Notice, Wonder, Questions
Octoober 20, 2017 I wanted to take a moment to write about interdisciplinary professional development. Whenever I have the opportunity to attend an interdisciplinary PD, I am hesitant because the mathematics is either nonexistent or extremely superficial. Today I went to a professional development put on by LACOE and it was focused on integrating art and the new social studies standards. The presenter referenced the new common core standards, including ELA, history, art, and even science. The only content they didn’t seem to recognize was mathematics, which was not a surprise. What I didn’t anticipate was when we discussed pedagogy and different strategies for teaching art, I would recognize my own structures in mathematics. For example, she talked about taking the time in silence to look at a painting and really appreciate what was happening. She called it notice, wonder, and think . It grabbed my attention immediately. Mathematics teachers const