Watson To The Wise

Schools have not achieved the title of"integrated" to its fullest potential quite yet, but we are learning more and more as the years go on, and I hope that our generation of teachers will be able to help this movement flourish. The civil rights act of 1964 might have legally "prohibited" the discrimination of racial types of orientation, but in the classroom and in the world around us, we are far from being united. In the 1960s  maps of areas were being color coated green and red. The green areas were to signify white neighborhoods, and the red areas highlighted where minorities resided. They used these colors to further segregate the groups because the green had an underlying meaning of good, and the red represents bad. This map was used for realtors and business owners when it came to picking the perfect home for a client or finding out where to establish a new location for business. Had either of them been too close to a "red zone" the value would depr...

 I believe that the way education philosophies affect schooling depends on the teachers themselves. I am sure when reading all of these theories, we all were fond with the idea of one or two of them and decided that teaching in those certain styles may be best. Although restricted by a school board or certain curriculum, teachers are given some freedom in approach on teaching different subjects. This is what will provide different experiences as students progress to new grade levels and different teachers. Some teachers will be drawn to teaching inspiration from one theorist, while the other one might be intrigued by the theory completely opposite to that one. This is the beauty of personal preference, but at the end of the day, we must look at what works best for the child.  We already know what traditional education looks like in the classroom, the typical desks and chairs, textbooks and standardized tests unit after unit, the whole ordeal. We know the outcome of what this s...