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Don’t Think Twice: The Power of Spontaneity in Teaching

Credit: iStock.com/SDI Productions
Credit: iStock.com/SDI Productions
Imagine this: You have just given instructions for the day’s class activity, designed to test a theory chronicled in the previous week’s readings. But the proposed assignment doesn’t land the way you anticipated. One courageous student challenges the purpose and relevance of the assignment in front of the entire class. An uncomfortable silence fills the classroom. You take a breath. Now what?

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