MY VIEW, AND YOURS?
Following are a number of statements which
seem to capture the essence of an approach to teaching which I find
myself identifying with.
Read the statements and then respond in writing. A
form for this purpose is provided at the bottom of the page. Your
responses will later be linked to this page with your
permission.
- Democracy should be taught in
all schools. Democracy, however is not a subject taught in a
civics lesson; it is a way of teaching.
- Don't teach about democracy;
teach with it.
Ideas expressed by Prof. Rosalie Romano
- Give students respect and
demand the same for yourself .
- Give students love and
kindness, fairness and considerstion, politeness and
warmth......and they will reflect it.
- Children live what they
learn.
- Ask the questons:
- What rules are needed for
people to live together?
- Why do people break
rules?
- What should happen to
people who break rules?
- What happens when two
people's rights conflict?
- Who can tell you what to
do? Why?
- What makes a good
leader?
These questions are as relevant to primary school
children as they are to moral and political philosophers when posed
in the right way.
Questions adopted from Rowe.
- Teachers must teach students
that a person's own humanity is not defined by others.
- Teachers must be sure to give
recognition to difference, but not glorify it.
Ideas taken from a lecture by Prof. Asalam Fataar 
- All the above statements don't
seem to have anything to do with English language teaching, or do
they?
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