Group members: Katherine, Jeff, Josh, Leann
Today we discussed Friere’s points that “The teacher teaches and the students are taught” as well as, “the teacher knows everything and the students know nothing”. We all agreed that teacher can learn things from students and that teachers are not always right. When students put their own input into things they are learning it usually ends up being beneficial to other students that are in that class. Students that give their input may help their fellow classmates to learn and understand the topic better. Teachers also can learn from students. The way a student thinks versus the way a teacher thinks can be very different. When students express what they think and things they know the teacher can learn from that. Rather than the teacher only teaching, students can help expand other students knowledge by saying what they think. Students giving their input and ideas also engages them into conversation and it is more likely that they are going to retain the information they are being taught if it can be a discussion instead of sitting there and being lectured to.
