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Culminating Project

p Culminating Activity

Introduction

The art of teaching and the act of learning , primarily take place because a teacher creates the environment , orchestrates available resources , capitalizes on teaching moments , sometimes pushes back the desks , and does what it takes to help children . Some teachers become cynical for a while , after being put down and ignored and opposed . They end up thinking , feeling and sometimes even believing that no one can be reached . They convince themselves the battle is not worth it anyway . Yet teachers can help their students and influence many

. That influence must not be based on fear , otherwise , it is coercive . It will not work over the long haul and it has many unexpected and disruptive side effects (Lee , B . 1997 , 233

According to Barry Neil Kaufmann (2001 , 26 , beliefs are conclusions we form (or are taught ) about ourselves , other people , events , or objects in the universe . He states that what distinguishes us from all other creatures is our belief-generating capacity . Simply stated , we freely choose to create , adopt and discard beliefs as our way of taking care of ourselves . He also believes that beliefs are held for what the believer thinks are the best of reasons . This looks into the beliefs systems of teachers and delves into some theories and models of educational psychology as applied in teaching . It hopes to give some solutions as to how best to approach the teaching of students and young learners

I believe that people are so different and variable , their reactions are so complex and influenced by such a multiplicity of factors that it sometimes seems as if real scientific understanding of human behavior is impossible . Adages such as one man 's meat is another man 's poison and there 's no accounting for tastes ' emphasize the difficulties of making generalizations about human behavior . On the other hand , some regularity in behavior clearly exists , and we rely on these regularities in our everyday lives . For example , people drive in accordance with regularities , operating with well-learned habits furthermore , we assume that everyone in our culture has learned these same habits . However , I also believe that while some aspects of behavior are generally predictable , it is impossible to be accurate in every case individual exceptions do occur . Some of the influences that have shaped my point of view on this are the studies , researches and experiences that I have gone through my stay in the University plus my own set of readings

Some issues that made me rethink my own set of beliefs

One of the issues that we tackled that made me rethink and act accordingly were my experiences on the important issue for multiculturalism and the profound differences that exist between two cultures . Cultural differences can be very deep and possibly irreconcilable . For instance , Native American concepts regarding work and property are quite different from English traditions . Historically the resolution of these irreconcilable differences involved attempts to destroy Native American cultures and replace them with Western traditions . In recent times...

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