Teaching With a Conscious in an Imperfect World: An Invitatoin
Published on Oct 17, 2016
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Ayers, W. (2016). Teaching with Conscience in an Imperfect World: An Invitation. New York NY: Teachers College Press.
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Imagination:
We as educators need to let our students explore their imaginations. Coming up with new ideas or inventions is how we progress in our world and move forward for a better future.
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Creativity:
This doesn't just apply to students but teachers as well. The teacher standing in the front of the classroom for an hour straight doesn't help students; they become uninterested. We need to connect with them and find creative teaching techniques so they will not just listen but embrace what they are learning about.
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Challenge:
Students need to ask questions and challenge what the teacher is talking about to truly get a full grasp on the information. In past generations, students listened to the teacher blindly just talking their word on the information. Students can't be afraid to ask questions such as, "where's the evidence?" or "why is this person important on this matter?". Challenging a piece of information is not rude.
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Tests:
Standardized tests do not give an accurate perception on who is a "winner" or "loser". These tests are expensive and in some ways non productive. Maybe Jimmy didn't score well in the Math portion of his ACT but he has amazing artistic ability that doesn't get shown on these tests. He might be more functional in society when he scored only a 17 on the math portion than someone who scored at 30 on math. It doesn't give the full picture of how smart or productive a student is or can be. This system needs to be changed.
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Conformity:
Schools of less fortune or of recent immigrants and trying to form everyone to be the same and teach them to conform with the "standard" of United States citizens or students. This is one absurd and a little disturbing considering that we have been down this road before with wanting to conform people to be just like us as we did to Native Americans when we first came to this land. Not everyone is going to be the same and that is ok; we need to stop acting like it is a threat.
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Switching Roles:
Sometimes in relationships, the student becomes the teacher and the teacher becomes the student. That is because we as teachers are always learning from our students with methods we try or some situations that we test out. It is ok to switch roles and learn from the student something new or useful that we can then adjust and improve later on. Teacher's can't act like they know everything because then they will do the exact opposite and learn nothing.
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Adapt:
Instead of giving way to stereotypes, teacher's need to try to adjust and help their students in different ways depending on the age group or situations they are in. The book talks about when you are dealing with teenagers going through puberty of how it is hard for them to venture out and try something new. Instead of neglecting them and ignoring their problems, help them out and ease the discomfort they are already feeling.
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Complacent:
It can be easy for teachers to get complacent going through the same routine with the same kids day after day. The teacher's who are intrinsically motivated and treat each student as an individual instead of a massive group is the teacher who won't get complacent and who will always be moving forward with their students. The best way to fight the constant boring routine is to go above and beyond the norm and connect with your students and to do so in a way that is different than another student.
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I wonder:
Each great discovery or radical movement has started with a "I wonder" theory. The theory to go above and beyond the comfortable and simple and to not care what the outcome is. Teacher's need to give these opportunities to students to explore and to try to make their imprint on society or just their classroom in some way that hadn't been thought of before. To be simple and not adventurous can hinder and cripple or society.
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