tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817122899545365136.post4097937219200009754..comments2024-03-26T10:18:38.318+01:00Comments on The Bookaholic Blog: Is the Curriculum Everything?The Bookaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16403758109717848396noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817122899545365136.post-54370270182726181412009-04-18T15:56:00.000+01:002009-04-18T15:56:00.000+01:00As a teacher, I am always seeking to align the cur...As a teacher, I am always seeking to align the curriculum with student learning outcome. I am a follower of Paulo Freire's idea of a critical thinking educational educational model, which argues that teachers are not the providers of knowledge, nor are students only recipients or vaults where information is deposited for future withdrawal; I seek a curriculum relevant to the expectations and experiences of the students, and acknowledge that the student sometimes brings more to the classroom than the teacher. Wait, do I really believe this? I really think I do.Emmanuel Sigaukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04171063918198721862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817122899545365136.post-23034429566291752262009-04-18T15:15:00.000+01:002009-04-18T15:15:00.000+01:00There seems to be a very fine line between curricu...There seems to be a very fine line between curriculum and forced learning, but in most of our school systems there are great draw backs to how we teach our children presently. I was watching the TED Talks and Sir Ken Robinson put it very well. Here he is: (http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html)Ivor W. Hartmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04747901380659798898noreply@blogger.com