AVReading Newsletter September: The Importance of Community
On occasion, I have had one of those classes where there is just one personality in the room who seems to bring the group together. It is a rare and beautiful phenomenon to behold. For those students who are especially good at it, they can somehow create a mood or atmosphere within the room just by being a willing and interested participant in the activities and then by some wonderful sense of energy can bring along most of the class with them. Those students are exceptional and they truly do make the learning experience seem much more effortless. Aside from the personality of that individual, the truly significant factor is the willingness of the group to buy-in to the class or to participate and engage. A particularly skilled teacher can also have this effect. The truth is that...