Dawkins_Week 3

The author does a great job with introducing the term talk.  For example, talking is a natural process in our everyday lives.  However, the concept of talking in science classroom can be unnatural.  I like that the author reminds us as teachers that we must be purposeful to create productive talk in our classroom.  I notice that both articles emphasis the concept of allowing students time to think prior to answer questions.  

The idea of “IRE” is commonly used to control students talk.  As a student teacher, I was guilty of using this method as a tool to control my classroom especially during observations.  I like how the author emphasis that there are many variations of “IRE”.  It is important to remember that “guess-what’s in my head is most difficult for student of different cultural and linguistic.  The idea that talk is important for learning is one of the key iras of this article.  

Both articles highlight that in order for the teacher to be success pre-planning is required.  I like how the author introduces the root of all three common problems is that students lack a focus or understanding of the learning.  Often, I have observed students in labs that are unsure of the reason for completing experiments.  In order to prevent the above from occurring, the teacher most anchor.