Sunday, April 4, 2010
Kosut and Delpit
I found both Kosut and Delpit articles very interesting. As I mentioned in one of my discussion posts, these two articles we should take into consideration since most of us are going into the educational field. I have to say, I'm glad I read them. It sort of given me insight as to what I should expect when I go into student teaching, and then teaching itself. I consider myself a open-minded person, but reading these two articles sort of puts into perspective for me. Going into teaching, I would assume that everyone has the same primary discourse as myself. I think now, when I do head into the classroom and teach, I can't assume that everyone is from the same background as the person sitting next to him/her, or from the same background as myself. As I posted in my Delpit post though, I believe that people can overcome their primary discourse and adopt a secondary discourse to be successful in their job. I can only imagine how new teachers might feel going into a school like one of the MPS schools, like the example of the teacher that was trouble in (I believe) Kosut article. A teacher could get so frusrated that it might turn them off from teaching, when in fact the teacher and student are just not connecting with each other.
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I agree with the thought process of everyone coming from the same background, until I got into MPS schools the first time. My classroom was over 50 percent Hmong, and then a bunch of random ethnicities, like African American, Hispanic, etc. Coming from a background of all white students and all around upper middle class students it definitely showed me the possibilities out there, and all of the different learning opportunities you can make with their backgrounds.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite moments would be when the students got excited that they started talking in their native tongue and would forget about English. It showed character I feel that I wouldn't want to take away from these students.
I would have to agree that I feel i'm an open minded person but there will probably be struggles trying to connect with students that don't have the same background as you but it's something that we are going to have to over come if we want to be good teachers. I agree with Jamie when she says you have let the students have their identity with their primary discourses. I also agree that teachers and students both have to work together and try to form a connection if they expect to have a positive experience. I really likes your comments on these two writers.
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