First Person: Juggling through a teacher education program

Abstract

When Trudy Knowles needed a change in her elementary curriculum class, she decided to teach her students to juggle. Her excuse was that juggling would impress their future students, but she soon realized that learning a skill like juggling can give teachers a better understanding of how students feel when they learn something new. Here, she shares some of the insight the future teachers in her class gained from learning to juggle.