For an extra credit assignment I had to watch a video on YouTube called Chomsky on education. It's basically about his views on education and how he see thing in his eyes. There were three main points that stood out to me during his video one of them is, Chomsky took an advance real numbers class and his professor came into class and the first thing he would do is erase the board and write something on the board then tell the class let’s figure out is this a theorem. Then the class would have a discussion and read information to figure out if they prove the theorem or disprove the theorem. Chomsky sees this as a terrific way to teach and I do to agree with him. At first I couldn't understand why the professor would just come in and write a problem on the board and then tell the class to figure it out. I then came to realize that was probably the professor’s way of getting the class to think to get a better understanding on how to prove if something is a theorem or not. To show students in order to prove something you always have to do your research and have back up on what you’re trying to prove.
Another main point that stood out to me is Chomsky said, students would take a course and study for an exam memorize what they have to memorize for the exam get an A then a week later can't remember what the course was about. I find this so true at least for myself I do. High school students go through the same thing, students just study and remember what they need to remember to get an A and get out of the class. Nobody wants to repeat a class so students do what they have to do to get out but once that class is over there is no point is remember what was taught unless the students use what was taught in there every day life their not going to remember what the class was about. There are two competing images in the enlightenment about education that comes from John Dewey one is, education is like pouring water into a vessel which is very leaky and this connects to students taking an exam and forgetting everything after. Two is education is like laying out a string which the students progresses in their own way. The students have the string, structure in which the students is being introduced into exploring it and creating in their own way. I like the way he put that together. I kind of understand the string thinking but then again I don't. I look at the string to be a guide that the students follow and as they are following this string they are making their own way as they go along.
My final point is Chomsky talks about structure and creativity. Creativity presupposes a set of rules one fourth of creativity is challenging the rules. No rules no creativity acts. Structure proves you with capacity. Structure is rules that enable people to do great work no rules show people not doing their best. For example a painting in a frame equal structure, the frame is the structure. I believe what he said that structure comes with rules and if people have structure then they will perform great work because they have an expectation to meet. It could be challenging but when people know they have certain rules to follow they go by the rules and follow them to show what there are really capable of doing.
My educational experiences growing up were mostly learning from each student as in group work and learning from the teacher, that's from elementary all the way through high school. From what I remember all my teachers would teach a topic at first then assign work to do by ourselves or with our groups that we sat with then go over it as a whole class. Chomsky educational experiences are quite different then mines I never had a teacher come in the class and write on the board and then tell the class lets figure it out and we do research and try to figure out the problem that's on the board. The most memorable thing from my own education is I learned from asking questions, all through elementary and junior high I would ask questions and that was my way of learning and all my teachers loves that. When I got to high school I stopped doing that and the teachers would complain to my mother that I didn’t ask enough questions and that's why I probably didn't understand what was being taught. The teachers that I can remember that influenced me was my first, second and third grade teachers. They all had something in common and that was they all push me to do my best I came from Jamaica and enter school in first grade and those were my first three teachers and they could all understand me coming from a different country and everything was different but they worked with me and made me want to learn more. Ill never forget their names Ms. Rosey, Ms. Terri and Ms. Melher they made me want to become a teacher.
My pedagogical philosophy is making everything about the students. A teacher should always have
different ways of teaching so every student can learn. Being able to be well rounded in knowing every student learning style and being able to teach a lesson from different angles so all students understand the lesson that's being taught. Show students they’re different way to learn. After seeing my pedagogical philosophy and seeing what Chomsky talks about in his interview the larger dimensional in life is the students. No matter what it's about the students and what they learn each and every day. Also taking what they learned and carrying it through life with them. This should be for the future, the students that's one day going to be lawyers, teachers etc. Showing the world children are more capable of learning everything and anything once their minds are put to it and they have someone willing to teach them and stay on top of them and their education. We should be focus on the students focus on the kids and their education and show them that they don’t have to compete to learn. Let them see that education can be fun and it doesn't take a lot to learn it and let education take them through life.
Another main point that stood out to me is Chomsky said, students would take a course and study for an exam memorize what they have to memorize for the exam get an A then a week later can't remember what the course was about. I find this so true at least for myself I do. High school students go through the same thing, students just study and remember what they need to remember to get an A and get out of the class. Nobody wants to repeat a class so students do what they have to do to get out but once that class is over there is no point is remember what was taught unless the students use what was taught in there every day life their not going to remember what the class was about. There are two competing images in the enlightenment about education that comes from John Dewey one is, education is like pouring water into a vessel which is very leaky and this connects to students taking an exam and forgetting everything after. Two is education is like laying out a string which the students progresses in their own way. The students have the string, structure in which the students is being introduced into exploring it and creating in their own way. I like the way he put that together. I kind of understand the string thinking but then again I don't. I look at the string to be a guide that the students follow and as they are following this string they are making their own way as they go along.
My final point is Chomsky talks about structure and creativity. Creativity presupposes a set of rules one fourth of creativity is challenging the rules. No rules no creativity acts. Structure proves you with capacity. Structure is rules that enable people to do great work no rules show people not doing their best. For example a painting in a frame equal structure, the frame is the structure. I believe what he said that structure comes with rules and if people have structure then they will perform great work because they have an expectation to meet. It could be challenging but when people know they have certain rules to follow they go by the rules and follow them to show what there are really capable of doing.
My educational experiences growing up were mostly learning from each student as in group work and learning from the teacher, that's from elementary all the way through high school. From what I remember all my teachers would teach a topic at first then assign work to do by ourselves or with our groups that we sat with then go over it as a whole class. Chomsky educational experiences are quite different then mines I never had a teacher come in the class and write on the board and then tell the class lets figure it out and we do research and try to figure out the problem that's on the board. The most memorable thing from my own education is I learned from asking questions, all through elementary and junior high I would ask questions and that was my way of learning and all my teachers loves that. When I got to high school I stopped doing that and the teachers would complain to my mother that I didn’t ask enough questions and that's why I probably didn't understand what was being taught. The teachers that I can remember that influenced me was my first, second and third grade teachers. They all had something in common and that was they all push me to do my best I came from Jamaica and enter school in first grade and those were my first three teachers and they could all understand me coming from a different country and everything was different but they worked with me and made me want to learn more. Ill never forget their names Ms. Rosey, Ms. Terri and Ms. Melher they made me want to become a teacher.
My pedagogical philosophy is making everything about the students. A teacher should always have
different ways of teaching so every student can learn. Being able to be well rounded in knowing every student learning style and being able to teach a lesson from different angles so all students understand the lesson that's being taught. Show students they’re different way to learn. After seeing my pedagogical philosophy and seeing what Chomsky talks about in his interview the larger dimensional in life is the students. No matter what it's about the students and what they learn each and every day. Also taking what they learned and carrying it through life with them. This should be for the future, the students that's one day going to be lawyers, teachers etc. Showing the world children are more capable of learning everything and anything once their minds are put to it and they have someone willing to teach them and stay on top of them and their education. We should be focus on the students focus on the kids and their education and show them that they don’t have to compete to learn. Let them see that education can be fun and it doesn't take a lot to learn it and let education take them through life.
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