I started this course off with the intention to further my current understanding about how our current education system runs and how Western civilizations has molded and influenced the way we educate our students. My entire life was spent believing that the role of the educator was a shallow position aimed at creating little geniuses. I thought that the idea of school has remained relatively the same throughout the many centuries. Contrary to my belief, it is evident that the goals and intentions of the world’s education systems have shifted with time. That being said, elements of ideologies expressed by Western philosophers and educators on what it means to educate our future generations are definitely found in today’s classrooms. However,
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To Quintilian, being a good orator is more than being a good speaker. He makes sure to mention that a great orator is also a philosopher, a good man, a good citizen and possesses courage, justice and self-control. There is great emphasis on being a well-rounded person in order to be a good speaker. The relevance of being a great orator within today’s classroom is because of how teachers get the respect and the attention of their students. Students are more likely to pay attention to a teacher who speaks eloquently and presents their self as a person similar to their students – one who has faults and is constantly learning. It is also important that teachers model the behaviours that they wish their students to …show more content…
This writing is concerned with the way some teachers drill memorization of vocabulary and grammar through the use of rules and repetition. He argues that our knowledge, specifically in the realm of language, should be derived from dialogue and analyzing the content of readings. This often gets lost in translation as the success of teachers is often based solely off the performance of their students in standardized testing. Because of this relationship, teachers are often pressured to hammer rules and lecture based content in order to test-to-the-test. What can teachers do to prevent
To Quintilian, being a good orator is more than being a good speaker. He makes sure to mention that a great orator is also a philosopher, a good man, a good citizen and possesses courage, justice and self-control. There is great emphasis on being a well-rounded person in order to be a good speaker. The relevance of being a great orator within today’s classroom is because of how teachers get the respect and the attention of their students. Students are more likely to pay attention to a teacher who speaks eloquently and presents their self as a person similar to their students – one who has faults and is constantly learning. It is also important that teachers model the behaviours that they wish their students to …show more content…
This writing is concerned with the way some teachers drill memorization of vocabulary and grammar through the use of rules and repetition. He argues that our knowledge, specifically in the realm of language, should be derived from dialogue and analyzing the content of readings. This often gets lost in translation as the success of teachers is often based solely off the performance of their students in standardized testing. Because of this relationship, teachers are often pressured to hammer rules and lecture based content in order to test-to-the-test. What can teachers do to prevent