Alternative Teaching Methods
Educational Psychology
Alternative Teaching Methods
Professor Josephine Hauer
Abstract
The following is an in depth overview of various teaching methods. Throughout time there have been different perspectives on what the best method of teaching might be. Many different extraordinary educators have created what they believe to be the best method of teaching. Some of those methods include Waldorf, Montessori, and Sudbury education systems, as well as the education system known today as Magnet schools. These types of schools offer an overwhelming different education to the traditional public schools of today. Although these schools can be a costly alternative, the reward at completion is immeasurable. These students have shown to move through out life much easier than many students of public schools and are much more balanced, than public school students, upon entry of college.
Alternative Teaching Methods The basis of this research comes from my own experience throughout school. As I grew up I had the incredible fortune to attend an alternative education system to that of public schools. I was accepted into a magnet school, Multicultural Magnet School. From this experience, upon completing high school, I was equipped with a much richer understanding of the culture and huge differences of the world. Once I reached the college level my whole perspective of teaching changed, because I was no longer in a traditional classroom environment, and I was able to see a variety of teaching methods implemented at the college level. I soon realized that without the foundation I was so fortunate to build, I would never have gained the perspective of the world I have today. The focus of the research presented mainly of elementary education. Plato once said, “Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better
Alternative Teaching Methods
Professor Josephine Hauer
Abstract
The following is an in depth overview of various teaching methods. Throughout time there have been different perspectives on what the best method of teaching might be. Many different extraordinary educators have created what they believe to be the best method of teaching. Some of those methods include Waldorf, Montessori, and Sudbury education systems, as well as the education system known today as Magnet schools. These types of schools offer an overwhelming different education to the traditional public schools of today. Although these schools can be a costly alternative, the reward at completion is immeasurable. These students have shown to move through out life much easier than many students of public schools and are much more balanced, than public school students, upon entry of college.
Alternative Teaching Methods The basis of this research comes from my own experience throughout school. As I grew up I had the incredible fortune to attend an alternative education system to that of public schools. I was accepted into a magnet school, Multicultural Magnet School. From this experience, upon completing high school, I was equipped with a much richer understanding of the culture and huge differences of the world. Once I reached the college level my whole perspective of teaching changed, because I was no longer in a traditional classroom environment, and I was able to see a variety of teaching methods implemented at the college level. I soon realized that without the foundation I was so fortunate to build, I would never have gained the perspective of the world I have today. The focus of the research presented mainly of elementary education. Plato once said, “Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better
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