A lot can take place in a four-hour
class. Essentially, the teacher aims to help students develop certain topics:
he or she introduces concepts, presents certain notions that are developed in
the literature, explains them, clarifies student's concerns, promotes new
ideas, responds and asks questions, refers to notions addressed in previous
classes, etc. From the start, the teacher is always aware of the key concepts
that make up the subject of the study. By contrast, an important part of
student learning is to rebuild the topics of the class, a process that involves
making inferences, generalizations, and the establishment of a hierarchy
between the notions being worked. The writing I propose focuses on this kind of
activities.
