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Case: Patriotic/Unpatriotic Facts
After teaching middle school Social Studies for many years, I decided to go back to school to get my graduate degree. In one of my classes, we studied James Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me. I was so influenced by this book and the idea that we have been presenting students inaccurate information that I have been thoroughly researching the content I teach before presenting it to my students. Recently we have been studying international affairs of the US government. Some of the information I presented revealed actions the US government engaged in other countries that resulted in killings and disturbances. My students were interested in the materials and some of the issues we discussed in class made dinner-time discussions at home. One of the parents who is a retired army officer came to the school to talk to my principal. He told the principal that I was indoctrinating students. When my principal told me about this, I explained to her that all the information I presented was factual and that I researched the information from multiple resources. Her suggestion to me was that I should focus more on teaching patriotic materials. I am so frustrated that I do not have the support of my principal. Also, I disagree that what I teach is unpatriotic. I am simply trying to teach accurate information. If I continue doing what I do, I may lose my job. However, I do not want to give up teaching my students the truth. How should I go about this issue?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
I relate to this so much because after taking my masters level sciece class, I learned more about plants than is actually in the standards. I taught my students what I learned as to not hold them back and give them the correct answers. I think the best way to cover your tracks and the standards would be to assign the students a research paper or powerpoint presentation. Give them the topic or a few different topics that you read about in "Lies my teacher told me" and have them look it up and research it themselves. Students learn so much more when they figure it out on their own, so give them the platform to read their papers or present their powerpoints and then the teacher is no longer presenting the information, the students researched it themselves. |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Rated On: January 26, 2014 5:17 pm |
| Rated By: Monique Lester |
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Rating
| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: Great idea putting the students in charge of the information given. They have the power to choose how and what they are learning. I would implement this idea in my classroom. |
| Rated On: October 15, 2017 9:26 pm |
| Rated By: eHuPas |
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