Relevance and attention work hand-in-hand, but they work differently from person to person. The one-size-fits-all model of standards calls for a student who is expected to learn only in the way that he has been taught and only what he has been taught; however the one-size-fits-all model does not represent every single student. It fails to recognize the different types of students⏤some who may have learning disabilities or who may just not be genetically constructed to attain lessons in the traditional way that has been used over the centuries⏤and instead catalogues each and every one into a single category when it comes to education. Cathy Davidson, in her article “Project Classroom Makeover,” cries out for a change in the educational system
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Every student can fit into the one-size-fits-all model of standards, but not every student can fit into The One-Size-Fits-All Model of Standards. Every student is their own model of standards because every student has his own highs and lows and minimums and maximums. Limits to a student’s education in any topic that catches his attention is the cause of eventual boredom and declining motivation, which Davidson believes is the cause of students dropping out of school. In “Project Classroom Makeover,” Davidson details her visit to a middle school and highlights her observation of a young green-haired girl who sat absentmindedly while the other students fussed about Davidson’s appearance, both literally and figuratively. The young girl showed no desire to participate and even “[looked] defeated by school,” (61) but by the time she began to draw that all changed. Her attitude is justified by her teacher, who tells Davidson that the young girl has a learning disability and only began to fare better in her studies when she was sent to that school. Her talents and abilities may not make the young girl the best possible candidate to be The One-Size-Fits-All Model of Standards, but it does allow her to create a standard for herself. The untapped potential inside her could not have been reached for more standardization; rather it was reached by taking a completely different turn in how she was learning. Other students seeking to liberate …show more content…
Wikipedia informs researchers, amateurs or not, of whatever it is they may be inquiring about by using countless genius minds who put a collective effort in including what is in their scope of knowledge to whatever topic may be at hand. However, crowdsourcing is not just prevalent in the digital world. It can also be found in the smallest of towns, specifically in the technique of teaching used by Davidson’s own mother-in-law, Mrs. Davidson. By using games to aid her students in further understanding the lessons she taught previously, Mrs. Davidson uses a form of entertainment to retain the attention of her students in order to promote learning. Her use of games caters to the way she knows students want to keep learning: through acquiring and retaining attention. In both the iPod experiment and the way Mrs. Davidson teaches, the common factor is how the system was altered to fit the needs and thoughts of the individual student. Both methods help the cause of reinvigorating
Every student can fit into the one-size-fits-all model of standards, but not every student can fit into The One-Size-Fits-All Model of Standards. Every student is their own model of standards because every student has his own highs and lows and minimums and maximums. Limits to a student’s education in any topic that catches his attention is the cause of eventual boredom and declining motivation, which Davidson believes is the cause of students dropping out of school. In “Project Classroom Makeover,” Davidson details her visit to a middle school and highlights her observation of a young green-haired girl who sat absentmindedly while the other students fussed about Davidson’s appearance, both literally and figuratively. The young girl showed no desire to participate and even “[looked] defeated by school,” (61) but by the time she began to draw that all changed. Her attitude is justified by her teacher, who tells Davidson that the young girl has a learning disability and only began to fare better in her studies when she was sent to that school. Her talents and abilities may not make the young girl the best possible candidate to be The One-Size-Fits-All Model of Standards, but it does allow her to create a standard for herself. The untapped potential inside her could not have been reached for more standardization; rather it was reached by taking a completely different turn in how she was learning. Other students seeking to liberate …show more content…
Wikipedia informs researchers, amateurs or not, of whatever it is they may be inquiring about by using countless genius minds who put a collective effort in including what is in their scope of knowledge to whatever topic may be at hand. However, crowdsourcing is not just prevalent in the digital world. It can also be found in the smallest of towns, specifically in the technique of teaching used by Davidson’s own mother-in-law, Mrs. Davidson. By using games to aid her students in further understanding the lessons she taught previously, Mrs. Davidson uses a form of entertainment to retain the attention of her students in order to promote learning. Her use of games caters to the way she knows students want to keep learning: through acquiring and retaining attention. In both the iPod experiment and the way Mrs. Davidson teaches, the common factor is how the system was altered to fit the needs and thoughts of the individual student. Both methods help the cause of reinvigorating