Empowering Education by Ira Shor
"People are naturally curious. They are born learners. Education can either develop or stifle their inclination to ask why and to learn...If the students' task is to memorize rule, and existing knowledge, without questioning the subject matter, their potential of critical thought and action will be restricted."
I think this is a huge point that a lot of teachers don't take into consideration. When students are tasked with memorization and the goal is to know the information enough to pass the assignment and class, the interest in true learning is lost. Young students very often enjoy school and are eager to learn, but as we get older and begin to need to just know information we truly learn less.
"The difference between empowering and traditional pedagogy has to do with the positive or negative feelings students can develop for the learning process, In traditional classrooms, negative emotions are provoked in students by teacher-centered politics...In contrast, an empowering educator seeks a positive relationship between feeling and thought, He or she begin. this search by offering a participatory curriculum. In a participatory class where authority is mutual, some of the positive affects which support student learning include cooperativeness, curiosity, humor, hope, responsibility, respect, attentiveness, openness, and concern about society."
The emotions and relationships associated with the pedagogy of the classrooms that students are in will affect the relationship with learning process. If the traditional pedagogy is in place there is a much higher chance of a negative relationship for the students with learning in the future. The empowering pedagogy in the classroom has much more positive outcomes and should be used in more classrooms to benefit more students.
"The format here merges: language instruction, academic content, and daily experience. Empowering knowledge is sought by questioning rules, work relations, and dally episodes often taken for granted."
There is a lot more going into empowering education than the traditional ways, and the outcomes for the students that experience empowering classrooms. It is almost unfair for the students in traditional classrooms because many know and acknowledge the negative affects of that way of teaching.
"People are naturally curious. They are born learners. Education can either develop or stifle their inclination to ask why and to learn...If the students' task is to memorize rule, and existing knowledge, without questioning the subject matter, their potential of critical thought and action will be restricted."
I think this is a huge point that a lot of teachers don't take into consideration. When students are tasked with memorization and the goal is to know the information enough to pass the assignment and class, the interest in true learning is lost. Young students very often enjoy school and are eager to learn, but as we get older and begin to need to just know information we truly learn less.
"The difference between empowering and traditional pedagogy has to do with the positive or negative feelings students can develop for the learning process, In traditional classrooms, negative emotions are provoked in students by teacher-centered politics...In contrast, an empowering educator seeks a positive relationship between feeling and thought, He or she begin. this search by offering a participatory curriculum. In a participatory class where authority is mutual, some of the positive affects which support student learning include cooperativeness, curiosity, humor, hope, responsibility, respect, attentiveness, openness, and concern about society."
The emotions and relationships associated with the pedagogy of the classrooms that students are in will affect the relationship with learning process. If the traditional pedagogy is in place there is a much higher chance of a negative relationship for the students with learning in the future. The empowering pedagogy in the classroom has much more positive outcomes and should be used in more classrooms to benefit more students.
"The format here merges: language instruction, academic content, and daily experience. Empowering knowledge is sought by questioning rules, work relations, and dally episodes often taken for granted."
There is a lot more going into empowering education than the traditional ways, and the outcomes for the students that experience empowering classrooms. It is almost unfair for the students in traditional classrooms because many know and acknowledge the negative affects of that way of teaching.
I really like the picture you chose for this post. How it builds up the image of success.
ReplyDeleteI also like the picture you chose. It is a classy depiction of the topic of the article.
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