Today I read an article called
Why time in the hallways is time well spent by
Jeff Utecht. This article talked about how students in middle school and in high school are starting to find an interest in what they are learning and how some will keep talking about their assignment outside of class. This relates to me and some of my friends as well, because since there are some interesting classes I am taking I find myself talking about how fascinating it is and actually wanting to learn more about a certain topic. The article relates to the world because the more interesting things are in life the more people grab at them to learn more. It's interesting how many students get semi excited over what they are learning. Personally I think that the older we get and the more mature we are the more fascinating things become for us.
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I think things become more fascinating to us because we are allowed to learn what we want to learn, what we are passionate about. In schools that's not the case. Schools are made to give us a basic understand of all subjects. As adults we get to decide where and when we want to learn. The farther you get in your University program the more classes you take that are specific to what your degree and what you are interested in. We hate taking those Frosh course that we know...really do not apply to our degree. But we have to take them because someone somewhere decided that everyone needs to have x class. Or x number of classes in a subject area.
What I believe we need to do is find what is passionate to our students early and then create opportunity within ever subject to ignite that passion so that they see the relevance in the subject and content they are studying. Learning comes when we are engaged, engaging students is what teaching is about!
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