The Art of Teaching
This chapter of Bluey Bros refers to episode 1:17, Calypso. We welcome our first-ever guest, Dr. Jesus Tirado. Together we discuss this teacher-focused episode in which we explore the different forms of education revealed by the pedagogy in Calypso’s class, including Montessori and Free schools like Summerhill, as alternatives to the traditional factory model of schooling from late 19th century Prussia. We discuss the teacher's role as a learning facilitator and scaffolding's role in educational contexts and how powerful it can be to ask questions rather than to be directive. This episode is full of creativity and masterful teaching, which we celebrate.