Day: March 22, 2016

Comment on Are the students active or object in the classroom? by Milad

Posted on by Milad

I agree that students engagement is very important and instructors should have a plan to engage the students in the classrooms. One problem is that how can you engage students in classes with more than 100 students and how can we apply critical pedagogy in those classes considering that you have limited time to teach basics. I like what you proposed and I think it can be applied even in big classes.

Comment on Peer-taught Classrooms: A Recipe for Creating Learner-Centered Bonanzas by Lessons from Castalia (Part III) – The Glass Bead Song

Posted on by Lessons from Castalia (Part III) – The Glass Bead Song

[…] Both types of these commitments – to each other as in Wolff’s democratic Worker Self-Directed Enterprises and to their environment as in Hawken’s ecologically conscientious economy – will require practice.  The modern world is demanding new types of thinking that are more nuanced and dynamic than narratives of the past.  Schools are a natural place to plant new seeds of thought and habit.  Future citizens will be best prepared to solve their problems if classrooms are restructured to give students more authority and independence in collectively directi…. […]

Comment on I Cannot Play the Pianoforte by Karen R.

Posted on by Karen R.

Wow, your post has really gotten me thinking. So much of what our standard of learning is defined and measured by others. As a teenager, I recall hearing so much that I needed to participate in activities, sports, or take particular classes because it would “look good on my record”. I know what that means and the intentions of those commenting to me, but now I see how it was others’ interpretation of what would be good for me or helpful for me. While I have had piano lessons in the distant past and could only plink about on the keys now, I would say I fail with those standards of education. Nevertheless, all the education which I have paid for and sought after, coupled with the life experiences I’ve had enhancing my education I would consider myself an educated woman. Regardless of what anyone else may say!