From watching that teachers techniques I would say that he believes students need to work together to develop their educational goals. The students are obviously working in groups before they came together to discuss what had happened. During the collaboration he provided little help to focus the students directly. Instead he gently steered the conversation to the path he was looking for and let the children do most of the talking. His beliefs probably state that learners learn best when challenged to do it themselves as opposed to soaking up info like a sponge.
His beliefs on competency revolve around the idea that children must take part in their education. Learning is not a spectator sport and he takes that to heart. Specifically, he wants his students to know that the scientific method is a complicated, multi-routed path to the finish. Science is messy, as he so eloquently puts it.
If your students are engaged in their learning, then they will retain information better because they have a vested interest in what they are learning.
I want to comment on what you said here:
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I'm glad you recognize the significance of this, but want to caution you to not think I provided "little help". Using questions to guide students' thinking is not an easy task, yet is so crucially important to help them make sense of ideas.
Thank your for the comments. I was not expecting the subject of the video himself to be reading my blog. I did not mean to downplay your role in the classroom. What I'm trying to say is that it is refreshing that you are not just lecturing to the students about the topic. Once again, thank you for the interest.
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