Teacher Spends Two Days as a Student and is Shocked at What She lLarns.

Zatko, Ruzena

 

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Strauss, V. (2015). Teacher spends two days as a student and is shocked at what she learns. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2014/10/24/teacher-spends-two-days-as-a-student-and-is-shocked-at-what-she-learned/

 

The author did an experiment and posed as a student for a day to get a hands on assessment of how life is for the student. He realized that while the teacher is energetic because they are moving around, the students spend the whole day sitting. This becomes exhausting and boring. The advice is there should be more movement, hands-on activities, and mandatory stretches.  Teachers should set a timer while they lecture so that students have a break and absorb everything. Maybe even have a nerf ball and small basketball hoop to give the kids a break.

 

This article really opened my eyes to something most of us long forgotten. Even when I was a student it was draining to just sit there all day. I relished classes like band or Physical education where we were actually doing something. Majority of a student’s day involves sitting, listening, and note taking.  This isn’t engaging. And in today it just won’t work, attention spans are shorter we get bored more easily.