Friday, February 19, 2016

blog two, keying :)


The article “What a Million Syllabuses Can Teach Us” talks about how academic publications should be evaluated in different methods and the potential benefits of exchanging ideas and information about curriculum designs and teaching approaches among different colleges and universities. These ideas remind me of the importance of sharing knowledge and being critical. Group discussions are not uncommon throughout my M.Ed studies at the university of Ottawa, and I enjoyed and also benefited from listening to the different learning and teaching experiences of my classmates, their professional pursuits, and their varying interests in the field of education. I was sometimes inspired by these discussions. In addition, I agree with the article that sharing curriculum plans and designs among schools is beneficial to both the improvement of school education and students’ interest in learning. There are multiple open classes posted through many websites nowadays, which provide people with materials and opportunities to be encouraged through others’ life experiences, and to know more about their fields of interest, different cultures, and different perspectives on current issues. These benefits could also be applied to school education if schools can be provided with more opportunities to share their perspectives on as well as their confusions about teaching and curriculum implementation.

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