Autonomy In Education

In school now, many teachers are willing to give answers to students who did not even attempt to solve the presented problem. This idea of spoon-feeding answers allows students to succeed without fully understanding the material, and when they are tested on the information, they will have a harder time scoring well because they did not learn on their own. Therefore, Emerson’s idea of independent education would allow students to challenge themselves to produce answers individually, without the help of a teacher right away, and this would make sure they have a more solid understanding of the curriculum. Emerson writes, “But this function of opening and feeding the human mind is not to be fulfilled by any mechanical or military method,” (Emerson, 191). This quote explains how immediately providing students with the correct answers is almost unnatural and the least suitable way of retaining information. Besides forcing answers upon students who are not given the time to formulate it themselves, our school district also imposes a strict curriculum.

Therefore, young children should be guided through multiple techniques in order to attain independence, self-discipline, and initiative. I believe that by promoting individuality as well as relying on consequences will allow young children to strengthen their independence. Through consequences, young children learn that what we do affects ourselves or peers. Another factor that needs to be considered when strengthening independence would be avoiding unmet needs. As we help young children to understand their own needs we are helping guide them to solving the problem and gaining what they require in order to be successful.

The theories/approaches established by historical and contemporary pioneers provide valuable insight, underpinning the understanding of how children develop, allowing teachers to enhance the holistic development of every child. This essay will analyse the: behaviourist theory; cognitive-developmental theory; and socio-cultural theory.

When in the course of life events the amount of work we are given by the teachers in school needs to become independent from the student. This is described to why they deserve to be independent. It’s essential, as students, to come up with our own Declaration of Independence and why we will be independent from the work that is given from the AP teachers.

G., (1958) p.8.) Intelligence makes man capable of self-direction. An individual can understand himself and act to promote his own best interests. The key to progress under the system of thinking is intelligent behavior, perhaps by carefully training and educating man to control his own destiny, as an individual in society.

Autonomy – respecting another’s right to self-determine their own course of action, supporting their decision making

This goes back to what I learned from "The Eye of the Storm," where if people accept certain behaviors as normal, as the children in Ms. Elliot's class were trained to do, then they become so reinforced as to turn into norms

Independent learning is a solution presented by DiCarlo and Lujan to fix the current curriculum problem: “it is clear that active processing of information and not just passive reception of that information leads to learning” (19). Students must become active learners to encourage cognition. Furthermore, students will succeed when they stop memorizing information and begin understanding it; this begins with shortening curriculums and encouraging independent

As demonstrated through the experiment involving the 3rd graders, adolescents are told by their teacher who is more morally superior to the other. The students automatically think the educator is right, not questioning or rebelling but instead following her beliefs. She shapes the thoughts of her students by convincing them they should look down

All curricula, whether a national framework or a locally developed program, reflect ideas of how children should be and what they should become. According to Bryant (2014) the beliefs

If the ultimate goal for students is independent thinking, this chapters highlights activities and strategies teachers can use in the classroom to release the hand holding of our students and create self-sufficient learners. Student progression will vary based on their need for challenge and complexity, and they may move from one higher and lower learning continuums depending on their knowledge of new skills and concepts (Cash, 2011, p. 81). It is important that teachers encourage autonomous thinking in his or her students to permit a learning environment where students

In the stage of 12 to 18 years old self-determination and autonomy plays a role in an individual’s life cycle. This is where development is found of what has been done with that person. At this point it has to do with the primarily upon what a person dose with their life. If this means an individual’s has to struggle to be able to discover and find out who they are when having to be deal with negotiating and struggling with social interaction this will bring in their sense of morality and right from wrong skills they have learned. From some

From a young age children are encouraged to inhibit critical thinking and go beyond expectations, advancing further than the formalities their parents aspire for them. All of so is encouraged until the child exhibits connotations that venture away from the parent or guardians’ standpoints. The parent chooses to blame outside influences (i.e. peers, teachers, etc), as the reason behind these thoughts and scrutinize the child as being corrupted.

John Locke was the forefather of the Educational Constructivist movement, which theorized that children and learners construct their personal knowledge in both social and individual situations. Though his opinions were often disputed, Locke had many opinions and theories of the habits and social conventions for the education of young children. Specifically, and perhaps most importantly, he believed that “It is more accurate to think of the child’s mind as a blank slate, and whatever comes from the mind is from the environment” (Crain 7). This ‘blank slate’, or tabula rasa idea founded the theory of nurture. According to his theory, as babies we are born without knowledge of what we should fear or how we should act, it is up to our environments to teach us how to act and behave.

Changed in moral understanding can include internalized rule for good behavior. This could be that telling the truth may not always be the best thing. Parents and teachers should clarify a ling among moral rules and social agreement. Not running in a store so you will not fall and get hurt. It helps the child understand moral and culture