My thoughts on..... Pedagogy 

The Pedagogy was extremely insightful and aligns with a lot of my own ideals about teaching. I’ve touched on this in a past discussion, but students are people too and teachers/administration need to treat students as such. Some people think that school is a place to go where the teacher is supposed to lecture and speak at his/her students all day while the students just sit and listen. Some think that students should not ask questions and simply understand the lesson right away. Some think that students are just things going through a factory of learning (an assembly line) and hoping to make it to the end of the line (graduation). I especially liked the quote “The teacher cannot think for her students, nor can she impose her thought on them. Authentic thinking, thinking that is concerned about reality, does not take place in ivory tower isolation, but only in communication.” Thinking is something that someone has to do for themselves; thinking cannot be imposed on one another. A teacher can certainly create a catalyst for learning, create a safe place for learning, and can even help with the learning process. A teacher cannot, however, force a student to learn. A student has to want to learn and has to be provided with an environment to learn. I liked that the article brought up that students are often seen as objects, which they certainly are not. Students are people too and they are the next generation that is going to run our world. It is up to teachers to influence and guide students to make good choices and make sure that they are educated and are prepared for the real world. It is up to the teachers to make sure that the next generation is prepared to take care of our society when we are no longer fit or even alive. This pedagogy was insightful and I personally think that every teacher should read it.

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