The theory that I enjoyed reading was the pedagogical approach of the New Rhetoricians. I really was not aware that this approach was very effective towards students. But Berlin displays that this approach is really effective and a way to get students involved. I would have to agree on Berlins thoughts on this certain pedagogical approach of the New Rhetoricians and the ways of students learning abilities. Each student is different and display aspects like the reader, writer, and reality. This certain theory could help me teach towards all the students because if I can touch on every learning style, then more students would understand the topic that I will be trying to get across. This will also cause less difficulties for the students to get frustrated with their work and they would not just simply give up. If all teachers would take the time and teach towards these aspects more students would feel better about themselves and their own school work. I believe his distinctions are very useful because they can cause for a student to be more intelligent then what they already where or it could help those who struggle with work, make the assignments more easier.
In class when we where in groups and talking about what kind of style helps us write, I found it interesting that I fell under rhetoric. I really like blogging rather than writing tons of papers where we get criticized on are grammatical errors. Most students want to have their own opinion and voice about a certain topic and if their opinions get them to write a well organized paper, I think we as teachers should take the rhetoric style into consideration. I believe teachers should include all three styles into their lesson plans like Mr.Garrison does. I find it very helpful because if I don't understand the certain topic we are talking about I here examples from my peers about the topic. Berlin's ideas can help many students succeed and achieve their goals if teachers are willing to use his theory in an effective way.
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Yeah, I dislike writing essays, too. At least, when for the purpose of turning it in and hving it annylized. Like you, I much prefer blogging, where I can let the thoughts pour out clearly onto the page.
ReplyDeleteNichole, I really like and agree with how you explained so well how the approach that most interested you can affect your teaching and your students. I also fell under rhetoric when we did our group discussion. I totally agree that writing blogs and discussing in groups makes learning so much more fun and interesting.
ReplyDeleteI really like that you can use this to illustrate how to teach and work with different learning styles with your students. I think that it's important for teachers to cater towards all different learning styles, and this could be a great way to do that.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it's good to touch on all learning styles. All students are different and learn different ways. Involving all techniques in lessons will help keep all students involved in learning.
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