- Phuong's Reflections
- Teachers as Changing Agents
- Moral Education
- Sand, Brink and Seeds
- Education for Citizenship
- The principles and practice of teaching and class management
- Second Thoughts about Democratic Classrooms
- The Other Side of Inclusion
- Learning or Unlearning Racism
- The Victimization of LGB Youth
- Multicultural
- Education Toward a Culture of Peace
- Becoming a Professional
- Teachers as Changing Agents
- LL's Reflections
- Why Teachers Must Become Change Agents
- Moral Education and the Need for Teacher Preparation
- Sands, bricks, and seeds: School change strategies and readiness for reform
- Educating for Citizenship in Canada
- Class Management from the Side of Teaching
- Democratic Classrooms: Promises and Challenges of Student Voice and Choice
- Learning in an Inclusive Community
- Breaking the Cycle of Racism in the Classroom
- Victimization of LGB
- Equity
- Psychological Needs
- Becoming a Professional
- Why Teachers Must Become Change Agents
- Mike's Thoughts
- Jeremys stuff
No, I do not think that democratic classrooms: Promises and Challenges of Student Voice and Choice will work. “In democratic and freedom-based education, students are free to decide what they study, and how, and when they study it.” (Noll, 2012, page 98) If student are free to decide what they study, how and when they study it, then there will not be much studying at all. For my first placement, I was in a split grade 3/4 classroom. If things were left up to them, they would have just sat around socialize with their friends and classmates or do things that they like, such as art, gym and just play games. This was not just for the students who were doing poorly in school, but was it like this for the ones doing well academically. I had firsthand experience of the student’s preference on what to do, if they were given free time. None of them chose to sit down and learn math or any subjects, when they had free time, they would play games, socialize, or did something like such draw random things. How would students learn anything if they were given the choice of what they study, how and when they study it? Without rules or consequences, I do not think that the classroom would learn anything in general, even if there were the few that would learn on their own, what about the ones that choose not to? They would cause disruptions in the classroom, those that wanted to learn would just be tempted to join in the fun that the other students were having. Classrooms should have rules, routines and consequences; if everything was left to the students nothing would get accomplished. Hence I do not think that democratic classroom would be successful.
p.h
References:
Taking Sides (Issue 3: Should Behaviorism Shape Educational Practices?) pp. 31-47
NO: Clabaugh, G. K. (2008). Second Thoughts about Democratic Classrooms (pp.96-101)
p.h
References:
Taking Sides (Issue 3: Should Behaviorism Shape Educational Practices?) pp. 31-47
NO: Clabaugh, G. K. (2008). Second Thoughts about Democratic Classrooms (pp.96-101)