Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Presenter
I thought it was great to have an outside guest in the classroom. However, I did not agree with all his ideas. For example, he suggested having the class divided into teams. I just feel that this will increase competition within the class and could carry over into other areas. I feel this would happen in both early and upper elementary classrooms. I think it is more beneficial to have the class working together as a whole. That way no individual or individuals are blamed or pointed out to the group. I just don't believe in fostering unnecessary, negative competition when it doesn't need to be. I also wished that he had talked more about intrinsic regulation and how to foster that within a classroom. It seems that students should not only be working toward rewards, but actually wanting the outcome or the responsibility. I feel this is much more important and I was hoping for more tips on how to implement that. Overall, it was great to hear another person's opinion and research presented. I was able to incorporate some of his ideas into my overall teaching philosophy for the future.
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It was really interesting to hear your take on the guest speaker. Although I enjoyed him, it is nice to hear someone else's thoughts, ones that I had not thought of. After reading what you had to say about having teams in the classroom, I think I agree that it would make more competition among the students that would be carried to other areas of the classroom and point certain students out. He was a little vague about some of the main points on how to motivate these students, it would have been nice if he had given some more examples of how to get these types of children motivated and excited about their work.
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