Musheera asked questions about what I planned/wanted to do with the assignment. I asked questions about how to go about it.. "Should I put this here or here?" "Which way does this work better." So I think the questions and talking were about equal. She had me do a little bit of writing, so there was also time when no one was talking. After we talked about what I generally wanted to write about, I did the 3 x 5 card exercise, but after I was done, she realized that didn't work out quite how she thought it would. She was really flexible, though, and made it work. We didn't really do what the book suggests, but it still turned out to be helpful. - It showed me what I had more to write about, and then gave me a very rough outline.
When I was the tutor
We pretty much went the conversation route. She already had some good ideas she wanted to write about, and if I interpreted right, she was wanting to see if what she was thinking would make sense/work out for the assignment. I think she may have been unsure if the assignment called for what she wanted to write, and I was pretty certain it did. I feel like I may have done too much talking, but she seemed to get some new ideas just after I repeated back what I heard her say. That's sort of collaboration, right?
I left flexibility out of my philosophy, and it needs to be included. A lot of times a method you try will either not fit the assignment or not fit the student like you originally thought, but it's important to work with it the best you can.
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