Week Three Reflection

I really enjoyed class because it kept moving. It was almost too fast, but that kept me listening.
The group whose turn it was had really good questions. I think that they only covered the German/ American article, but that was the one that made the most sense. I felt that this article encouraged American teachers to be better and gave insight to how another country views education. The college levels seemed to be the same in Germany and the U.S.
But most of the early education years through high school are tough to compare; they would test on completely different ways. The key is to have goals that the student can acheive.

Week Two Reflection

I really enjoyed the dicussion that we had about the readings. The joined tables created an atmosphere that involved everyone, even if one was just listening. I would like to mention that along these lines the facilitating went well. They had many well developed questions.
The Architypes written for boy role models were very interesting. I could see me taking the article and studying it in more depth. I think that this would be useful for the student and the teacher. Students can grow and develop by acheiving an individual architype. By helping a student work through an architype, the teacher grows with the student.
I felt like I was behind during the first week of class. After this week I felt good about it.
I was prepared for class. The material was interesting. I feel like I am just learning about what is required in this class.

Review of readings

Zambo writes about boys and how they need help with literacy. The article suggests ten archetypes which are a collection of attributes that a boy can relate to. One student, Robert was worked with a teacher who would aspire to be a king. Another, David was taught to aquire the attributes of a warrior. The criteria are specific to the archtype and is not what someone who hears the term would think of exactly.
Renold Tayor did a study that compared Black students and White students of the same age to a concept of Sounding. The Black student would play the game by stating something about the other person, which was untrue. When the White student would do this, it was look upon as if they were fighting. So, when when the principal would punish the Black student, it would not make too much sense.