The argument in Young Minds, Fast Times is that the best source to learn how to teach our students, is the students themselves. I couldn't agree more. When I was a student in grade school (and still in some classes in college) I knew that my voice didn't affect anything. My peers and I agreed that school was mostly boring and that the teachers didn't listen to us. After a while, you accept that school is just like that, and you think, perhaps that's the only way it can be.
Thank goodness for educators like Marc Prensky. He decided to use his position as a presenter to educators, to bring the voice of students to the foreground. At his presentations he has a panel of students who share their opinions and experiences of school, and what they would like to change.
This is a new approach to education. It's almost like treating it as a business, where the students are the customers. No successful businesses tell their customers what's good for them or what to like, they cater to their clientele. Why shouldn't schools do the same?
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Chandra you made very many good points in this blog. I like how you compared teaching in the classroom with running a sucessful business. I agree 100% with everything you said in this blog.
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