Students should engage in the classroom through
conversations and other forms of dialogs. It is often very difficult to get students
to talk with other classmates in the classroom. I know that there are instances
where I do not feel like talking even in a small group. However, it is
important that students are talking and having deep conversations and are
critically thinking out loud. Teachers can give good instructions and support
students but they cannot do all the work for the students. It is a reality that
teachers must face. So instead, teachers should help students become engaged with
the classroom and the content area.
The chapter had a few ideas of how to involve and engage students in their reading. They could be successful depending on the students in the classroom. However, I am not too optimistic about such activities. I have a friend who is student teaching this semester and she has shared some discouraging stories with me. She teaches science in a high school and her students will not do anything. They have trouble and issues doing simple things such as completing work sheets and homework. She tried to have conversations as a class but the students would say crazy, immature things and they would get off task. In a mature and obedient classroom with students that behave, having students write questions about the text could work. However, I am worried that students ask silly or inappropriate questions that have little to do with the actual information in the text.
I do like the idea of the Dialogue booklet. I think it is important for students to communicate with others within a group and it is good for teachers to provide guidelines and questions for students to answer and discuss. It is a terrific idea to create specific criteria for the evaluation of discussion in the classroom. I think it could be a good idea to share these criteria with the students so that they know what to expect when they are having discussions in the classroom. These ideas should be practiced in the classroom as much as possible. I think the teacher needs to adjust the criteria based on the students in the classroom. Some activities can be successful in one classroom while it is not successful in another classroom.
The chapter had a few ideas of how to involve and engage students in their reading. They could be successful depending on the students in the classroom. However, I am not too optimistic about such activities. I have a friend who is student teaching this semester and she has shared some discouraging stories with me. She teaches science in a high school and her students will not do anything. They have trouble and issues doing simple things such as completing work sheets and homework. She tried to have conversations as a class but the students would say crazy, immature things and they would get off task. In a mature and obedient classroom with students that behave, having students write questions about the text could work. However, I am worried that students ask silly or inappropriate questions that have little to do with the actual information in the text.
I do like the idea of the Dialogue booklet. I think it is important for students to communicate with others within a group and it is good for teachers to provide guidelines and questions for students to answer and discuss. It is a terrific idea to create specific criteria for the evaluation of discussion in the classroom. I think it could be a good idea to share these criteria with the students so that they know what to expect when they are having discussions in the classroom. These ideas should be practiced in the classroom as much as possible. I think the teacher needs to adjust the criteria based on the students in the classroom. Some activities can be successful in one classroom while it is not successful in another classroom.
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