Teaching Challenges survey
I’m leading an effort at MIT to engage and empower K-12 students using the technologies of their futures - we support teachers in bringing Making and Makerspaces into their schools.  We are a small team of Educators, Makers, Artists, and Optimists at the MIT Edgerton Center, fortunate to work in an environment of joyous, hands-on learning.

We see Maker projects as hands-on PBL, with cool tools and community.  The Maker learning experience is student-centered and the kids have some choice and say in what they study and/or produce.  The goal of a project is to produce something tangible that expresses students’ learning, understanding, and/or thoughts about a topic. (For more about “What does making look like in the classroom” and “how can I do Maker projects in my classroom, with my resources” see our website k12maker.mit.edu.)

We strongly believe that Making can help educators address the major challenges they face in the traditional teaching environment.  I’m trying to help connect the dots between teaching challenges and the benefits of Making.  Please help me get some data and a fuller understanding of the issue by sharing your thoughts on 2 surveys.  This first one is about our “complaints” about students , and the next (in a few days) will be about your experiences from leading Maker projects in the classroom.

This form is collecting email addresses so I can send you the followup to this survey.

Feel free to contact me with questions or comments.  Diane Brancazio dianeb@mit.edu.
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Be whiny for a few minutes!  Forget that you really can see the value and potential in every student if you look deep enough.  Rate these 10 common complaints about students, in the context of school.
Focus on academic school behavior, not their other behaviors and attitudes in sports , hobbies, jobs, etc.
Please focus on 1 grade range in your responses.  Grade level you are referring to: *
How true is this statement about your students? *
Not a major complaint of mine
Sometimes a problem
Often a problem
Major barrier to my teaching
they don’t want to be in School
they won’t produce the output the teacher requests (homework and classwork that we need to give them grades)
they are not Curious
they are afraid of Failure
they don’t want to Learn
they are motivated only by Grades
they don’t do Research correctly - (use Google Images to answer all questions)
they can’t work through Problems without teacher support
they aren’t good at working in Groups (splitting up work and coordinating effort)
they have lost their natural Creativity and Playfulness
What we missed!   Add your Teaching Challenge that is Often a problem, or a Major barrier to your teaching
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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