Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Chapter 6 Kuma Book
Chapter 6 of the Kuma book really spoke to me. It was covering promoting learner autonomy which to me is one of the most important things a child should learn. Through promoting learner autonomy, the student is discovering themselves academically which can aid them in many other things throughout their lives. Autonomy is simply said as learning how to learn. Once you know how you learn and and what is the best way for you to grasp information, the better of a student you become along with being more self-aware and knowing yourself better. In this book they explain that the context of autonomy includes "self-instruction, self-direction, self-access learning, and individualized instruction." I completely agree with this but who better to lead instruction and help understanding then yourself. When a student has the opportunity to participate in class or lead instruction for a particular topic they learn the information better because they know what they have to do to understand what it is they are learning more proficiently. Promoting self autonomy is important and us being teachers should try to grasp that in our teaching and show students different methods to help self-instruct the lessons so that everyone can learn at their maximum potential.
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Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteI also really liked the "Promoting Learner Autonomy" chapter because learners must no longer sit in their seats, but interact as much as possible with their peers. And you are correct, the more they build autonomy academically, the better they will be autonomous emotionally.
I liked this chapter, too, because it explains how teaching isn't just a one-way street. Students need to show some level of desire to further their language learning in order for teachers to effectively do their jobs. I thought this chapter did a great job using learner autonomy to explain the complex teacher-student relationship.
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