Mar
19
Should Schools Adopt a Constructivist Approach to Education?
Summary of Literary Review
There are two opposing viewpoints on how to properly instruct children in the classroom. There is the teacher-centered approach where the role of the teacher is to dispense facts and the role of the student is to listen and memorize said facts. In the child-centered, [...]
Nov
9
Whatever You Want.
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“Writing workshop is the best way to implement the writing process (Atwell, 1998; Fletcher & Portalupi, 2001). Students write on the topics that they choose themselves and assume ownership of their writing and learning. At the same time, the teacher’s role changes from being a provider of knowledge to serving as a facilitator and guide” [...]
Oct
7
Syllables
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Syllables is an interesting topic. Cunningham talks about clapping syllables and having categories of words to play around with when learning this concept. (Cunningham, 2009) It brought to mind what my daughter’s first grade teacher does in her class. She has these “caught being good” cards which she hands out to hard workers, especially when [...]
Sep
24
ELL = ?
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I realized that not everyone knows what ELL stands for.
It stands for English Language Learners. I hardly ever hear ESL anymore which stood for English as a Second Language. Basically ELL students are those whose primary language is something other than English.
Sep
22
Literacy Oppressions
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Botelho and Rudman (2009) speak about the oppression against the lower classes and against slaves in learning how to read. Upper classes were afraid that the low class folk would start having higher aspirations and that was a threat to their superior position. If slaves were learned they would be able to use their knowledge [...]