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What follows if my final paper for a class called Teaching & Learning that I took during the 2009 winter semester at Bennington College. | What follows if my final paper for a class called Teaching & Learning that I took during the 2009 winter semester at Bennington College. | ||
- | (Image: [[https:// | + | Learning about learning has so far been a mind-opening experience. I am studying to become a social sciences teacher, though education is really a social science in itself. Actually, it has such mathematic complexity, scientific precision, and generally eclectic methods that has thus far been an entirely unique major. |
Foremost, learning about learning is a personal venture. How did I learn to speak, but fail at learning any second language? Why do I still hesitate at taking a strictly science or math course? Why do I think that I can't do anything, despite relative academic success? | Foremost, learning about learning is a personal venture. How did I learn to speak, but fail at learning any second language? Why do I still hesitate at taking a strictly science or math course? Why do I think that I can't do anything, despite relative academic success? | ||
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The importance of transferability extends outside the realm of social sciences. In English, a student might learn the functions of different parts of speech; but he will not be able to improve his sentence structure with this knowledge unless he can use it appropriately. Analogously, | The importance of transferability extends outside the realm of social sciences. In English, a student might learn the functions of different parts of speech; but he will not be able to improve his sentence structure with this knowledge unless he can use it appropriately. Analogously, | ||
- | Transferability of knowledge is essential to relevant education. Without it, the student is not able to take what he learns in the [[https:// | + | Transferability of knowledge is essential to relevant education. Without it, the student is not able to take what he learns in the classroom and apply it to his extracurricular interests; or vise versa. However, it is a more difficult task to ensure that the student is focused and motivated enough to take interest in transferring his understanding to begin with. |
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If I care about students who are attempting to solve a problem, I must do two things: I must make the problem my own, receive it intellectually, | If I care about students who are attempting to solve a problem, I must do two things: I must make the problem my own, receive it intellectually, | ||
- | By caring for her students' | + | By caring for her students' |
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Decisions made about what content is appropriate should be made with ideologies of the school community in mind. Decisions concerning social and moral education should be chosen by the school so that they represent its students as fairly as possible. For instance, if the majority of the student base consists of Native Americans, teaching the history of indigenous Americas and influence of colonisation would be more suitable than teaching only about the story of the Europeans. Similarly, teaching only Intelligent Design to students in a mixed-religion community would not be appropriate. Such decisions over what to teach should be made based upon the preferences of both the community (students, parents) and the school' | Decisions made about what content is appropriate should be made with ideologies of the school community in mind. Decisions concerning social and moral education should be chosen by the school so that they represent its students as fairly as possible. For instance, if the majority of the student base consists of Native Americans, teaching the history of indigenous Americas and influence of colonisation would be more suitable than teaching only about the story of the Europeans. Similarly, teaching only Intelligent Design to students in a mixed-religion community would not be appropriate. Such decisions over what to teach should be made based upon the preferences of both the community (students, parents) and the school' | ||
- | Schools should provide an environment that allows students to fit into their immediate society and encourages their participation within it. The former requirement would require teachers to dedicate time to developing students' | + | Schools should provide an environment that allows students to fit into their immediate society and encourages their participation within it. The former requirement would require teachers to dedicate time to developing students' |
To help students grow into participating members of their societies, their education should inform students about the kind of world in which they live. Some basic example of this would be: developing a critical understanding of how laws are passed (both in theory and practise), an understanding of different cultures which are prominent in the students' | To help students grow into participating members of their societies, their education should inform students about the kind of world in which they live. Some basic example of this would be: developing a critical understanding of how laws are passed (both in theory and practise), an understanding of different cultures which are prominent in the students' | ||
- | This method of teaching humanities, | + | This method of teaching humanities, which combines social readiness, is one that cannot easily be graded on a linear scale. It cannot value any one student' |
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Postscript | Postscript | ||
- | While organising my thoughts on education and attempting to compile a personal philosophy out of them, I have realised a few things. Most importantly, | + | While organising my thoughts on education and attempting to compile a personal philosophy out of them, I have realised a few things. Most importantly, |
Unfortunately, | Unfortunately, |
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