Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Elementary Education
I'm interested in elementary education and I hope to be an elementary school teacher (obviously). It was something that I just started to realize that I wanted to do and I hope that I stick with it because not knowing what I want to do is quite annoying. I never thought about boys and girls learning at a different pace and in a different way. But her thought about how boys feel like it's a girls education they're getting kind of makes sense. I don't know if it's actually true or not because I'm not a boy, but it's interesting to see someone think this way and try to come up with ways to integrate ways that boys will be more interested in learning. I feel that if they did have more things that boys are interested in, then they will be more likely to pay attention. I'm not sure that they don't think they've learned anything, though, when coming out of elementary school because I know a lot of boys who were a lot smarter than me in elementary school. It's a cool concept though to think about.
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So, as far as education goes, I think it's a great opportunity for many people to learn and get ahead in life. But there are some issues with the system (aren't there always?). I liked the TED talk we watched in class about education and it being like a factory assembly line. I do think that it is sort of the way things are. It's similar to the idea of boys and girls learning differently. Everyone's mind is wired differently and boys and girls also have their own specific quirks. I do think that a lot of times this is overlooked in our system. But, I do know that teachers are working on appealing to everyone in their teaching. But, on the flip side, I do think that there are some people who try to play this card as an excuse to not work hard and study to get good grades. So I think that there is a fine line between accommodating someone and babying them. Maybe that's just the skeptic in me.
ReplyDeleteLet me start off by saying that I could not agree more with this woman. Her points on zero tolerance for violence, in my opinion, are completely accurate. Coming from a household with only three brothers and a set of parents who were very laid back about violence, I found myself getting into trouble in elementary school. The schools need to understand that aggression is something that almost every young boy will feel, and they need to think of some way to channel that aggression rather than suppressing it and possibly making it more severe. I love that she assures the audience that violence in video games is not the cause for the aggression in young boys. When I was in grade school, I heard for years that the cause of the aggression and violence in the school was from violent video games or movies. Having said that, I think her approach on designing new educational video games for boys to learn from is ingenious. This approach has endless potential and could really change the way we think about not only video games but education as well. Overall, I agree with what she is saying and her approaches seem to have a great deal of potential.
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