tirsdag den 23. september 2014

English lesson September 22nd

Today we have talked about the texts we have read for today. Kramsch was one of them who have pointed out some things about classroom teaching. For example that it is important for a teacher keeping up a juggling act in the classroom. One might have planned everything from home, but when one is dealing with human beings, one has to adjust on the way. Grab the situation in the classroom and just go with it. A teacher has to be repaired for changes. He also points out, that we tend to focus on how much the students communicate in the classroom instead of what is actually said.

We were introduced to the word SOLE, a project that focuses on how children are able to learn while gaining curiosity, and thereby learning some more. How technology can be used in the classroom as the children search for answers by them self, and then learn when informing the rest of the class of what they have found out. As a teacher we have to let go of control, and let the children learn on their own, because children are naturally curious.  I would say there are some good point in this, but not sure this would work generally, as we in the Danish school system are struggling with children who’s been diagnosed and thereby having trouble working on their own.
 
Then we were talking about the Dunn and Dunn model, which is about that we all learn differently, that some are learning best in the physiology element, by listening, others are learning best my touching, which is under the emotional element. We are all different and somehow we have to accommodate each student, how they learn best. So to compare this with SOLE project, this will not be possible as some children do not have the self-organization element.
And thereby we were introduced to Howard Gardner and the 7 intelligences. Gardner talks about giving the children space to be who they are, and not squander the students creativity and their desire to learn in the way that is possible for them to learn best. Creativity is a lot of things, it is not only about that one is creative when one is able to draw or sing. As teachers we do not only have to focus on when something is wrong, we should also see what comes out of what the students are saying, as it is not only the right answer that is important. This is about grabbing the situation, which Kramsch is also talking about. This is about how we meet the needs of the students who are different. 
Give the children room to be what they are even though they do not fit into the element. We have to find out as teachers what their learning style is and not only state them as unintelligent people.

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