Submitted by George Bogart (not verified) on March 1, 2007 - 15:36.
When I got into teaching thirty plus years ago, I thought I had something unique to offer my students. I brought with me a greater experience than many of my fellow teachers. I had gotten a late start in the profession and had done many other things in life before teaching, and I have always seen this as an advantage. It is the freedom to take extra time, give extra information, and share that experience with my students that make it enjoyable for me (and hoprfully for my students) and is what makes my class "my" class. It is hard for me to believe that I am the only one who feels this way. My fellow teachers each bring a perspective to their classes that broadens the experience of learning for our students. For someone to think that they have the single, best way to present a lesson is presumptuous and short-sighted. We have turned out enough "robots", and it is time to let real learning that is broad, experiential, and open to dicussion take place. I can't see how scripted curricula allows this.
When I got into teaching
Submitted by George Bogart (not verified) on March 1, 2007 - 15:36.
When I got into teaching thirty plus years ago, I thought I had something unique to offer my students. I brought with me a greater experience than many of my fellow teachers. I had gotten a late start in the profession and had done many other things in life before teaching, and I have always seen this as an advantage. It is the freedom to take extra time, give extra information, and share that experience with my students that make it enjoyable for me (and hoprfully for my students) and is what makes my class "my" class. It is hard for me to believe that I am the only one who feels this way. My fellow teachers each bring a perspective to their classes that broadens the experience of learning for our students. For someone to think that they have the single, best way to present a lesson is presumptuous and short-sighted. We have turned out enough "robots", and it is time to let real learning that is broad, experiential, and open to dicussion take place. I can't see how scripted curricula allows this.