Monday, March 7, 2011
Teachers Using Tapscott's Norms
This topic is something i feel very strongly about. After reading about Tapscott's 8 norms, i really realized teachers I come in contact with every day need to change the way they teach. We are in the 21st century in the year 2011. This is the future! So i have to wonder, why are they still teaching the way they did 20 years ago? School is about the STUDENTS. If that means changing up the way you teach to actually get the students involved and interested, then do it. There shouldn't be a question about it. We are bored in the classes that are still using worksheets from 15 to 20 years ago. Everything is evolving in the way we live, so why isn't our education, the most important thing, not doing the same? Interaction is key. Just sitting there listening to a teacher ramble about a topic we hardly understand is not helping. I feel a teacher should never make it our responsibility to learn something we don't feel like we know well enough to do so. I actually have a teacher who basically says "If you don't understand that, that's too bad. You should know it." What kind of teacher does that? We come to school to learn and that's what is being said to us? I thought they wanted us to succeed! As a student, that not only makes me scared to ask any questions, but it just makes me feel stupid. Education shouldn't be a "one size fits all", but a "one size fits one" (as said in Tapscott's Grown Up Digital).
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