Education is Politics
Ira Shor
1. "The teacher is the person who mediates the relationship between outside authorities, formal knowledge, and individual students in the classroom."
I really like this quote and i do agree with it. I feel like teachers should balance their time with different aspects of the classroom and also needs to not spend too much time on one thing. Subjects can not be taught at a really fast pace unless the teachers know that every single student completely understands the material.
2. "He urged teachers to encourage students to question their experience in school: ‘You must arouse children's curiosity and maker them think about school."
I feel like the most successful students are the ones that want to be there and are interested to learn. Sometimes its very hard to get students interested in school but the way teachers teach can help. Learning is not always supposed to be fun but if a subject is taught in an interesting way or by doing an experiment then the students will be more interested.
3. “The students in that media class learned subject matter through student-centered problem-posing in a critical dialogue, not through my lecturing them in a banking fashion.”
I feel like this way of learning helps many students learn and be interested in the topic. A student being interested in a subject is very important because most student will refuse to try to learn new things if they find it not interesting.
I feel like this reading had some good points about how students should be able to say their opinions but i feel like i lost interest with the reading because it was so long. I feel like teachers should try to teach in a way where the students discuss more and aren't always taught subjects in a ledture
I like your idea of teaching by a more hands on approach in your second explanation. It would engage more children to do some type of hands on activity to make the topic less boring and relate it more to the children. I also agree with your overall explanation of the reading. It had good points but was long. I also agree that children should be prompted to speak more in the classroom and interact more. This should start in high school so when they move on to college they already know how to formulate their opinions.
ReplyDeleteI also chose the second quote that you chose. I agree 100% that the best students are the ones that are really interested in learning the material. I also agree with your statement that yes there are some subjects that are generally boring but there are always some things that teachers can do to help.
ReplyDeleteJen,
ReplyDeleteI like how your quotes express your feelings regarding education; that teachers need to expand their horizons and teach in a way that children will be enthused and excited to learn. I agree with this, because if students don't want to learn, then why waste your time?