Monday, March 1, 2010
Response to "A Conversation w/ Lisa Delpit"
I think that this article covers a lot of topics that need to be addressed between teachers, students and parents. Specifically, I find that Delpit's ideas about culture within writing might be controversial to some, but can be very helpful to others. She emphasized that people write differently from each other in order to better communicate, but this is because of our different experiences and backgrounds. She then went on to explain that many teachers expect less from students because of their own personal situations, such as poverty, or because they aren't up to the same standards as the rest of their class, or other kinds of set backs. Throughout the article, Delpit makes the point that teachers should use techniques and methods that focus on what students need to learn and know within their writing. She also speaks about how teachers, students, and parents should communicate with one another in order to find out what those needs are. She explains that some students may need more help than others, a point with which I completely agree. Upon reading Delpit's conversation, I agreed with many of the remarks she made. I think they could really be useful with childrens' learning experiences of writing, especially students who come from such diverse standpoints and cultures.
Response to "A Conversation with Lisa Delpit" (the post button wasnt working so I had to comment)
ReplyDeleteLisa Delpit makes a great point about culture and how learning occurs differently in different culture. The high school I went to was very diverse and you could see the different ways of learning among students. Unfortunately, schools that only have few varied cultures could definitely run into the problem of generalization in learning and teaching. I strongly agree with the argument of teaching across cultures. Teachers need to be aware of the different ways of learning due to culture differences. The more teachers understand how different students learn due to their culture, they will be able to help educate them better.
I also like the point that Delpit makes about different ways of teaching and interacting with their student. The evaluation of teachers from an administrators view may be different than what students think. I've had both types of teacher and the ones that engage with the students more are the "better" ones in most cases. This is just another example of students needed different styles of teaching and the need for communication between students and teachers.