Tuesday, November 25, 2008
After attending the first lecture on Classroom Learning Environment and reading a couple of articles, this is what I felt. Change or be ready to become a dinasaur. Yes! though a cliche it is true that the only thing that is constant is change and the education field is no different. Children of today are so different from the children of the past, that is us. While we grew up in a teacher centred background, we cannot as educators follow the same maxim.
As Roger Hiemstra (1991) mentioned in his article, the learning climate and physical environment are vital in the learning journey of the child. While we cannot deny that the child's natural ability would see him or her through the education successfully, a conducive environment plays a major part in creating a positive impact on his learning. This explains why the schools are willing to invest millions of dollars in the state of the art buildings and training of the teachers.
When I started teaching in 1987, I attended many in-service courses pertaining to pedagogy and 20 years down the lane I am still attending courses, but of a different nature. They are are geared towards student centredness. This requires me to change my mindset and understand the expectations of the students. Well, I am glad I am still learning and so that I can keep abreast with the students knowledge of ICT.


|Sakun:D| 11/25/2008 09:05:00 AM|

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