Chapter 2 Questions
1) On page 56 of our Etext, there are guidelines on how to implement technology methods to determine if the method is primarily directed or constructivist. Students need a constructivist strategy when they are in the process of developing global skills and insight over time. The way these methods are carried out is through simulations, internet activities and video-based problem scenarios. Through the use of multimedia projects, students can learn to develop skills as a faster rate and it will teach them how to go about an assignment in more than one way.
2) I don't want so sound pessimistic but a lot of the issues that the student described in the article "Poor Scholar's Soliloquy" are still some of the very same issues that we see in class today too. Teachers just expect students to memorize information from their textbook, answer questions when asked and they assume that students comprehend the tasks they are given to do without modeling it out to them first. Those issues are being tackled and it is something that will need to improve over time, hopefully sooner than later. This particular student in the article seems to like looking up information for random tasks outside of school and I get the impression that he is a very visual learner so as a teacher I would implement videos into my lesson plans. I would also construct a graphic organizer and have the student look up information through various academic online sources so he can get used to researching using the internet and not just the textbook.
Hi Claudia!
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with you about the poor scholars soliloquy having some of the same problems we face today. The student seemed to learn more in a hands on and visual sense, like you mentioned. I also thought that the teacher could help by working lessons more towards things that hold his interest. I don't know about the rest of his classmates, but he seemed to live in a rural area that required him to have a special set of skills. If his classmates shared the same lifestyle, integrating some real life situations in the classroom may help hold his interest too!
I agree that we still see too many of these problems. Students are overwhelmed with lectures and independent work that they are not engaged in. I think students need more collaborative work to hold their interest. It allows all students to learn from each others' experiences.
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