Daily Excerpt: The Invisible Foreign Language Classroom (Dabbs and Leaver) - Artisans
Excerpt from The Invisible Foreign Language Classroom by Laura Dabbs and Betty Lou Leaver. Defining and Recognizing the Invisible Classroom Artisans General Orientation The SP seeks freedom and action. Artisans would rather not have rules to follow but go where the impulse takes them. To them, work is essentially play. They have no real desire for closure or completion of a task or assignment—to the Artisan, the doing is the learning independent of any conclusion. As Learners SPs are often the most misunderstood learner in the average classroom. The SP craves action and hands-on learning;sitting in a regimented row, day after day, can seem like the ultimate torture. Giving the SP freedom to be creative and to experience hands-on learning can be the key to reaching the SP learner. SPs are often misunderstood in the classroom and seen as discipline problems because they can’t sit still daily and routinely perform as does the SJ....