I believe it is important for all children to learn; therefore you need to come up with different methods that will allow all of them to succeed. Children learn by what they are accustomed too and what’s easier. It could be visual, echo reading, hands-on or any other way. The important thing is to find out what method works best for that particular child and to do this successfully you must know each one of your students. Teaching needs to be fun, creative and exciting. I think that the more you get the students involved the more they will learn, be creative and participate more. The potential for children to learn is great. I as a teacher need to make sure that I reach each child’s potential. I also believe that it doesn’t matter whether you have individual or cultural diversity, the need to teach everyone in a method that they understand remains the same.
At Sandhill Cove Elementary School, the students are made up of African-American English, Hispanic, Asian, and African-American Hispanic. I have found that to know each of the students and to teach them by a method that will make them successful you need to know a little bit about their home life. Teachers and we have to understand that an individual learner’s culture, family background, and socioeconomic level affect the students learning. The background in which someone grows and develops has an important impact on learning. I think knowing a little bit about someone’s home life will direct me to teach all students successfully and without having that child feel humiliated, embarrassed or stressed. Cultural diversity should not be an issue in any classroom if you are a great teacher. I think there are many great teachers out there and I believe they can learn from one another.
I can agree with Ira Shor on this post because he argues it is totally true that a teacher should allow more time for the students to get involved because the more they will learn, and communicate with their peers around them. This will also make the students be more creative and participate more. Shor argues and describes that education is a socializing activity and social experience. He believes that students should participate and it is an important value because its most important place for a student to begin and the student is getting involved. This engages students to gain knowledge and to develop their intelligence. He points out and explains that in order for a teacher to put together an “empowering classroom and program” there must be participatory and affective values that are foundations for teacher-student collaboration. This is very factual and this why I agree with Shor.
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Ira Shor certainly nailed the fact that participation is key in any child's education. I have noticed in my classroom that the students who participate, whether it be by asking questions, making comments on a reading or raising their hands to answer a question were often the students who also worked diligently and felt strongly about getting their work done on time and doing it correctly.
ReplyDeleteI loved watching the social aspect of the school setting play out in the second grade classroom I volunteered in. The friendships and bonds between the students sparked a feeling of community and warmth within the classroom. The students were able to feed off of each others thoughts and sometimes help each other with similar problems they were facing on classwork. As Shor says "People are naturally curious. They are born learners. Education can either develop or stifle their inclination to ask why and to learn", and fortunately in my classroom the interaction between students served to DEVELOP their inclination to ask why and learn!
Don't you hate it when a class your in has nothing to say? It makes the class period drag on and on because no one is participating or trying to further the conversation!