of "going it alone". Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-42816584956739660932015-09-20T04:30:47.909+01:002015-09-20T04:30:47.909+01:00I think you'll find that most schools gave a c...I think you'll find that most schools gave a combination of group work and individual work. As for single desks, I don't remember ever having one - and I started school a very long time ago! The desks in my classrooms when I was a student had room for two children. And there's something very depressing about those rows! <br /><br />Trust me, kids who want to think up their own poems and stories will do it!Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com