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Rather than being a Sage-on-the-Stage or a Guide-on-the-Side teachers of the gifted should strive to become the Meddler-in-the-Middle. Instead of rushing into save students with the right answer, the Meddler-in-the-Middle intentionally creates puzzling situations to stretch gifted students’ thinking. Come explore a collection of activities designed to promote meddling, curiosity, risk-taking, and creativity in you and your students.
17. “There is no such thing
as a new idea.
It is impossible.
We simply take a lot of
old ideas and put them
into a sort of mental
kaleidoscope. We give
them a turn and they
make new and curious
combinations.”
18. McWilliam, Erica L. (2009) Teaching for
creativity: From sage to guide to meddler.
Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 29(3).
pp. 281-293.
19. meddle
Verb
1. to involve oneself in a matter
without right or invitation; interfere
officiously and unwontedly.
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59. “I never thought riding
the bus would make me
so angry.”
“I never thought riding
the bus would make me
so angry.”
60. Two Bicycle Repairmen
in Kitty Hawk, NC Will
Change the Way You
Think About Travel
Two Bicycle Repairmen
in Kitty Hawk, NC Will
Change the Way You
Think About Travel
61. This Man Went to See a Play
What Happened Next
Blew His Mind!
71. “I have come to believe that a
great teacher is a great artist
and that there are as few of
these as there are of any other
great artists. It might even be
the greatest of the arts since
the medium is the human mind
and spirit.”
72. She breathed
curiosity into us so
that we brought in
facts or truths
shielded in our hands
like captured fireflies.