Thursday, November 17, 2011
Informal/Formal
The article we discussed today really got me thinking about informal and formal ways of instruction. I think that teachers sometimes forget that there is a place for informal teaching. Although, as Dr. Handsfield, suggested formal instruction is great to use as a base knowledge. From there you can expand into different kinds of teaching including informal. I think it is important to show kids the appropriate situation to use formal and informal communications. This is a life skill that will always be helpful. Not only that but I think when you can validate informal types of communication, such as, writing, texting, and speaking you are providing the kids with a way to feel that they are valid.
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I really enjoyed this discussion as well. I think it is such a good tool to get students to recognize that they already know how to communicate/write, because they engage in communication all the time. I wrote down the idea about teaching a lesson in text lingo to show the difference between formal and informal communication, because I think that was such a creative suggestion!
ReplyDeleteI really liked this one too. I really liked the idea when the teacher came in and started teaching in "text lingo". so funny.
ReplyDeleteMe too! I never truly knew the difference between direct/indirect instruction until this semester, believe it or not. Now I am able to judge my teachers on how they present the information to the class. For example, I agree that using direct instruction is important as a base knowledge but at the same time indirect instruction should be merged in as well. Having someone lecture for a full class period is not going to allow information to sink into students as well as using an indirect, student oriented lesson.
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