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Issuesoftheperspectivethatinformhistoricalaccountstakeonimportancealongsideissuesof

verification,(177)mademeofcourselookdeeperintothisissue.Ivebeenhearingtheargument
morerecently,thathistoryisallperspective.Icameacrossaninterestingarticlerelatedtothis
(chunkoutsomepiecesandincludeonweebly)andlearnedsomenewvocabularythatIfeel
likeIhaveseenbeforebutnevertookthetimetolookupparadigm,empirical.
Historyfrom
whoseperspective?

PedagogicalContentKnowledge
Howdoyourepresenttheideasofasubjectandthewaystheyareconnectedwithoneanother
sothatstudentsdonotfallintooneofthethreepathologiesoflearning:amnesia,fantasia,and
inertia?Amnesiaisforgetting.Itoccurswheninformationhasnotbeenlearnedinmemorable,
useableways.Fantasiaoccurswhenstudentsendupwithamisconceptionorasetof
misconceptionsabouttheideastaughttheyhaveadistortedgraspofaconcept.Inertiaisthe
absenceoftransfer,wherestudentsunderstandtheideas,butcannotapplythemoutsideofthe
immediatecontextinwhichtheylearnedthem(Shulman,2001).(179)

Ifoundthissointerestingespeciallyfantasia,asitissomethingthatIhavebeenbattlingwithin
mylastcouplesessionreflections.IfoundanarticlebyLeeS.Shulmanthattakesadeeperlook
atfantasia.Thearticlealsointroducesapathologythatwasntmentionedamongtheotherthree
inthetext,nostalgia.
TakingLearningSeriously
InthesectionregardingfantasiaShulmanadmits,
I'msureIhaveexperiencedfantasiaasa
learner.However,perhapsIhaveyettobeenlightenedonmymisconceptions,andthatis
exactlythethoughtthatIstrugglewith.WhatifIamneverenlightenedonsuchmisconceptions?
Irealizedwhyitissoimportanttogainperspective,asastudentbutthensharethat
perspective.IfwedontshareourperspectiveIdontknowofanyotherchanceforclarityor
enlightenment.Whichgoesbacktocreatingasafeclassroomenvironment(Session6The
ClassroomMosaic:CultureandLearning[CaringEnvironmentsandPersonalConnections])if
studentsarenotcomfortabletheywillnotsharetheirperspective,notinawaythatdeeply
allowsfortheteachertopourintothelearnertoshapewhattheyareabletobringoutas
accurate.Ifeellikethesepathologiesaresoliveandpresentineducation,andthisparticular
one,fantasia,reallyresignatedwithmebecauseofmypassionforrelationshipsand
environments.IseethatasaplacewhereIcandirectlystepinandperhapsreducethe
occurrenceofthispathologyamongmystudents.

Questionstoaskyourselfasateacher:
Howisitpossibleforsomeonewhoalreadyknowssomethingtoteachittosomeonewhodoes
not?Howdoyoucreateabridgebetweenwhatyouknowandwhatsomebodyelsedoesnotyet
know,butneedstoknow?(179)
Whatwouldlearninglooklikeinthisparticularcaseifitweretooccur?Whatdoessomebody
looklikewhounderstands_____?Whatdoesunderstanding_____evenmean?(180)
Asyouplancurriculum,whatdoyouidentifyasimportant,generativeideasinyourdiscipline?
Asyouplaninquiries(questions),whatarethecentraltoolsandhabitsofmindstudentsneedto

develop?Andasyouplaninstruction,howdoyoudevelophooksintothecontentforyour
students?(180)

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