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EDUF 2120
There are many different ways to teach, and many of the differences
their own view on how to teach students. There are four pedagogical
they are the only source of knowledge in the classroom and they
students are “blank slates” for them to fill up. The teacher is in control
times we would be facing the board in the front and my teachers would
and how to exceed expectations when I know the rules. I have seen
know what to expect from the lectures and then know what they need
to do on their own to understand the material. They are also very well
behaved.
their own learning. Teachers only exist to help guide students in the
right direction and support students as they learn. A lot of small group
many different activity spaces that we could choose to visit during any
discover things for myself. Through working with groups, I was able to
transmissionist classroom.
teacher.
is to fix all the wrongs in the educational system. They want to find a
way for the educational system to benefit their students. They believe
education for all his students. He feels that education will empower his
his students need that truth to survive in the real world. His classroom
in Stand and Deliver is set up like a transmissionist classroom, all the
desks are in rows and the students are facing the front of the class at
all times. Although Jamie walks up and down the rows of his class, he
still lectures and believes that he is the only source of knowledge. His
their learning and work on group assignments. Even though she allows
pushed the boundaries that were set for her students; she made them
excited to learn poetry when other teachers could hardly get them to
pay attention.
constructivist. This might seem contradictory, but I feel that the right
their own class rules and work in group projects. At the same time, I