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As I read RJ’s personal comment on this article, a noticed I had a few comments of my own.
Although I find the opposition to have an incomplete case, I would also be forced to agree that the class would have a heavy teacher bias. The first, and biggest, hole in the students’ argument is that [...]
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Again I went into Mrs. Smith’s 8th grade Algebra class. Today Mr. Johnson*, the intern teacher, was in charge of the class as he had students correct homework and then assigned a new homework. The students were allowed to work in pairs, as I walked around the room to answer any questions. Although I was [...]
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I have just been reading Amy’s article that comments on this article.
Although I have to agree with Amy’s basic idea that students “should be able to investigate all possibilities for the origins of this world, in order to decide what they believe and don’t.” We, as educators, must accept the fact that there are multiple [...]
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As I was reading our assigned selection for this week, I was amazed by the amount of time we, as teachers, had, but also by the lack of time we have. On page 147, a chart describes how much time teachers have to begin with, but after clerical endeavors and behavior corrections, teachers have a [...]
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As I was browsing the Washington Post through my bloglines this week, I came across this article, dealing with a volunteer program that has senior citizens coming into schools to tutor students.
This program helps, essentially, everyone: schools, the students, and the volunteers. The schools receive free help and become able to provide individualized instruction that [...]
Tutoring Plan:
Goals:
I intend to attempt to accomplish the following things with my student:
Assist with outstanding assignments.
Essentially to catch the student up with the rest of the [...]
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I am writing in response to Rambo’s response to the class reading.
Although I would agree with your argument as you understood the statement, Rambo, I would then have to disagree with the meaning of the quote. As you state, the quote in question is, “Cultivat(ing) them in what the culture construes as desirable…the demands of [...]
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Today, I went to help tutor during 5th hour in Mrs. Smith’s* 8th grade Algebra class. However, her class was taking a test on probability. I was still of use, as I took a student, Leonardo*, out of the classroom in order for him to take the test. Leonardo has Attention Deficit Disorder and thus [...]
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While reading Brophy’s chapter on “Socializing uninterested or alienated students,” I came across an interesting quote on page 314. “Schooling does not aim to provide satisfaction of what is desired by students but instead to cultivate in them what the cultures construes as desirable.” I thought this was particularly interesting as I have thought this [...]
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I have been keeping an eye on the Muslim response to the Danish Cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb on his head instead of a turban. Ultimately, to me, the entire situation boils down to the fact that some Danish cartoonists created this cartoon, ignorant of how the nation of Islam would take [...]
