Friday, September 18, 2009
What do they expect from their students?
I have to admit I have been struggling a bit with this chapter. I read it once and am skimming it again. One of the issues I have is how in the world can a professor who touches many lives a day be attuned to each individual's needs/wants in the classroom? It is much easier for me to do this because when they come for reference help I can deal with that individual request. However, I do not see how a classroom faculty member can "tailor" his or her class for each individual. AND... is that totally necessary? In a philisophical sense, haven't we stressed individualization too much? I want what I want and I want it now, it doesn't matter how it affects the greater good of (my dorm, my university, my society...). Friday ruminations...
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I read a lot about differentiated curriculum and instruction. My sense is not that you are tailoring each topic or lesson to an individual, but rather that within the topic or lesson, you're trying to maintain the perspective of multiple intelligences and ways of learning (aural, visual, tactile,...). Some will respond to the spoken word, some to the written word, some to video, some to a audio, some to the instructor leading a discussion, some to students leading discussions, some to large group learning, some to small group, and so forth. The challenge is to always have some compelling and sound reason to use each one of these approaches and not simply throw it out there because "I'm supposed to."
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