What do teachers and tools mean for a STEM learner?

Engage

Perhaps it is because it has been a long time since my last math class but Peterson's visual approach examples were very hard for me to understand. While learning math, I always cared about the how and the why, which seemed to be lacking in the modeling, at least the small demonstrations that were shown in the video. I believe in order to solve the large struggle with science and mathematics concepts, there needs to be more than a visual approach. An organized and easily understood verbal explanation to accompany the model. This way the students can make more connections between the model and the intended topics.

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Extend

The similiarites between indigenous practices of teaching and western practices is their focus on using modeling as a visual for the students to interact with and study. Also similar to western teaching lectures is the oral transmission of the indigenous people. Some differences are how the indigenous people interact with the children. Largely because in indigenous camps, the learning is immersed as part of their lifestyle, children are actively engaging with their teachers on a much more personal level. Most of their teachers come from their extended family or camp elders. Since the teacher-student relationship is much more intimate, this can lead to more experiences tailored for the student.