Can you give an example of an experience you have had as a student that seemed traditional? How about progressive? Please very briefly one or the other. Was it a good experience? Why or why not?
For the majority of my schooling my teachers/professors have valued the traditional style of teaching. One of the most vivid examples of this was when I was in 7th grade and in my choir class. It was around 11:10 and I had just arrived at class and asked to use the bathroom and instead of the yes, I was expecting I was served a lecture. An example of a more progressive environment could be my univ classroom where we embraced contract grading after a student led vote. This made it so we felt more comfortable in completing our projects as well as making it easier to grade for our professor as well. And as one could probably spot a mile away this version of teaching was far more valuable and comfortable for my fellow students and me. The authoritative way of ruling a classroom made me feel small and undervalued in an institution dedicated to raising up students. So, I feel as though with a time without an 1800 in it should progress from ideas from then.
My understanding of traditional vs progressive is that traditional teaching focuses on the past, while progressive teaching focuses on the present. In high school I took a Medical Terminology class where we had to memorize 80 terms from a textbook and take a test on them each week. I think this would be considered traditional teaching because it was heavily influenced by an old textbook and we just memorized info. Progressive teaching would be like my French teacher who mainly taught us through analyzing current events, and focused on having us understand French culture through discussion. He also was more progressive because he gave us more freedom to choose how we wanted to learn, and how we wanted to showcase our learning. For example, for classwork assignments he gave us different types of assignments so we could pick the one that worked best for us. I don't think that would occur in a more traditional learning environment, because the teacher would just expect you to do the work they think is best for you. Personally I like the progressive approach more because it feels more relevant and student-centered.
My education experience has been a mix of both traditional and progressive. In high school, the principal valued traditional education. All students were to be in class as soon as the bell rings, no students in the hallway for any reason unless with a pass, no using the bathroom in the first 30 or last 30 minutes of class. She valued scores and attendance over anything else. A lot of the teachers in my school valued more progressive learning though. They built relationships with students so they knew how their students learned best. They disagreed with her ways and took things into their own hands. Progressive teach styles make students feel more valued, it's not like we are only there to take tests and we are more than our scores.
An example I remember that I believe shows traditional teaching would be when you had to memorize definitions that were in textbooks and you'd be tested on if you could remember them or not. I would use flashcards and get my mom to hold up the word and I would try and give the definition or vice versa. Even if you weren't someone who could remember multiple long definitions (like myself), you had to do it or you'd fail the assignment. It was also typically a quiz so the amount of points it took would be far more significant than if it were a homework assignment or anything like that. I haven't had anything similar to that for a long time, thankfully. An example of progressive teaching I think would be teachers accommodating students who have anxiety when presenting projects. Some teachers allowed students to just take on more work in a project to make up for not presenting. This is great and really made everyone enjoy the class rather than dread it because they weren't forced to do something that they were uncomfortable with.
Picture a classic lecture hall setting, a chalkboard filled with notes, students taking notes, and a professor delivering a lecture. It's structured, tried-and-true, and can be super effective for some people bc it's so focused. On the flip side, a progressive experience could be something like a collaborative project with classmates, maybe using the latest tech to solve real-world problems. It's hands-on, encourages teamwork, and can be really engaging since it's so interactive. Whether an experience is good or not really depends on the person and their learning style. Some thrive on structure, while others need freedom to explore. What about you?
Throughout my educational experiences I definitely have seen the difference between traditional and progressive schooling. For a example, in my elementary school we had to wear uniforms, very strict dress code, you couldn't add anything onto them such as stickers, cute clips or any decorations because if you did you would be docked points and be written up as a warning. Even from the backpacks we had, it had to be plain because they didn't want any of the kids to be distracted, which I was confused on how, and black or blue. No rolling backpack, satchel backpack no deviation from the basic ones. When we had plays you were mandated to attended there was no wiggle room to be able to get out of that unless you were sick. Everyone was given a part and you could not switch with other people you had to play that part. So when I started public school it was so wildly different you could wear what you liked, if you had a character backpack you could have it, and you weren't forced to do something extracurricular if you didn't want to or if you knew it wouldn't fit you. There were things I disliked from both experiences and also liked no schooling was really perfect, but I say private weirdly enough I preferred for a long time. Only because I couldn't seamlessly simulate into public school easy for a while, I liked the changes that were made, but it wasn't easy to get used too.
One moment in school I've had that was extremely traditional is my junior year of high school english teacher made us write everything we did on paper. She also had a no computer or device rule. This can have both benefits and negative effects on students learning. A progressive way of teaching I have experienced was in my senior year government class. My teacher came up with a Kahoot game that kept track of our knowledge instead of a pretest. The questions were the same as it would be in an actual pretest. It just gave students a more stress free learning experience and allowed them to understand this was not a actual test.
I have had both traditional and progressive schooling throughout my education. However, I have had more of a traditional education than a progressive one. In the traditional prospective I can recall going to class, listening to the teacher talk about what we’re learning, doing a few examples as a class then we were given a worksheet (sometimes from a textbook) to do it on our own. The teacher would go over it towards the end of class but this way of learning just seemed repetitive and temporary. There was no excitement or engagement, just aiming for the learning standard. We would learn what we needed to know only for that time (for that worksheet or test) and it wouldn’t be important in the next month or even year.
I graduated high school in 2021. My district had gone back to full time after covid. Most of my classes stayed pretty electronic. All students had Chromebook’s and all the teachers had access to assignments through the school website if that’s how they choose to teach. Although my AP government teacher did not want anything to do with technology in her class. She had us carry around our huge textbooks and binder for her class. Her style was very traditional. Everything was handwritten. Testing was on paper and only given once. She was a great teacher but she definitely had a style and stuck to it. For a progressive teacher that I have had would probably be my Photography teacher I had all four years of high school. AS you got to the higher level classes she allowed you to choose what assignments you wanted to work on. I loved this , especially in an art class because i felt like it gave me the chance to express my thoughts and ideas through photos. I think both style can be used and can have a good benefit. I think it depends on the environment and how the students learn best. Although I like the progressive style better because it allows the student to get involved and have there own thoughts.
An example of a traditional school experience I had was my senior year of high school. I had an AP Government teacher who would give us a vocabulary sheet we needed to fill out with 50-115 words and define them all in our own words. We were told that this would help us with our in-class tests and no matter how hard I worked on those definitions, I'd fail. An example of a progressive school experience I had was weirdly with that same teacher but in his DE Psychology class. We were learning about sleep cycles, and he did a sleep study in our class where he gave us a guided sleep video and we got to nap in class.
I’ve experienced both traditional and progressive schooling. In high school, I had an older teacher who taught strictly by the textbook and SOL. She followed the same schedule for each class, which mostly consisted of lectures (where we were only allowed to write notes on paper) and a cumulative test at the end of each unit. Students were not allowed to use the restroom, no phones or computers were allowed, and talking about anything but history was prohibited. This class followed traditional schooling with the outdated textbook, a teacher who expected silence and obedience, and it felt like a prison with the number of rules the teacher had. I’ve also experienced progressive schooling. Also in high school, I had an English teacher who promoted discussion on whatever we were reading, let us vote on what we read next and the activities we did, and encouraged us to critique what we read about and the discussions we had. I would say this class was closer to progressive schooling but still had some less extreme traditional values such as the teacher taking control when needed and keeping our conversations on topic. She acted more like a mentor than a dictator. I overall enjoyed the English class a lot more than the other one since it allowed me to form my own opinions and make decisions for myself while still learning the curriculum and having a teacher that I could actually ask questions and talk to.
I think that the most traditional schooling came from administrators in high school, we had to be in class as soon as the bell rang and we could use the bathroom the first or last 10 minutes of class. But the teachers were typically more laid back and didn’t care as much. Obviously they want you to be on time but weren’t as strict as administration. I also had teacher that were super strict or super laid back. I have seen both sides. I find that I typically take more to the teachers that are more progressive and less by the book.
My parents are thankful and I am as well for the experiences I had during middle school. These learning experiences were vastly different from high school. At my middle school, student's benefitted from the teachers ability to craft their own curriculum for most of the year. A month was unfortunately spent on prep for SOLs. In most of my classes we engaged in either project based learning or had teacher lead discussions rather than lectures. Outside of P.E., which though I found unlikeable in my awkward, adolescent years, can be helpful in promoting a healthy lifestyle, I enjoyed my classes. An example of a unique experience was the eight grade project where each student presented a book that they wanted placed in a free library for an elementary school we were donating to. Unfortunately there was not enough money to place every eight grader's book in the free library, but each student presented the book they wished to give elementary schooler's access too. As a grade we decided on 50 books to put into the little free library.
I think throughout my education experience has always been traditional with some progressive in there. An experience I've had traditionally, would be mostly in high school in my Dual enrollment English class senior year. Everyday we had this class we had to be there on time only a couple minutes late was acceptable and the teacher would give an overview of what the lesson of the day was and require us to do 20 mins of reading in the beginning of class, then by the end of class we were given a page or more assignment on that lesson due next day of class. This just was very boring and non-interactive and was an everyday thing which caused everyone to hate that class and not do as well in the class as we'd hoped.
I think my schooling was a mix of both traditional and progressive methods. The majority were traditional and I especially remember my senior year when we got a new principal who started to implement "e-hall passes" which were essentially online hall passes but it was so much more of a hassle to do especially since they made sure to have a teacher or admin standing at every corner of the school's halls checking to see if people had a pass and since the pass had a timer you would get in trouble if you took too long to get to the bathroom, took too long in the bathroom, or just wanted to walk around the building. For something as simple as getting water from a fountain that was right in front of your class you had to fill out a hall pass online. It was ridiculous honestly and many teachers did not care for it since it made them do more work than necessary but they ended up becoming pressured by the admin to enforce the rules. Aside from that experience though, a progressive experience I had was in my 8th grade guitar class. We had a new teacher and he came in with loads of different ideas for us and allowed us to have a say in what we learned, gave us breaks, and took moments before class started and before class ended to talk to us about how we enjoyed the lesson and what we could improve. It was such a great experience for me but I know there were a few students who absolutely hated his new way of teaching since the old guitar teacher who had been at that middle school for years was known as the "easy a" and "do whatever you want" teacher which was not the case for this class since we were expected to learn the curriculum, develop music theory skills, and build upon what we learned from previous guitar classes.
In the mid to late 1990's, Virginia had a governor's school for dance and the arts. Every other day or so I'd take the bus to this other school and then go back to regular school, and it didn't cost extra. This feels progressive because dance is not a big budget subject in the arts program for many schools. At this school, a kinesthetic intelligence is being highlighted as opposed to the more common book smart methods. As for traditional, being made to say the pledge of allegiance is the most long-established and customary experience to this day.
Traditional teaching from what I was taught was focused only on tests and getting through the curriculum aka teaching the kids names and dates and nothing that will make them good human beings or help their future. Progressive teaching takes the curriculum and applies it to the future and present day to teach the children how the past effects the present and helps them become well informed good people who understand what they are learning is apart of the real world. I am a theater major everything we are taught is to not only make sure we know to be good performers but good people who can apply our talents to other areas like social justice or to be accepting of everyone. However I grew up with some teachers who were traditional we weren’t allowed to be ourselves and had to just do well with the curriculum and I came out of the class not knowing anything and feeling defeated and no I didn’t even pass the big test at the end.
A traditional experience that I felt I had in school was being forced to participate in the in-class spelling bees, from elementary school till middle school. I understand this might just seem like not a big deal to others, but for me, it always gave me anxiety about my classmates judging me for not being as smart as them or being perceived as stupid for being out after the first round. I always felt that being forced to spell every year in front of your classmates till 8th grade was very traditional. But I understand that not everyone felt that way about the spelling bees and enjoyed and studied for it.
I think throughout school, I've experienced traditional and progressive teaching methods/protocols. For example, in my history class in freshman year, we had a more traditional type of class which was taught with lectures and homework readings from the American history textbook and then take assessments on the reading every week. It consistently stayed like this besides a midterm/final. In my history class senior year however, I had a different teacher who took more progressive approaches. She created creative assignments that left room for us to make our own choices and provided wiggle room which gave us more freedom and independence. We also never had to ask to use the bathroom we just signed out on our own and could leave the classroom whenever which was also more progressive compared to the traditional approach which would be having to ask permission.
I would say my high school experience was an example of traditional education. I went to a Catholic high school where there was a dress code, strict times between classes, the use of sir and ma'am, high expectations, etc. I actually enjoyed this style because it taught me discipline and I felt like it forced me to really take my school seriously. I have found that my time in college has been a progressive style of education. I like how my high school was traditional and now college is progressive because I was taught the skills and time management in high school so when I got to college, I had the skills and discipline and I can now really find myself and feel like I am learning how to prepare for the future. I think I have experienced a good blend of both.
I think the most progressive school experience that I've had was definitely my first year of college. I found a program that was specifically created to allow for first year students to study abroad in different places around the world. I spent my first semester in Costa Rica and my second in Spain and I was able to explore the country as well as take classes and get credits for college. This is definitely a progressive program because it allowed me to study abroad before I ever committed to a college but still let me get credits.
I learned a lot through traditional teaching so the memorizing of multiplication tables, powerpoints, reading out of the book, and taking traditional tests. I learned progressive with group discussions, and hands on experiences. I never had any big problems with any one of them but I do remember one traditional approach that stuck out the most. When I was in elementary school they would tell us to learn our times tables and then make us take a test on it, so the day we take all these tests and they are a 2 minute long. Then after this we had an ice cream party and for however many sheets you got a 70% or above on is how many toppings scoops etc. you got with your ice cream. It was a good experience to most kids but I had different ways of learning so I wish they did something where everyone got a chance to earn ice cream and I think making kids get into groups and understand the concept behind it was more important.
In most public-school settings, classes tend to adhere to a traditional format, with direct instructions, structured curriculums, and assignments specific to each subject. However, I find progressivism more compelling—it involves fostering curiosity, facilitating discussions, and tailoring education to each child's needs. Through progressive methods, such as interactive field trips focused on learning and enjoyment, I've discovered that I absorb information more effectively than when confined to a classroom, passively absorbing information from a teacher's words.
I had a very traditional education for most of my k-12, meaning it was lecture based with worksheets that prepared us for an end of year exam. In the multitude of classes where this was the implemented structure, I gained the least amount of retained knowledge. Traditional teaching practices don't foster creativity and instead make a child complicit in a cycle of memorization and regurgitation.
My school experience has been rather traditional. We followed curriculum and we did things in units according to the structure the teachers followed. We did have some say in the assignments and we had a good amount of freedom but it was a pretty standard high school and middle school experiences. I think more now people are experiences issues rather than back then and I think that is really disappointing. Kids need to be creative and they need to be able to express their freedom and what they do in the classroom (with limits of course) but I think it is important to have democracy in the classroom.
I noticed that my school experience was in between traditional and progressive. Traditional is more like teacher is the center of the classroom while progressive is more open discussion and applies what we learned in school and use it for our future. Many teachers help us to become the people who we become now and help us improve in many ways.
ReplyDeleteFor the majority of my schooling my teachers/professors have valued the traditional style of teaching. One of the most vivid examples of this was when I was in 7th grade and in my choir class. It was around 11:10 and I had just arrived at class and asked to use the bathroom and instead of the yes, I was expecting I was served a lecture. An example of a more progressive environment could be my univ classroom where we embraced contract grading after a student led vote. This made it so we felt more comfortable in completing our projects as well as making it easier to grade for our professor as well. And as one could probably spot a mile away this version of teaching was far more valuable and comfortable for my fellow students and me. The authoritative way of ruling a classroom made me feel small and undervalued in an institution dedicated to raising up students. So, I feel as though with a time without an 1800 in it should progress from ideas from then.
My understanding of traditional vs progressive is that traditional teaching focuses on the past, while progressive teaching focuses on the present. In high school I took a Medical Terminology class where we had to memorize 80 terms from a textbook and take a test on them each week. I think this would be considered traditional teaching because it was heavily influenced by an old textbook and we just memorized info. Progressive teaching would be like my French teacher who mainly taught us through analyzing current events, and focused on having us understand French culture through discussion. He also was more progressive because he gave us more freedom to choose how we wanted to learn, and how we wanted to showcase our learning. For example, for classwork assignments he gave us different types of assignments so we could pick the one that worked best for us. I don't think that would occur in a more traditional learning environment, because the teacher would just expect you to do the work they think is best for you. Personally I like the progressive approach more because it feels more relevant and student-centered.
ReplyDeleteMy education experience has been a mix of both traditional and progressive. In high school, the principal valued traditional education. All students were to be in class as soon as the bell rings, no students in the hallway for any reason unless with a pass, no using the bathroom in the first 30 or last 30 minutes of class. She valued scores and attendance over anything else. A lot of the teachers in my school valued more progressive learning though. They built relationships with students so they knew how their students learned best. They disagreed with her ways and took things into their own hands. Progressive teach styles make students feel more valued, it's not like we are only there to take tests and we are more than our scores.
ReplyDeleteAn example I remember that I believe shows traditional teaching would be when you had to memorize definitions that were in textbooks and you'd be tested on if you could remember them or not. I would use flashcards and get my mom to hold up the word and I would try and give the definition or vice versa. Even if you weren't someone who could remember multiple long definitions (like myself), you had to do it or you'd fail the assignment. It was also typically a quiz so the amount of points it took would be far more significant than if it were a homework assignment or anything like that. I haven't had anything similar to that for a long time, thankfully. An example of progressive teaching I think would be teachers accommodating students who have anxiety when presenting projects. Some teachers allowed students to just take on more work in a project to make up for not presenting. This is great and really made everyone enjoy the class rather than dread it because they weren't forced to do something that they were uncomfortable with.
ReplyDeletePicture a classic lecture hall setting, a chalkboard filled with notes, students taking notes, and a professor delivering a lecture. It's structured, tried-and-true, and can be super effective for some people bc it's so focused. On the flip side, a progressive experience could be something like a collaborative project with classmates, maybe using the latest tech to solve real-world problems. It's hands-on, encourages teamwork, and can be really engaging since it's so interactive. Whether an experience is good or not really depends on the person and their learning style. Some thrive on structure, while others need freedom to explore. What about you?
ReplyDeleteThroughout my educational experiences I definitely have seen the difference between traditional and progressive schooling. For a example, in my elementary school we had to wear uniforms, very strict dress code, you couldn't add anything onto them such as stickers, cute clips or any decorations because if you did you would be docked points and be written up as a warning. Even from the backpacks we had, it had to be plain because they didn't want any of the kids to be distracted, which I was confused on how, and black or blue. No rolling backpack, satchel backpack no deviation from the basic ones. When we had plays you were mandated to attended there was no wiggle room to be able to get out of that unless you were sick. Everyone was given a part and you could not switch with other people you had to play that part. So when I started public school it was so wildly different you could wear what you liked, if you had a character backpack you could have it, and you weren't forced to do something extracurricular if you didn't want to or if you knew it wouldn't fit you. There were things I disliked from both experiences and also liked no schooling was really perfect, but I say private weirdly enough I preferred for a long time. Only because I couldn't seamlessly simulate into public school easy for a while, I liked the changes that were made, but it wasn't easy to get used too.
ReplyDeleteOne moment in school I've had that was extremely traditional is my junior year of high school english teacher made us write everything we did on paper. She also had a no computer or device rule. This can have both benefits and negative effects on students learning. A progressive way of teaching I have experienced was in my senior year government class. My teacher came up with a Kahoot game that kept track of our knowledge instead of a pretest. The questions were the same as it would be in an actual pretest. It just gave students a more stress free learning experience and allowed them to understand this was not a actual test.
ReplyDeleteI have had both traditional and progressive schooling throughout my education. However, I have had more of a traditional education than a progressive one. In the traditional prospective I can recall going to class, listening to the teacher talk about what we’re learning, doing a few examples as a class then we were given a worksheet (sometimes from a textbook) to do it on our own. The teacher would go over it towards the end of class but this way of learning just seemed repetitive and temporary. There was no excitement or engagement, just aiming for the learning standard. We would learn what we needed to know only for that time (for that worksheet or test) and it wouldn’t be important in the next month or even year.
ReplyDelete^Victoria T.
DeleteI graduated high school in 2021. My district had gone back to full time after covid. Most of my classes stayed pretty electronic. All students had Chromebook’s and all the teachers had access to assignments through the school website if that’s how they choose to teach. Although my AP government teacher did not want anything to do with technology in her class. She had us carry around our huge textbooks and binder for her class. Her style was very traditional. Everything was handwritten. Testing was on paper and only given once. She was a great teacher but she definitely had a style and stuck to it.
ReplyDeleteFor a progressive teacher that I have had would probably be my Photography teacher I had all four years of high school. AS you got to the higher level classes she allowed you to choose what assignments you wanted to work on. I loved this , especially in an art class because i felt like it gave me the chance to express my thoughts and ideas through photos. I think both style can be used and can have a good benefit. I think it depends on the environment and how the students learn best. Although I like the progressive style better because it allows the student to get involved and have there own thoughts.
An example of a traditional school experience I had was my senior year of high school. I had an AP Government teacher who would give us a vocabulary sheet we needed to fill out with 50-115 words and define them all in our own words. We were told that this would help us with our in-class tests and no matter how hard I worked on those definitions, I'd fail. An example of a progressive school experience I had was weirdly with that same teacher but in his DE Psychology class. We were learning about sleep cycles, and he did a sleep study in our class where he gave us a guided sleep video and we got to nap in class.
ReplyDeleteHannah
ReplyDeleteI’ve experienced both traditional and progressive schooling. In high school, I had an older teacher who taught strictly by the textbook and SOL. She followed the same schedule for each class, which mostly consisted of lectures (where we were only allowed to write notes on paper) and a cumulative test at the end of each unit. Students were not allowed to use the restroom, no phones or computers were allowed, and talking about anything but history was prohibited. This class followed traditional schooling with the outdated textbook, a teacher who expected silence and obedience, and it felt like a prison with the number of rules the teacher had. I’ve also experienced progressive schooling. Also in high school, I had an English teacher who promoted discussion on whatever we were reading, let us vote on what we read next and the activities we did, and encouraged us to critique what we read about and the discussions we had. I would say this class was closer to progressive schooling but still had some less extreme traditional values such as the teacher taking control when needed and keeping our conversations on topic. She acted more like a mentor than a dictator. I overall enjoyed the English class a lot more than the other one since it allowed me to form my own opinions and make decisions for myself while still learning the curriculum and having a teacher that I could actually ask questions and talk to.
I think that the most traditional schooling came from administrators in high school, we had to be in class as soon as the bell rang and we could use the bathroom the first or last 10 minutes of class. But the teachers were typically more laid back and didn’t care as much. Obviously they want you to be on time but weren’t as strict as administration. I also had teacher that were super strict or super laid back. I have seen both sides. I find that I typically take more to the teachers that are more progressive and less by the book.
ReplyDeleteMy parents are thankful and I am as well for the experiences I had during middle school. These learning experiences were vastly different from high school. At my middle school, student's benefitted from the teachers ability to craft their own curriculum for most of the year. A month was unfortunately spent on prep for SOLs. In most of my classes we engaged in either project based learning or had teacher lead discussions rather than lectures. Outside of P.E., which though I found unlikeable in my awkward, adolescent years, can be helpful in promoting a healthy lifestyle, I enjoyed my classes. An example of a unique experience was the eight grade project where each student presented a book that they wanted placed in a free library for an elementary school we were donating to. Unfortunately there was not enough money to place every eight grader's book in the free library, but each student presented the book they wished to give elementary schooler's access too. As a grade we decided on 50 books to put into the little free library.
ReplyDeleteI think throughout my education experience has always been traditional with some progressive in there. An experience I've had traditionally, would be mostly in high school in my Dual enrollment English class senior year. Everyday we had this class we had to be there on time only a couple minutes late was acceptable and the teacher would give an overview of what the lesson of the day was and require us to do 20 mins of reading in the beginning of class, then by the end of class we were given a page or more assignment on that lesson due next day of class. This just was very boring and non-interactive and was an everyday thing which caused everyone to hate that class and not do as well in the class as we'd hoped.
ReplyDeleteAlexis Serbin
DeleteI think my schooling was a mix of both traditional and progressive methods. The majority were traditional and I especially remember my senior year when we got a new principal who started to implement "e-hall passes" which were essentially online hall passes but it was so much more of a hassle to do especially since they made sure to have a teacher or admin standing at every corner of the school's halls checking to see if people had a pass and since the pass had a timer you would get in trouble if you took too long to get to the bathroom, took too long in the bathroom, or just wanted to walk around the building. For something as simple as getting water from a fountain that was right in front of your class you had to fill out a hall pass online. It was ridiculous honestly and many teachers did not care for it since it made them do more work than necessary but they ended up becoming pressured by the admin to enforce the rules. Aside from that experience though, a progressive experience I had was in my 8th grade guitar class. We had a new teacher and he came in with loads of different ideas for us and allowed us to have a say in what we learned, gave us breaks, and took moments before class started and before class ended to talk to us about how we enjoyed the lesson and what we could improve. It was such a great experience for me but I know there were a few students who absolutely hated his new way of teaching since the old guitar teacher who had been at that middle school for years was known as the "easy a" and "do whatever you want" teacher which was not the case for this class since we were expected to learn the curriculum, develop music theory skills, and build upon what we learned from previous guitar classes.
ReplyDeleteIn the mid to late 1990's, Virginia had a governor's school for dance and the arts. Every other day or so I'd take the bus to this other school and then go back to regular school, and it didn't cost extra. This feels progressive because dance is not a big budget subject in the arts program for many schools. At this school, a kinesthetic intelligence is being highlighted as opposed to the more common book smart methods. As for traditional, being made to say the pledge of allegiance is the most long-established and customary experience to this day.
ReplyDeleteTraditional teaching from what I was taught was focused only on tests and getting through the curriculum aka teaching the kids names and dates and nothing that will make them good human beings or help their future. Progressive teaching takes the curriculum and applies it to the future and present day to teach the children how the past effects the present and helps them become well informed good people who understand what they are learning is apart of the real world. I am a theater major everything we are taught is to not only make sure we know to be good performers but good people who can apply our talents to other areas like social justice or to be accepting of everyone. However I grew up with some teachers who were traditional we weren’t allowed to be ourselves and had to just do well with the curriculum and I came out of the class not knowing anything and feeling defeated and no I didn’t even pass the big test at the end.
ReplyDeleteA traditional experience that I felt I had in school was being forced to participate in the in-class spelling bees, from elementary school till middle school. I understand this might just seem like not a big deal to others, but for me, it always gave me anxiety about my classmates judging me for not being as smart as them or being perceived as stupid for being out after the first round. I always felt that being forced to spell every year in front of your classmates till 8th grade was very traditional. But I understand that not everyone felt that way about the spelling bees and enjoyed and studied for it.
ReplyDelete-Stephanie
DeleteI think throughout school, I've experienced traditional and progressive teaching methods/protocols. For example, in my history class in freshman year, we had a more traditional type of class which was taught with lectures and homework readings from the American history textbook and then take assessments on the reading every week. It consistently stayed like this besides a midterm/final. In my history class senior year however, I had a different teacher who took more progressive approaches. She created creative assignments that left room for us to make our own choices and provided wiggle room which gave us more freedom and independence. We also never had to ask to use the bathroom we just signed out on our own and could leave the classroom whenever which was also more progressive compared to the traditional approach which would be having to ask permission.
ReplyDelete- Allison Bruehs
DeleteI would say my high school experience was an example of traditional education. I went to a Catholic high school where there was a dress code, strict times between classes, the use of sir and ma'am, high expectations, etc. I actually enjoyed this style because it taught me discipline and I felt like it forced me to really take my school seriously. I have found that my time in college has been a progressive style of education. I like how my high school was traditional and now college is progressive because I was taught the skills and time management in high school so when I got to college, I had the skills and discipline and I can now really find myself and feel like I am learning how to prepare for the future. I think I have experienced a good blend of both.
ReplyDeleteI think the most progressive school experience that I've had was definitely my first year of college. I found a program that was specifically created to allow for first year students to study abroad in different places around the world. I spent my first semester in Costa Rica and my second in Spain and I was able to explore the country as well as take classes and get credits for college. This is definitely a progressive program because it allowed me to study abroad before I ever committed to a college but still let me get credits.
ReplyDeleteI learned a lot through traditional teaching so the memorizing of multiplication tables, powerpoints, reading out of the book, and taking traditional tests. I learned progressive with group discussions, and hands on experiences. I never had any big problems with any one of them but I do remember one traditional approach that stuck out the most. When I was in elementary school they would tell us to learn our times tables and then make us take a test on it, so the day we take all these tests and they are a 2 minute long. Then after this we had an ice cream party and for however many sheets you got a 70% or above on is how many toppings scoops etc. you got with your ice cream. It was a good experience to most kids but I had different ways of learning so I wish they did something where everyone got a chance to earn ice cream and I think making kids get into groups and understand the concept behind it was more important.
ReplyDeleteIn most public-school settings, classes tend to adhere to a traditional format, with direct instructions, structured curriculums, and assignments specific to each subject. However, I find progressivism more compelling—it involves fostering curiosity, facilitating discussions, and tailoring education to each child's needs. Through progressive methods, such as interactive field trips focused on learning and enjoyment, I've discovered that I absorb information more effectively than when confined to a classroom, passively absorbing information from a teacher's words.
ReplyDeleteI had a very traditional education for most of my k-12, meaning it was lecture based with worksheets that prepared us for an end of year exam. In the multitude of classes where this was the implemented structure, I gained the least amount of retained knowledge. Traditional teaching practices don't foster creativity and instead make a child complicit in a cycle of memorization and regurgitation.
ReplyDeleteSorry forgot to include my name - Nayla Bemmerzouk
DeleteMy school experience has been rather traditional. We followed curriculum and we did things in units according to the structure the teachers followed. We did have some say in the assignments and we had a good amount of freedom but it was a pretty standard high school and middle school experiences. I think more now people are experiences issues rather than back then and I think that is really disappointing. Kids need to be creative and they need to be able to express their freedom and what they do in the classroom (with limits of course) but I think it is important to have democracy in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteI noticed that my school experience was in between traditional and progressive. Traditional is more like teacher is the center of the classroom while progressive is more open discussion and applies what we learned in school and use it for our future. Many teachers help us to become the people who we become now and help us improve in many ways.
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