Throughout this module, I have learned many new things that I learned about the curriculum. My blackout poem is as follows; "When we fail to learn how violence occurs in the history of curriculum, violence contributes through trauma happening in classrooms." What this means to me is that if we are not catching the injustices that happen to our students through our teaching of the curriculum, we are creating experiences that will cause trauma to students inside our classrooms. As I have stated before, both of my parents are in the education field. My mom was a curriculum director at the elementary level for about 5 years so I found it very interesting to think back to what she was doing and how it relates to essential learning in the classroom.
Overall, I think everything is worth learning. For example, in one of my other classes, we often have to reflect on our teaching style in terms of how we will plan to teach history. Every time we go over this topic, I always state that I plan on looking into all sides of the story before allowing my students to make an informed decision. I want to do this to make sure I do not discriminate against any parties. After looking through this module there are many things I have taken away with me, such as the Venn diagram, that I can use in the future to make sure that my students are learning to the best of their ability!
Hi Channing I loved your post and how you were able to connect what we are learning now to other classes! I think it is so important to be well-informed about a topic especially in history, before teaching our students about that topic. I feel like by doing that we can help eliminate biased teaching by as you said providing both sides of the story. To go off of what you said at the beginning of your post, we are not catching the injustices that plague our education system. If we look at what we are learning in middle and high school especially there is such a one-sided story full of biased information framing our opponents throughout history as the enemy. My question to you would be, do you think that one day we will reach the point where we can have a completely unbiased curriculum? Even if we don’t what would you do to provide your students with an unbiased education?
ReplyDeleteHi Rylee! Thank you so much for commenting on my post! I think it is a really great skill to connect what we are learning in different classes to one subject. I feel like biased teaching is something that future teachers truly need to focus on to be able to effectively teach. Yes, a lot of the time we do not catch the injustices throughout our education system. One sided stories are something that is really negatively impacting the school systems in the united states. To answer your question, no, I do not think that one day we will reach the point where we can have a completely unbiased curriculum. I think some people cannot put their personal beliefs aside to teach without a bias. I would make sure I tell my students all sides of a story to achieve an unbiased education.
ReplyDeleteHello Channing! Loved this post. I am also in a history class that is talking about how we plan to teach history, especially more difficult topics. I feel the same way as you, I want to look at all points of view and make sure that my students dont just learn one side, because every story has more than one point of view. It is up to teachers to provide students with information they can learn from, it is up to the students though to make decisions from it. Not everyone is going to agree with what is being taught or the way it is being taught, but for me, as long as they are given the information to learn, thats what matters, we cant withhold information because of our biases. How do you plan to deal with parent who may not be okay with what is being taught? I know in another one of my classes we talked about how there is ways around lessons parents might not agree with, while the students are still being given the information but its not explicitly being told to them. Overall I loved what you wrote!!
ReplyDeleteHi Abbey! Thanks for commenting on my post. I really think that it is important for us as future teachers to learn how to teach history in an unbiased setting. Without teachers trying to make a difference, students will not have the resources to understand if they are not given them. I agree with your philosophy that students do not always have to agree. Thanks for commenting again!
DeleteHello Channing! I loved reading your blog post for this week and think your blackout poem speaks volumes. When I think about all the times I have been a student and my teacher gave a lesson or talked about a topic and gave their opinion (which they were entitled to) but did not allow us students to form our own opinion. I think this is a huge thing in classrooms especially when talking about something controversial or offending. As a teacher, you must always stay aware and open minded. This also teaches your students to be open minded when having a disagreement or conversation with someone. Another thing that is important is giving your students both sides of the story and making sure both stories are told. Especially with a subject like history, there is a side to both parties and it is unfair to be bias and only teach/tell one. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and your story!
ReplyDeleteHi Ellie! Thank you for commenting on my post! I really liked my blackout poem. I think the page I chose gave me many different ways I could go with my poem. I think it is important for teachers to provide students with enough information for students to make their own decision. Thank you again for commenting.
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