SOC224H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Summative Assessment, Families Usa, Educational Entertainment
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Teacher- focused: would decide what and how. Move away from discipline and how students learn. Engage students to be willing to learn. Implication: schools are now less regimented, keep disruptive students within the classroom, movement. Sage on the stage, guide on the side. John dewey: wanted education to be child focused and not subject centered. Cu rric u lu m: curriculum changes, the move towards standardization and accountability, what counts as knowledge worth knowing, pedagogy: the approach to teaching. Traditional curriculum vs. progressive curriculum: traditional, progressive, posters, student art, teaching classes on mindfulness, meditation. Relevant curricula : reduce proportion of classics; instead draw on news events or popular culture to teach. Project method: rotary method, project method, expansion of the school system -> increased expectations among parents. Edu-tainment: teachers can go to designated websites with pre-planned exercises to engage students. Showing bill nye videos or any content in pop culture.
