A Student's Voice

Ok, this blog is strictly from my views about learning styles. Bauerlain, in his book, talks about how this generation doesn't pay any attention to the subjects that are supposed to be learned in school, kids just don't go out and read a history book because it is "fun" to do. What I believe is that if classrooms would start getting the kids more involved in the classroom discussions instead of having them write notes the whole hour that maybe kids would be more interested. When you are writing notes down, you aren't thinking about what your writing down, all you are thinking about is getting all of the words down before the teacher is done discussing the topic. What if you don't understand? Well most students won't just interrupt and say " Explain this in depth." Students need to get their opinions in about these subjects. If they are studying about World War II then let them sit in class and discuss amongst themselves the important points of the war, debate about what would have happened if this... and what would have happened if that.. This gives a better learning experience and the students are probably going to remember these discussions more than they are going to remember " She said this in class I think so I should probably study about it a little bit more." Have debates, ask questions, let the students learn amongst themselves and maybe we wouldn't be so "uninterested" in these school subjects. The learning experience has much to do with what we are interested in and what we understand.