Monday, October 8, 2007
Blog # 5 What Kindergartners Need to Know
I think that having standards for kindergartners, along with a guide to help the teacher teach what those standards include in important and helpful, but I also feel that in many cases, such restrictive standards take away from the children’s and teachers creativity and interest. I feel that standards cause teachers to concentrate too much on what the state thinks the children need to know, which in the end, may cause the teacher to lose his/her originality in coming up with activities and being able to teach what they think is important as well. I believe that having guidelines in teaching is very important, but I think that the standards that are in place are too restrictive and do not leave enough room individuality within both the students, as well as the teacher.
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We have almost the exact same idea about this article. I do not like how the curriculum is given to the teachers because I feel we attend school to learn how to put our ideas into the curriculum. We can lose our originality if we are not able to put our own creative ideas into the lesson plans.
Good point! I agree that standards can take creativity and originality away from students and from the way teachers can present the content. I think that's vital to have flexibility with teaching methods and to be able to teach outside the box.
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