FNED 346
Mrs.McKamey
12/2/18
Empowering Education: Critical Teaching for Social Change
By: Ira Shor
Quotes:
"To socialize students, education tries to teach them the shape of knowledge and current society, the meaning of past events, the possibilities for the future, and the place in the world they live in." (pg. 14)
This statement reminds me of how I wish to encourage students to be sociable with each other in my classroom. An elementary school teacher merely reading from a textbook all day is going to make students either misbehave or put their head down and fall asleep. I will try my best to establish my own curriculum that will suite the capacities of all students in the class and encourage them to fully participate together.
"While principals, teachers, and textbooks may lecture students on freedom, nonparticipatory classrooms prepare them for the authoritarian work world and political system they will join." (pg.19)
It seems students are more willing to participate in class and learn together at a younger age than in secondary school and college. Despite political matters, teachers should be willing to bring enthusiasm to the classroom in an attempt to make everyone want to consider participating. Instead of a lecture every class, they could try to create an educational activity involving movement and communication.
"Themes and words from daily life are strong resources for problem-posing.The turn towards student language and perceptions makes this pedagogy a situated model of learning, the fourth value in the agenda." (pg.44)
This statement reminds me of how I wish to encourage students to be sociable with each other in my classroom. An elementary school teacher merely reading from a textbook all day is going to make students either misbehave or put their head down and fall asleep. I will try my best to establish my own curriculum that will suite the capacities of all students in the class and encourage them to fully participate together.
"While principals, teachers, and textbooks may lecture students on freedom, nonparticipatory classrooms prepare them for the authoritarian work world and political system they will join." (pg.19)
It seems students are more willing to participate in class and learn together at a younger age than in secondary school and college. Despite political matters, teachers should be willing to bring enthusiasm to the classroom in an attempt to make everyone want to consider participating. Instead of a lecture every class, they could try to create an educational activity involving movement and communication.
"Themes and words from daily life are strong resources for problem-posing.The turn towards student language and perceptions makes this pedagogy a situated model of learning, the fourth value in the agenda." (pg.44)
Although the backgrounds and resources children are in and have can affect their education, teachers and their quality of lecturing also contribute to these factors. This statement has reminded me of what I want to accomplish as a future teacher in lecturing young children. I have worked with young students before and I hope that the children I work with in the future will look up to me the same way I feel these students have. I plan to establish my own curriculum and even create activities/exercises that will encourage my students to want to learn the subject material.
Comment/Point to Share:
Throughout middle and high school, I had teachers who simply taught from the textbook and made class boring day after day and I thankfully had teachers who went beyond given textbook material and established their own curriculum to teach the class in a much more entertaining way. I must say I performed much better and received better grades in the classes where teachers were enthusiastic and had their own method of teaching.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-JcBFAuLc-0T0ZxUlEwOUNJWlU/view
https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo4034411.html
I agree if I became an educator I would want to "encourage students to be sociable with each other in my classroom." I used to in high school and still dislike here at RIC when a teacher just reads from a book or lectures. I'd much rather be involved in activities and work with other students. I think it helps us become more engaged and is a better way to learn!
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