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ReplyDeleteChapter 5 was quite different from the others, it was more of a "Who's who" of Philosophers and Psychologists. None the less it was interesting reading the many perspectives on how we are and taught, teach and how we absorb information.
ReplyDeleteThe quote I found most interesting is from Jean-Jacques Rousseau when he says "Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains." While I wont delve into the philosophical side to this quote, it did make me think that as a society we only hold each other back from being the best person we can be.
The fact that I found most interesting is that "both the developing and mature brain are structurally altered during learning...Learning specific tasks appears to alter the specific regions or the brain appropriate to that task" The concept that our minds literally grow from knowledge is new to me, but interesting to know that it is not far from truth.
Finally the question I raised from this chapter is , If there are so many right ways of teaching and learning, what are the wrong ways?
Question: Why was Aristotle the most famous Greek philosopher?
ReplyDeleteQuote: Vygotsky said, "the distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers"(153).
Fact: In 1996, the National Academics, including the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council is known for leading the nation's research in physics, chemistry, biology, and energy.
I read through the chapter, and then I reread the chapter. As stupid as I may sound right now it was really hard to understand I thought. The different teaching methods and what all the other educators ideas made it difficult to piece together. I felt as if what I was reading was going in the brain and out the ears. I guess the question I would have to propose after reading this chapter twice is: will the teaching methods of Plato, Aristotle, Maxine Greene, and B.F. Skinner get easier? Will I be able to better understand these methods once my feet get wet with teaching? I grasp some of the concepts and on separate ideas I understand them but putting them together and linking one together with the other is hard to do.
ReplyDeleteOn page 160 it mentions silent learners, how they do not ask questions even though they want answers. “Silencing students who not only need more explanation of why things are as they are, but who also desire to think their thoughts and feelings, is a recipe for failure.” How do you get a silence learner to ask their questions and not be afraid?
Something I found interesting was the idea of Scaffolding. This was interesting to me because I see it every year or every semester; a teacher building on top of another idea, expanding out knowledge. I always groaned when I heard the same things year after year but now looking back I realize that it was not the same thing it was more. It makes me excited for teaching.
Quote: "In today's increasingly diverse world, more and more peopleare challenging the ideas that there is 'One great culture' or 'one great narrative" (150).
ReplyDeleteFact: Confucius is one of the most quoted philosophers.
Question: What can educators do to include racially diverse students in the classroom?
Question: The say there is little and really only new research on how humans learn, I wonder why that was not focused on?
ReplyDeleteQuote: Usable knowledge is not concerned with disconnected facts but rather the connected thoughts concerned with important concepts.
Fact: Many of the philosophers views from many years ago are still usable (in some form) even in today's world so far from when they were teaching.
Quote: "The only way to really awaken to life, awaken to the possibilities, is to be self-aware. I use the term wide-awakeness...Without the ability to think about yourself, to reflect on your life, there's really no awareness, no consciousness." -Maxine Greene
ReplyDeleteFact: I thought Gardner's multiple intelligences theory was really interesting. I think becoming aware of each student's strengths is extremely important, especially when you're trying to find the most effective ways students learn.
Question: Though it's more widely accepted now that students learn differently, how is it possible to reach every student when you're in a situation where resources might be limited?
Question-How can teachers and schools serve a range of learning styles?
ReplyDeleteFact-Brain activity in the first 10 years of life are more then double of the activity of adults.
Quote-"Happiness expends, then, just so far as contemplation does, and those to whom contemplation more fully belongs are more truly happy." Aristotle.
According to Confusius, “He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.”
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting that brain activity in the first 10 years of life is more than twice that of adults.
There are several philosophers that I both agree and disagree with. Is there one particular philosopher that you strongly agree or disagree with?
Question: Do older teachers really understand kinds of this generation and how to teach them?
ReplyDeleteQuote: “All children brings strengths as well as weaknesses to school”
Fact: Traditional education has tended to emphasize memorization and mastery of text, but the latest research tells us that this approach does not work well for most students.
Question; Pg. 161 According to Carol Gilligan she noticed a pattern that other psychologists had ignored. The pattern was that women had a distinct "voice" or point of view than men. Yet, the "voice" of men was used to describe "normal" for both men and women as children and adults. Why?
ReplyDeleteQuote:Pg 152 Jean Piaget "Knowing our students, this means knowing many aspects of their lives, including their developmental stages and what lessons they are or are not ready to learn and comprehend."
Fact: Pg 173 Learning with understanding is often harder to accomplish than simple memorization and it takes more time.
Question: My question is about progressive education. The book states that progressive education is “an educational movement that began at the beginning of the twentieth century. Many progressive educators believe that schools should begin with the life experience of the child rather than with a present curriculum (child-centered educators) and that the “real world” of experience provides a better focus than starting with abstract ideas.” I was wondering if progressive education is against traditional teaching in the classroom?
ReplyDeleteQuote: “We teach so that others can learn. No one ever teaches just to teach or develops a curriculum for its own sake. Teaching is always (or always should be) done in the service of only one goal: student learning.”
Fact: No two brains are identical. In the first 10 years of a developing brain, it is easier to master new skills.
Question: do students of differnt races, ethnicities or gender learn differntly?
ReplyDeleteQuote:"He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger" pg 146
Fact: Brains are as unique as faces.
Socrates - "Well, although I do not suppose that either of us knows anything really beautiful and good, I am better off then he is - for he knows nothing, and thinks that he knows. I neither know nor think that I know. In this latter particular, then , I seem to have slightly the advantage of him." I liked this because I feel like some of us feel like we know all there is to know about something and aren't willing to listen to something new.
ReplyDeleteIn one of the did you know boxes it talks about how quickly humans can master new skills within the first few years of life. I had already known about this but wasn't sure on the details. What I didn't know was that it lasts up around approximately 10 years, I thought it was younger than that.
With so many different ways people learn, how does a teacher get through to everyone?
Question:
ReplyDeleteAt what level do teachers see that there students are a visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learner and how do we get them to exercise these learning styles?
Quote:
"Diana B. Erchick notes that, in math classes, women often find that they "fit the model of the silent learner who believes that authorites rarely tell you why something is as it is." Silencing students who not only need more explanation of why things are as they are, but who also desire to link there thoughts and feelings, is a recipe for failure" (160)
Fact:
Traditional education has tended to emphasize memorization andd mastery of text, but the lastest research tells us that this approach does not work well for most students (158).
The learning styles in this chapter were interesting to learn about. After a while though, I got kind of bored and uninterested in reading about the different philosophers and psychologists of education.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: How does a teacher decide which teaching philosophy to use in the classroom?
I really enjoyed the quote by Bell Hooks that said, “Teachers who care, who serve their students, are usually at odds with the environments wherein they teach.” (148) It seems to be an all too common problem for teachers to work at a school where the district cares more about the curriculum being taught a specific way, as opposed to the material being taught in a way that the students will actually learn the material. Teachers who like to take a creative approach and teach in different ways than their school district mandates are often reprimanded for doing so.
Fact: After being tried and found guilty of “promoting dangerous ideas,” Socrates was forced to drink poison made from the hemlock plant (144). Although this has nothing to do with education, I found it interesting that even back in history people persecuted those who tried to better the world.
Fact: "According to researchers, brain activity in this first decade of life is more than twice that of adults." (158) This shows how much a human body matures as a child, and I really thought it was interesting.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: If Socrates was a Philosopher, (most likely very intelligent)why did he never write anything down?
Quote: You Decide- "Do students of different races, ethnicities, or genders learn differently?" (160) I say no! I believe culture and language could cause a difference in learning- obviously a person who does not know English at all, will not learn as well in an English classroom. But other than certain set backs like that, I see people as people and a physical characteristic such as skin color is not going to change how a person learns. We all have brains and we all are human.
Question: Which philosopher is the most accurate?
ReplyDeleteQuote: Teachers who care, who serve their students, are usually at odd with the enviornments wherein, we teach.
Fact: Confucious is the most often quoted philosopher.
Fact: Aristotle believed that every substance in the world had a nature (or potential) that it might or might not actualize. (pg 145)
ReplyDeleteQuote: “Teachers who care, who serve their students, are usually at odds with the environments wherein we teach.” (pg 148)
Question: Could Piaget’s Moral Judgment of the Child be determined based on the parent’s involvement and not just the child itself?
Question: Is operant conditioning successful in schools? How far is too far?
ReplyDeleteQuote: “Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains” Rousseau
Fact: According to Gardner the mind has multiple lenses that consist of eight or nine forms of intelligence and the no two people have the same mix.
Quote: Aristotle "Happiness extends, then, just so far as contemplation does, and those to whom contemplation more fully belongs are more truly happy."
ReplyDeleteFact: One of the most-often quoted philosophers was Confucius.
Question: Of all the philosophers, which one is the most correct?
Carrie Stewart Jensen posted the blog dated 2-8-11 at 8:06
ReplyDeleteQuestion: How come it took until the 1970s for someone to figure out that early psychologists based all research on white, middle class men and boys.
ReplyDeleteQuote: I am better off than he is, for he knows nothing, but thinks he knows. I neither know nor think that I know.
Fact: It took Skinner in the 1900s to show people that positive reinforcement will help peoples learning abilities.
The fact that I am blogging on is the "violation slip-Spanish detention" on page 109. I find it so hard to believe that in my lifetime this is an issue that schools had to deal with. And not only that, but the fact that there was not an option to return the slip to a female authority figure just adds insult to injury. The question the caught my eye was in the apple on page 108, "Have we always lived in a multilingual society?" The obvious answer to that would be, "YES!" Nobody spoke Native American Indian tribal languages when they landed here in this country for the first time.
ReplyDelete? Do students of different races, ethnicities, or grades learn differently?
ReplyDeletequote: "Peer rejection can be very damaging for racial and ethnic minority youth for whom the need for peer affiliation is very strong." Eugene E. Garcia
fact: Brain activity in the first decade of life is more than twice that of adults.
Quote:"Well although I do not suppose that either of us knows anything really beautiful and good, I am better off than he is.For he knows nothing, and thinks that he knows. I neither know nor think I that I know. I'm this latter particular, then, I seem to have slightly the advantage of him."
ReplyDeleteFact:Young children may lack a lot of knowledge, but they do have abilities to reason with the knowledge they do have (if it makes sense to them)
Question:How can we get more diversity in the classroom?