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How might you use what you learned in this lesson in your school/classroom?
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I love the idea that everyone is needs to be educated so that they can study God’s word and have a personal relationship with God. I also love how this lesson highlights the different types of education so that I can make sure and use different techniques to reach all of the type of learners in my classroom. I agree with other posters that standards are a great way to keep up with learning of students AND that it is important to teach more than just the standards or to just teach to the test. We have an awesome opportunity at this point in time to bring a lot of new things into our curricula. While I had 1 or 2 college courses available in high school, my son will complete his Associate’s degree before he graduates with his h.s. diploma. I think that this lesson really helped me to see our opportunities for new and great things but also cautioned me not to completely throw out traditional teaching completely.
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I have tended to use the more traditional orientation in my classroom in the way I teach. It is certainly reflected in my assessments. However, the process/mastery orientation has a lot to offer with teaching students various skills rather than just objective knowledge. This could be highly valuable in my classroom.
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Standards are a good thing to have, but I need to make sure I can teach my students how to learn and how to think.
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I will be looking at my curriculum with a view to determine what orientation or combination of orientations we are applying.
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Having a guide to your teaching is necessary for any and all subjects. Standards, as stated in this lesson’s video, are part of teaching and hold teachers accountable for material taught. Our society has leaned into a mastery of standards orientation. But both orientations, Traditional and Mastery, have similarities and differences in approaches to learning. I believe education is always changing based on society, but the goal of education does not always need to change.
