Reflective Journal
Quotes from Reading and Class/Tasks and Activities | Thoughts/Learning/Questions |
June 8th 2011 – “Real-world relevance: Activities match as nearly as possible the real-world tasks of professionals in practice rather than decontextualized or classroom-based tasks… Value laden: Provide the opportunity to reflect and involve students’ beliefs and values.” (Characteristics of Authentic Learning Activities) | June 8th 2011 – I hear my colleagues complain about this question all the time when they get it from their students: “When am I ever going to use this?” Honestly, I believe teachers should be able to answer that question with real authority. It’s important for a student to see value in their education. What they are looking for is a way to justify the reason they are even attempting to accomplish the, at times, grueling tasks set forth by the teacher. If it carries no real weight or no real personal motivation it pulls the metaphorical leg out from under them. I would much rather hear my colleagues rejoice that they had an answer ready and that the student took to the project better than they ever have before. That is education at its best: a motivated student creating something with the guidance of a teacher, who has to guide progressively less and less. Thomas Carruthers said “a teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary,” and I would have to agree with him. |
Bibliography:
- Characteristics of Authentic Learning Activities. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://pbl-online.org/About/characteristics.htm
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