Chapter 2: Moving to the Partnering Pedagogy

*What does it mean to leave the stage? I believe that this means teachers need to drop their roles as being in front of an audience all of the time. Instead, the students now need to come onto the stage and shine. Teachers are no longer the only stars lecturing information to students in front of them. The students have a part too. Also, as teachers, we need to drop the feeling of having to give a performance everyday. The verbs can be simply defined as the skills utilized in the classroom. Using these skills becomes an act of doing rather then seeing. There is definitely a place for these particular concepts in my philosophy of education. Partnering seems to go hand in hand with a lot of my beliefs. I have always felt as if the classroom needs to change and that students have a lot more to offer us and teach us than we realize