I have always felt a sort of unknowing connection to the facts we read in the first chapter of the online book. It's interesting to me how information is presented to a class and how each individual absorbs it in their own way.
It's also interesting to realize how different teaching and learning must be from when we were kids. To think what has unfolded to today's youth in terms of social and technological development it is quite a prospect when I think about becoming and teacher and what I hope to one day impart onto others. I am also respectful of the fact that there is an all-encompassing idea that reaches into the psychology of education which includes all kinds of behavioral and psychological aspects. It's sort of like the difference of an old way of thinking someone who is "Mad" or "Crazy" to when people began to become sensitive to the needs and causes of the insanity. To be "Mad" was simply to be written off as an insane person but now we realize that there are many multi-faceted levels of mental functioning (for better or for worse)
Personally I also found the reference to Leo Lioni interesting not only because he was one of my favorite authors as a kid but because when remembering such classics as Fish is Fish, it made me recall Swimmy the Fish which focused on the necessity of integration and different kinds.
Anyway, I feel as though I've blogged enough. Ta ta for now
-Mike
2 comments:
Hi Mike,
Can you please put these posts in the following format:
HOT SPOTS:
QUESTIONS:
OPINIONS:
This will be easier for both of us in the long run.
Comments for now:
You have great insights and have identified many important items from the text. Next time, we'll just put it into the format so that studying, applying concepts and determining what you think is accessible. In terms of opinions, be sure to tell why you think something. In other words, extend it to your personal experiences or situations. This helps us to uncover where our beliefs come from.
I actually wrote this between the first and second class before we were instructed how to keep this blog, heh, sorry.
I forgot to publish the one we wrote on the 25th in class until yesterday as well.
Thanks for the words though I am very interested to see how this class is gonna unfold.
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