Place of Conflict in Education
Conflict in education is defined as a challenge to the way a person thinks or behaves. It
can be uncomfortable process between young students and professors which can involve
uneasiness, fear or range of other strong emotions. Conflict is a natural and daily occurrence that
we experience in classroom like incomplete understanding, language, age, gender or cultural
barrier. Do all these conflicts in education help one to gain knowledge or are we loosing the
essence of concept which is presented to us?
In “Other Voices, Other Rooms”, Gerald Graff discuss the problems college students face
today in America. As Gerald says, “students have become cynical relatives who care less about
convictions than about grades and …show more content…
But in order to save themselves from criticizing
they end up agreeing to professor beliefs and the different concepts taught to them.
In many ways men and women behave differently. The linguistic exclusion is the barrier
that prevents many new college students from excelling the academics. As Deborah Tannen
discusses in her article, “How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently,” men are
more upfront and strong in stating their opinions while women are more quiet and self-contained.
Since men want to show their dominance, they are louder in classroom discussions and public
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places. In Tannen’s article, she states, “So boys are expected to use language to seize center
stage: by exhibiting their skill, displaying their knowledge, and challenging and resisting
challenges” (346). In many of my classes I see this among other boys. They are always
Conflict in education is defined as a challenge to the way a person thinks or behaves. It
can be uncomfortable process between young students and professors which can involve
uneasiness, fear or range of other strong emotions. Conflict is a natural and daily occurrence that
we experience in classroom like incomplete understanding, language, age, gender or cultural
barrier. Do all these conflicts in education help one to gain knowledge or are we loosing the
essence of concept which is presented to us?
In “Other Voices, Other Rooms”, Gerald Graff discuss the problems college students face
today in America. As Gerald says, “students have become cynical relatives who care less about
convictions than about grades and …show more content…
But in order to save themselves from criticizing
they end up agreeing to professor beliefs and the different concepts taught to them.
In many ways men and women behave differently. The linguistic exclusion is the barrier
that prevents many new college students from excelling the academics. As Deborah Tannen
discusses in her article, “How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently,” men are
more upfront and strong in stating their opinions while women are more quiet and self-contained.
Since men want to show their dominance, they are louder in classroom discussions and public
Rana 3
places. In Tannen’s article, she states, “So boys are expected to use language to seize center
stage: by exhibiting their skill, displaying their knowledge, and challenging and resisting
challenges” (346). In many of my classes I see this among other boys. They are always