The common sense of society states that a “good” student is what all students should strive to be and the kind of student that all teachers dream about. A good student according to society is someone who is always sitting quietly at their desk, gets all of their work done in an appropriate and timely manner and to what the teacher expects to be their best ability, will keep busy and stay quiet once they are done their work, and a student that the teacher does not have to pay much attention to unless they are asking a question or need help.
It is impossible for every student to feel valued, special and that they belong when the common sense of society is telling students that there is such a thing as a good student. To me this is because when students hear the words good student they imagine at the most only 2-4 people being able to have that title. This creates a competition to see who can be considered the best student and in my opinion competitions should not be a thing in elementary schools especially one that is just for bragging rights. It is simply not possible for some students to ever be considered a good student. Many students with disabilities both cognitive or physical or a student with a behavioural disorder will just be unable to sit quietly in their desks for long periods of times without any form of movement or talking. There should be no such thing as good and bad students in classrooms in todays world. Teachers must ensure that they see all of their students as good, regardless of their behaviour, ability, or their work ethic. Every student is good at several different things many of which will not fit into what society deems to be good. The idea of good and bad students is something that society has unfortunately constructed with little to none background knowledge. However, to wrap things up teachers and students do not always need to do things the way that society thinks is best and the way society wants them to.
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"The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things" Jean Piaget.
Recently concerns that schools are killing the creativity in children have come light. This quote suggests that creativity should be encouraged as teachers should want their students to be imaginative and pursue their dream career or whatever they want to do with their life. Perhaps the biggest limitation to this is that teachers have to ensure they that they are doing their best to teach all of the outcomes and indicators which may not apply to the student if they do not feel it is relevant to what they want to do later in life. However this can become possible if the classroom teacher is willing to put in the effort to tailor the curriculum in a way that benefits the student and makes it more relevant for them. Especially in kindergarten classrooms where the learning is very open and free which means the students are able to explore and learn at their own pace by trying different things out. In my opinion students need to feel support from their educational leaders that they can do anything they want. it is okay that some students may tune out during some subjects but be completely engaged in others that they feel are more beneficial to what they think is required for their dream job. It also says a lot about the students having more say in what they are learning. This creates a more positive and equal learning environment where the students feel like they are equal to the teacher and that they can be involved more in what they are learning. A, In terms of my past experiences with the Tyler Rationale, my teachers provided many different educational experiences in order to help us understand the curriculum. For example my grade 7 and 8 teacher often used different types of technology and media in assignments and explanations of the topic. Also, for the most part the curriculum was organized in ways that not only built on previous knowledge but also were closely related to previous knowledge. This creates a strong a stable structure for learning and allowed me as the student to know what we would be learning next.
B, One of the biggest limitations in my opinion is that this theory very much emphasizes teaching to the test. Teaching to the test greatly effects and decreases creativity in students and requires them to sit in desks all day and listen to the teacher with little movement or activity. Schools have always placed a high priority on students Another limitation is that it requires creating a clear plan about what needs to be taught and a certain amount of time for each goal that needs to be taught. This can be limiting as it requires a schedule that needs to be followed to the minute in order for everything to be taught. Teaching is a job that often requires flexibility and changing schedules. Therefore, having a teaching plan that requires careful scheduling can be difficult when schedules might have to be changed at the last minute and things might take or run longer than expected. C, One of the benefits of the Tyler Rationale is that it creates a well organized and structured learning environment. This can be beneficial as it also creates a sense of order and control where the teacher is able to teach more because the students are respectfully sitting and listening. In Saskatchewan our learning outcomes and indicators are clearly labelled in organized in the curriculum. This makes implementing this theory easier as the process of creating learning outcomes and indicators has already been done in a clear and concise way. The fact that they are already laid out makes it easier to show and share with others like school administrators and parents of the students. 1. Kumashiro defines common sense as facts of life that everyone should know regardless of where they are from and how they are raised.
2. It is very important to pay attention to the common sense for many reasons. Firstly, what is commonsense in one culture may not always be common sense in another because of differences in society, or differences in how people have been raised. Secondly just because something is considered common sense, does not necessarily mean that everyone can complete the task because tasks that are considered common sense are not always easy to do as people might not always have the skills and abilities to do things the way that most people would or ways that most people would consider common sense. Lastly, but most most important to me is that there is always more then one way to do something so even if people do not always demonstrate common sense that does not mean that they do not know what common sense is does not mean they are wrong or different, everyone does things in ways that they feel work best for them, |
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