Evaluation Of A Teacher 's Defense Of Education

The presenter expresses that learning styles do not enrich learning since learning is actually the same. Learning is stored in terms of memory because of the connections we create along with our own experiences and examples. In the article and video, learning styles were directly tested to see if there was evidence supporting the theory. In the article, three studies were completed in search of evidence that learning styles existed. In the first experiment, Thomas Vandever and Donald Neville (1974) performed an experiment on two hundred and eighty-two students testing the students’ mode of learning in visual, auditory and kinesthetic to learn twelve novel words. Only seventy-two showed a strength or weakness in a mode of learning that was high. Those seventy-two students were further tested in their strength or weakness to conclude that teaching in visual, auditory or kinesthetic was equally successful, and that teaching to the student’s mode of learning did not make a difference. In the second study, Ringler and Smith (1973) completed an experiment on one hundred and twenty-eight students on new vocabulary through auditory, visual, kinesthetic or combined

Who loves school? What makes school enjoyable? Is it the lectures, worksheets, and tests or the group projects, in-class discussions, and games? When thinking over these questions many people are unknowingly stating a progressive teaching style is preferred. A progressive teaching style includes student participation and technology allowing more people to enjoy learning by setting a custom pace and preferred personal style. It has become apparent to educators how disconnected students are from the learning environment when lectures are used as the sole teaching method. The discovery has led several people to find new ways to educate the next generations for their benefit not just for the ease of

Curriculum and inadequate instruction both have their pros and cons when it comes to the decision-making process of what works best to achieve higher level learning among students. Curriculum mainly focuses on the knowledge and skills that are important to learn where as instruction is what learning will be achieved to meet the needs of students, standardized testing, and outcomes. Teachers in the 21st century have to employ instructional strategies that are innovative, research-proven techniques/strategies, technologies, and real world resources-contexts in order to differentiate among the many

Learning styles play a vital role in students’ learning process. When the educational practices exhibit major gaps between teaching and learning, the learning process itself collapses. What may be happening, then, is a basic “disagreement” between the preferred strategies of teachers and those of students. Teachers must make full efforts to redefine their own teaching methods, keep on providing feedback to the students of various learning approaches, for example, how to work on vocabulary, how to improve reading ability, etc.

What is the most important factor in curriculum reform movements? Is it standardized test scores or the qualification of being a good teacher? Nope. Although these factors are significant in promoting curriculum reform, however, they concentrate on either the higher students' academic performance or the more rigorous requirements of teachers. In order to successfully satisfy the needs of students, it is better for the policymakers to put themselves into students' shoes to measure the achievement of teaching by evaluating the students' passion and progress in the teaching process rather than only test scores or teacher evaluations. In brief, refining the current assessment system to measure the

The Kolb’s Learning Styles model can help teachers to realize that students have different approaches to gaining knowledge. To address such a diverse group, teachers should provide learning objectives in many different ways to ensure that all learning styles are addressed. Today 's teachers are finding it increasingly challenging to engage students. When students show signs of lack of understanding and boredom, it is important that faculty adjust their lecture style. To help students be more engaged in their classes, the faculty must ensure that they combine a mixture of learning style methods and preferences in order to avoid losing learning opportunities for the students (Kumar et al., 2012; Romanelli, et al., 2009), especially

The curriculum plays just as big of a role as the employees and physical setting do when it comes to an effective school. “In today’s schools, the formal curriculum is organized around standards, essentially statements of learning goals, which describe what students should know or be able to do after a prescribed period of study” (Kauchak & Eggen, 2014, p. 184). For this reason, along with economical and political reasons,

At some point in time we were all students sitting at a desk learning our ABC’s, learning how to problem solve, and learning many more topics that all prepared us for the real world that which we live in today. As the years progress, and we (the students) get older, the curriculum changes, the teachers retire and new ones take their place, and the styles of teaching changes. Clearly, the educational system is constantly changing. As a

Quite visible throughout this analysis were the differences in the students’ styles of learning, which included variations in how quickly students understood concepts and the style in which those students learned. The teacher that these students had was an animated individual who gestured frequently and didn’t write much down; as a result, keen listening was

There are platitudes of issues and elements that pertain to the educational process as well as curriculum development that are addressed on a routine basis. As many researchers have discussed, and administrators and teachers alike have grown to understand, if this current educational model/system is to produce creative, productive, active, and technologically savvy students-citizens the worst actions are perhaps having no actions at all (Stansbury, 2013). In addition to the grandiose mistakes of becoming stagnant (progress), educators and administrators are faced with increasing demands at the highest levels; this of course is making reference to both federal and state legislation such as No Child Left Behind, perhaps the

Ever since the term curriculum was added to educators' vocabularies, it has seemed to convey many things to many people.  To some, curriculum has denoted a specific course, while to others it has meant the entire educational environment.  Whereas perceptions of the term may vary, it must be recognized that curriculum encompasses more than a simple definition.  Curriculum is a key element in the educational process; its scope is extremely broad, and it touches virtually everyone who is

With all these learning styles it is hard to figure out what one would prefer over another. Usually, students struggle to keep up between different styles preferred by their teachers at school and by their parents in the homes. This doesn’t allow the student to follow his/her instincts for the “best” learning style, but confuses him/her between the school-way and the home-way. The most important thing for the teachers and the parents is

In the mid of the twentieth century, considerable interest was given to education and the quality of teaching and learning. Many educationists attempted to promote learning through developing a set of invaluable strategies in order to help the learners to improve their educational level of achievement. By the 1970s, the importance of analysing the learning process in education was pervasive even in other fields. Therefore, scholars including psychologists had their forethoughts about improving the educational field. Thus, they posited that they should include the possibly-available styles and forms occurring during the learning process to create a pathway for the learners within their skills and abilities. In other words, learning was more correlated with intrinsic abilities. To further illustrate the idea, learning styles aim at adopting the teaching adjustments to suit and meet the learners’ needs and wants. Whilst the revolutionary introduction of the learning styles into the debate about teaching and learning aroused trepidation among educationists and some of the parties concerned with such educational issues -since the interest in the learning process has always been and remains a substantive subject-, the idea of improving education was embodied in a new term which is learning styles. The term was coined by Dune and Dune(2010) . The latter refers to the belief that students learn differently from one another. Meanwhile, there are who criticized learning styles.

and I would not have it any other way. Each individual student does not learn in the same way so why should I teach every lesson in the same way or style. Finding the correct balance between direct instruction and a constructivist approach can help reach a wider range of students and learning styles. Combining a strong traditionalist perspective with a touch of progressive and humanistic instruction will help to expand the influence made on our youth today.

Curriculum managers and educational experts are always looking for better ways to achieve better learning through teaching. However, since curriculum innovations seemed to be difficult for many, issues and concerns have been raised about curricular innovations. The newness of the idea to the users raises issues which need to be addressed. Certain aspects need to be clarified in order to overcome the attitude and feelings that create some concerns.