Throughout his presentation at Bucknell University, A.G. Rud discussed the relationship between the government, education, and love. Rud explained that love is central in democracy and education. Most of Rud’s presentation was based on the concepts and theory thought of by John Dewey. To summarize his speech, he stated that being pragmatic in education is important because certain subjects and methods of teaching work differently for every person. This means that no one learns the exact same way, and teaching in one manner as opposed to another will result in various outcomes for each individual student. The ideas and concepts used in schools should be tested in the practical world so that there is a connection between society and education.
…show more content…
Dewey preferred psychological learning over logical learning. Psychological learning is enticing the students and keeping them interested in a subject, whereas, logical learning is learning directly from a textbook (which is not captivating for most students). I agree that most students do not learn to their maximum potential when taught by the logical way of learning. The classes that I felt I succeeded in the most (not necessarily getting perfect grades) were the more interactive classes. If psychological learning were used in classrooms today, students will be more engaged and would most likely learn the material better. To achieve this, students learn through firsthand experience. The student-centered teaching showed far more advantages compared to teacher-centered teaching. In the laboratory school, teachers work closely with their colleagues; the school operates as a team effort, rather than individual teachers. The primary reason that the laboratory school did not last long is because educational policies and goals focus on testing and student achievement and not on how students learn. Despite the school not lasting long, many of Dewey’s concepts have inspired current schools, and some of his tactics have been …show more content…
One issue is that it is difficult to implement. The problem has been that the educational policies are not focusing on how a student learns. This problem will still persist for a while, and once the policies and goals shift, there will be a long period of transitioning from the traditional classrooms. Another problem is that not every child will learn well with the new way of teaching. A.G. Rud said that his own daughter enjoyed the learning from a traditional teacher. We learned that everyone has various intelligences (from intrapersonal to spatial and naturalist to logical) and these intelligences depict our interests and the ways that we learn the best. It is possible that there are a larger number of students than expected who will succeed better by remaining in the traditional classrooms. It may be more realistic to provide families the opportunity to choose what teachers or schools they want their children to attend based on how the student performs with each teaching
Dewey preferred psychological learning over logical learning. Psychological learning is enticing the students and keeping them interested in a subject, whereas, logical learning is learning directly from a textbook (which is not captivating for most students). I agree that most students do not learn to their maximum potential when taught by the logical way of learning. The classes that I felt I succeeded in the most (not necessarily getting perfect grades) were the more interactive classes. If psychological learning were used in classrooms today, students will be more engaged and would most likely learn the material better. To achieve this, students learn through firsthand experience. The student-centered teaching showed far more advantages compared to teacher-centered teaching. In the laboratory school, teachers work closely with their colleagues; the school operates as a team effort, rather than individual teachers. The primary reason that the laboratory school did not last long is because educational policies and goals focus on testing and student achievement and not on how students learn. Despite the school not lasting long, many of Dewey’s concepts have inspired current schools, and some of his tactics have been …show more content…
One issue is that it is difficult to implement. The problem has been that the educational policies are not focusing on how a student learns. This problem will still persist for a while, and once the policies and goals shift, there will be a long period of transitioning from the traditional classrooms. Another problem is that not every child will learn well with the new way of teaching. A.G. Rud said that his own daughter enjoyed the learning from a traditional teacher. We learned that everyone has various intelligences (from intrapersonal to spatial and naturalist to logical) and these intelligences depict our interests and the ways that we learn the best. It is possible that there are a larger number of students than expected who will succeed better by remaining in the traditional classrooms. It may be more realistic to provide families the opportunity to choose what teachers or schools they want their children to attend based on how the student performs with each teaching