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Post by Penny on Nov 17, 2015 18:31:44 GMT
BUTLER,
" I don't THINK they will continue ... had to type something... good answer.
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Post by Penny Nash on Nov 17, 2015 19:19:05 GMT
Children in school are different from the children of the past in that their intelligence is multifaceted, not a single entry. in the past children learned with a chalk and chalk board, to pencil and paper, to typewriter to computer tablets. The current understanding of learning provides strong support classrooms that recognize, honor, and cultivate individuality.
Yes, the Author's line of logic makes sense to me because I can relate to personal experience to the differentiated learning styles as I am a visual-spatial, bodily- Kinesthetic learner.
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Post by Penny Nash on Nov 17, 2015 22:03:16 GMT
1. Children in school today are more visual learners who have more access to technology. Most students today have some type of electronic device at a very early age compared to the children of the past who had limited access to technology. Households have changed over the years. In the past more children grew up in a two parent household where a parent was home in the morning and at night. These children were also expected to help out more at home and had many chores to help the survival of the family. Now more children are raised in one parent households or are living with grandparents and many children have to learn to take care of themselves at very early ages. They also aren't expected to help out as much at home. Families of today are more on the go. The understanding of how humans learn has changed over the past quarter century by the brain seeks meaningful patterns and resists information that is meaningless. The brain likes to chunk information and connect it to things we already understand. Technology also has advanced extremely and we we can look inside the human brain and see how it works. Each learners brain is unique and needs to be nurtured. 2. I agree that students do differ in experience, readiness, interest, intelligences, culture and levels of learning. In our profession, the students who walk through the door all come in as unique individuals at different levels. We as teachers need to work hard to meet individual learners and give them ample opportunities to be high quality performers. We need to guide our students to develop their strengths, become creative individuals and problem solvers. Lori- Families today are more"on-the-go" and this can definitely affect how a student comes & performs in school. |
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Post by Penny Nash on Nov 17, 2015 22:10:25 GMT
Chapter 3 1. School children today are much more diverse. So many classrooms have children from different ethnic groups, or even different countries. The experiences that they bring to school are so great and so varied. The structure of households is also varied. Not all children come from a two-parent household and modest income. Some children live with one parent; others, with grandparents. There are a few very important realizations that have occurred in the past several decades as to how humans learn: (1) Humans can grow and strengthen their brains just like they grow and strengthen muscles. Humans are not born with a degree of intelligence. (2) Technology now gives us the benefit of looking into the brain. We know what works best for the brain. It seeks meaningful patterns and resists meaninglessness. (3) Humans learn best when they are challenged, but not beyond ability. 2. I agree with the author's assumptions. Doesn't every teacher see many of the differences among her students? I think most do. However, how a teacher deals with the differences is the whole issue. Differentiation to its fullest extent requires training, effort, and time. i like your answer and agree with you on # 3 |
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Post by Penny Nash on Nov 17, 2015 22:15:18 GMT
1. The students I have in Lidgerwood are a great group to work with everyday. They are very friendly, caring, involved in many school activities, and community activities. Students today as compared to many years ago have instant communication with anyone by cell phone, are much more mobile, have more money and material items, high tech, less stable family life, and kind of expect everything to be handed over to them without the hard work. The author on p. 39 states that "despite compelling new knowledge about learning, how the brain works, and what constitutes effective classroom groupings, classrooms have changed little over the past 100 years". "We still assume that children of a given age are enough like each other that they can and should traverse the same curriculum in the same fashion". I again do not agree with what the author has stated. Good teachers know their students, what makes them tick, and they adjust accordingly. 2. The cartoon on p. 42 and figure 3.2 on p. 43 disgusts me. It again presents the author's one sided approach to slam what she refers to as the traditional classroom. This cartoon was published in 1993 which is about the time the author left the middle school classroom. A quote from a person on the internet states "I think Calvin is gifted and his teachers don't realize it because he acts out when he is bored". Another states in response "Gifted my foot. He just refuses to do anything that doesn't bring immediate gratification to him. I mean, pretending to have Stupendous Man take a history test? That's not acting out-that's deliberately being disruptive for the sake of drawing attention to himself. Moreover, there is more to life than stuffed tigers, dinosaurs, and science fiction. Calvin still needs to learn such things as reading, writing and arithmetic-not to mention the concepts of responsibility and accountability-if he ever expects to function in society. The world doesn't owe him a life or a living; it's he who owes the world! Thumbs down again C.A.T. Maybe this is the way education is in a large school district in Virginia. It isn't this way in our district in North Dakota. I agree! what a nasty slams. Nothing wrong with the traditional.... we all survived and learned that way! |
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Post by don on Nov 17, 2015 22:46:53 GMT
1) I think that how children learn will continue to change as children change with their backgrounds. But I do thing they will continue to come back to the same three ideas: • We think, learn, and create in different ways. • The development of potential is affected by the match between what we are asked to learn and how we are able to apply our particular abilities to the process of learning. • Learners need opportunities to discover and develop their abilities in a range of intelligence areas. 2) I think the author hit the nail on the head with these assumptions, because we do not know what these students are bring with them to school on any given day. We also need to focus on best-practices to meet all student needs. Easier said than done! Don Nash- I agree that we all think, learn and create in different ways. However, what jobs can we have or get if we come with the idea that we are going to do it my way. How many McDonald's will be burned to the ground before they figure that out. How many chickens will they kill before they find out were the eggs come from. We do not have the TIME or resources to met everyone individualism. A teacher should use as many different methods he/she can to make the subject fresh, exciting and hopefully challenging. Somedays we have to get on the same page and get it done! |
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