Wednesday, November 19, 2008

I found a video on edutopia about integrating studies and it was very informative to say the least. I hope that some day I can take some of the ideas gained from the video and incorporate them into my school. I also saw some very interesting aspects about education that one might think that would see, such as the new things that a diverse Boston suburb school is developing. The teacher admitted that we are no longer living in an industrial society and students have to learn more than just facts and skills to succeed in the world, and for a Bostonian to say this is just baffling to me. That is the North and the industrial capital of the United States, but I think that teachers and many others in the U.S. are starting to realize that people have to be educated to succeed in today’s society. I also saw an amazing integration tool they were using in Landry Middle School in Louisiana with making cars. Science made them, English advertised, and math calculated the cost, I would have loved to have know what Social Studies did to integrate but it never told.

4 comments:

seth.brownlee8 said...

i thought you blog was very thought full and it sounds like you learned a lot from watching the video. I agree with what you said there are a lot more things students need to learn in school than just skills in subjects.

Anonymous said...

This is so true that teacher need to teach and go beyond the old tradition of teaching students especially using the rote method. Teachers need to find way to connect the real world experience with the lessons. This can done by finding students characteristics, values, interest and talents and encourage students to be part of the planning of the lessons.

anna.davison7 said...

I think that is really interesting about the information you posted about the class that used math, science and social studies. That really shows that each of those classes are very important. I think that also shows students that they WILL use each of those skills in the real world.

atlas02469 said...

As educators we are charged with making sure that students retain knowledge to prepare them for the real world. If we can find ways to integrate different subjects into our lessons we increase the child's chance of retention astronomically because we run the risk of touching on a subject they enjoy and can get interested and motivated about.