So far this semester after all the things I have read, watched, and learned, I feel 20 years young again. I feel like a college student learning concepts that are at times mind blowing and inspirational. I have been teaching for almost 20 years and I recently I go into a rut. I remember when I first started teaching I had these great ideas on how to teach and was inspired to create innovative lesson plans. However, as time passed by and the different federal teaching philosophies changed over the years, my motivation and inspiration of creating unique and innovative lessons diminished. But after this semester, my spark of creating inspiring lessons has been renewed. I have started recreating new lesson plans implementing more technology within the classroom and promoting more Socratic methods and autonomy within the assignments. I am looking forward to more research and class discussions this upcoming semester on the topics of CBL and how to get more of my students of the level of being civil leaders.
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Both CBL and "flipping" classroom techniques have a lot of positive ways to rethink the classroom and both support the ideas of Dan Pink's research. Both techniques support the idea of right-brained creative, conceptual kinds of abilities. This way allows the student to get more of the "Ah-Ha" moments by themselves, with of course some directions still from the teacher. This type of methodology allows students to be more creative and innovative, and using more Socratic Method. This is the type of method I try to instill within my own classroom, giving more of my students the autonomy to discover and learn on their own. I believe this gives them more chances to explore and expand their abilities without strict rules or restrictions from society. In my class, I try to teach them this method of deeper, curious, always asking questions type of thinking to prepare them for after high school.
I like using these types of methods, such as CBL, within my Government and Economic classes because it reinforces what I want my students to learn before the graduate into the real world. These type of techniques improves student academic outcomes through complexity of understanding, problem analysis, critical thinking, and cognitive development, which is needed especially after graduation. These techniques can also reduce stereotypes and facilitates cultural and racial understanding, which is needed more in our society today. |
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