http://www.durandus.com/phaedrus/2009/09/a-different-view-on-classroom-instruction/ Technology is neither the problem nor the solution. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:12:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.durandus.com/phaedrus/2009/09/a-different-view-on-classroom-instruction/#comment-1499 Venus Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:18:18 +0000 http://durandus.com/phaedrus/?p=585#comment-1499 As I am not a classroom teacher, I am more of an observer as I go from class to class to pick up my students. I most commonly see the students as the passive player of the school day. The teachers are sticking to the books. They making the games, and applying their knowledge, but the kids are sitting their looking like someone is trying to drill a hole through their temples. Learning in f2f with a structured curriculum map and a step by step map isn't always the best layed plan. It's a common excuse too. I have asked teachers why they don't try this with the students. "It's not permitted." -Like going outside. Everyone is going to be in for a real challenge when they put "no thinking for yourself" on the rule list. As I am not a classroom teacher, I am more of an observer as I go from class to class to pick up my students. I most commonly see the students as the passive player of the school day. The teachers are sticking to the books. They making the games, and applying their knowledge, but the kids are sitting their looking like someone is trying to drill a hole through their temples. Learning in f2f with a structured curriculum map and a step by step map isn’t always the best layed plan. It’s a common excuse too. I have asked teachers why they don’t try this with the students. “It’s not permitted.” -Like going outside. Everyone is going to be in for a real challenge when they put “no thinking for yourself” on the rule list.

]]> http://www.durandus.com/phaedrus/2009/09/a-different-view-on-classroom-instruction/#comment-1498 Angie Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:00:30 +0000 http://durandus.com/phaedrus/?p=585#comment-1498 I have to agree with Jamie. Without funding, it looks like the classroom will continue to be a more face to face learning experience for most of the students. Hopefully in the near future, these assumptions can be laid to rest. I have to agree with Jamie. Without funding, it looks like the classroom will continue to be a more face to face learning experience for most of the students. Hopefully in the near future, these assumptions can be laid to rest.

]]> http://www.durandus.com/phaedrus/2009/09/a-different-view-on-classroom-instruction/#comment-1497 Jamie Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:19:43 +0000 http://durandus.com/phaedrus/?p=585#comment-1497 The glaring assumption that I always fall back on is the lack of funding. I am not sure if I made a comment about this for this class or the other one, but I often use that as an excuse to why learning is not taking place. It is like using the excuse that my dog at my homework. It is just that, an excuse to not do something. Of course in this reference, excuses are equivalent to assumptions. The glaring assumption that I always fall back on is the lack of funding. I am not sure if I made a comment about this for this class or the other one, but I often use that as an excuse to why learning is not taking place. It is like using the excuse that my dog at my homework. It is just that, an excuse to not do something. Of course in this reference, excuses are equivalent to assumptions.

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