Double Journal Entry # 6

Response to Principles for Culturally Responsive Teaching:

When reading the article, I found that I had experience principle number four at Fairmont State University a number of times. The principle is based on student-centered instruction. The student is encouraged to work with others or independently. One class that I felt used this method was Geosphere, taught by Dr. McKeen. At the beginning of most classes, we worked with a partner or a small group to do a lab that would supplement the lesson that would be taught that day. She did not tell us exactly what we were supposed to do but was there to guide us through the lab. There was one assignment that we called Survivor. We were broke up into groups of four and given a set of directions. The directions only told us the supplies that we could use to make something to predict the weather. It took a lot of research and trial and error to find an instrument. I learned a lot about weather on my own by working in this student-centered activity.

This video found on youtube.com is about student-centered instruction that had students use technology to create a gadget. The video is called Student-centered, Technology-based Instruction at KIS. I really enjoyed seeing what the students made.

Resources:
Principles for culturally responsive instruction. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.alliance.brown.edu/tdl/tl-strategies/crt-principles.shtml