Approach of this research paper is quite different, as a teacher I learned “Never think students are just waiting for knowledge to be filled with”. She suggests us in opposite way; students should be viewed as individuals who can contribute to the classroom, sharing and gaining knowledge from each other. Teachers need to use various methods/approaches in order to reach every student. Student needs stage wise motivation because we know that not all students learn in different way. First always give them an opportunity to express themselves and find out the interest of the student, suggest them to set up their own goals on their own conceptions and visions. Continue reading “POWERFUL LEARNERS AND CRITICAL AGENTS” Sreyashi Jhumki Basu. →

“Delpit’s work demands recognition that simply going to school and following the explicit rules of schooling are not enough for students from marginalized communities to benefit from the rewards of educational achievement. As Carter (2008) has noted, one of the real dangers in not acknowledging how school success is culturally laden is that the entire burden for lack of achievement or school success gets placed on children’s supposed innate abilities and/or motivation” – Doucet
My reflection: Sometimes parents, especially Asian immigrant parents, mistakenly believe that getting good grades on school work is the symbol of success of a student. They care more about their children’s GPA and/or if they are following school rules than their social lives. I read a news report about Ivy League colleges admissions preferences. According to an admissions officer, most Asian students have excellent academic achievement, but they do not have outstanding extracurricular activities and achievements. An ESL teacher at elementary school suggests parents to talk more with their children and to explore the outside world with them. Increasing knowledge is helpful to children’s English development. Only when children developed their own ideas and thoughts can they increase their language proficiency. ESL teachers teach children to use English to express their thoughts, but we can not teach them to express the “idea” that they do not have in English. Most Asian parents only think that children should absorb knowledge at school. The process of learning is to draw a colorful picture from a piece of white paper. But they forget that students should firstly sketch a draft under their parents’ lead and then the teachers help them to color the picture.

In my personal life, I am guilty of using Instagram frequently. I enjoy spending time looking at other people’s pictures and sharing my own experiences through this particular form of media because I think it showcases my personal thoughts and style. While most people do not think of Instagram as an educational tool, I believe otherwise. Upon further inspection, Instagram has unique characteristics that could be useful in teaching certain types of content matter, and I believe that students would be excited and motivated to learn using Instagram. Continue reading Instagram: Engage with Content in a New Way →