การสอนประชาธิปไตย
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ผมไปพบแนวคิดการสอนของ ครู Julie Gamponia ในเวไซต์ bc.britishcouncil.org
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After our CCAD workshop in Bangkok July 3-5, I have been planning some lessons and about how to teach about democracy in my classroom. I'm still new to teaching in Thailand, having moved here from the US just 3.5 years ago. So I'm still green in learning what I can push my students to do in English. Any suggestions that any of you have on what I'm teaching would be really helpful.
Last week, I had a group of M5 (11th grade) students make a mindmap "To be a good student at my school, I should..." The next day, they had to write sentences from their mindmaps, forming a paragraph in English which they had to email to me. I wanted to read about their thoughts and opinions about being a good citizen, and citizenship begins at home then school. I was disappointed that my students' didn't think deeply about their responsibilities, but it's hard to know how to get my students to think and express themselves clearly in English when it's difficult for them to do this even in Thai.
Today, we moved on...I had them write in their notebooks about democracy: What I know about democracy (5 sentences) and What I think about democracy in Thailand (5 sentences). I asked them to do this in Thai, because I wanted to know what they know as a baseline to begin teaching concepts, definitions and ideas about democracy. This was very hard for my students, even though I asked them to do it in Thai, because their knowledge base isn't deep, and they are not used to being asked their opinions about mature concepts. I haven't yet read all of their thoughts, but I haven't been impressed by their habits of mind. It's hard teaching students to think when they are in 11th grade. They really should have these kinds of skills earlier in their education.
After collecting their notebooks with their thoughts and opinions, I allowed them to look up information online about democracy. I usually steer students to wikipedia, because it has information in multiple languages. I asked students to find 10 sentences about democracy in Thai and English, especially writing about rights and responsibilities of indivuals and the state. They had to send this information to me as an email. Although I haven't yet read their work, I'm very curious. It was not an easy lesson for my students. They were uncomfortable that I kept pushing them, insisting that they think independently and not discuss what they were writing or reading with other students. It feels like I have expectations for these students that no one else has had before. But I think it's right to push them to think and express themselves.
My next step is to read their work, explain some of the simpler concepts of democracy and hope that they will have a broader understanding of their role in developing the citizenry in this beautiful country. I have to keep thinking about how to get them to do more critical thinking, and eventually decision-making and problem-solving. Any ideas out there? I would love some feedback. Does anyone else find this work as challenging?
Last week, I had a group of M5 (11th grade) students make a mindmap "To be a good student at my school, I should..." The next day, they had to write sentences from their mindmaps, forming a paragraph in English which they had to email to me. I wanted to read about their thoughts and opinions about being a good citizen, and citizenship begins at home then school. I was disappointed that my students' didn't think deeply about their responsibilities, but it's hard to know how to get my students to think and express themselves clearly in English when it's difficult for them to do this even in Thai.
Today, we moved on...I had them write in their notebooks about democracy: What I know about democracy (5 sentences) and What I think about democracy in Thailand (5 sentences). I asked them to do this in Thai, because I wanted to know what they know as a baseline to begin teaching concepts, definitions and ideas about democracy. This was very hard for my students, even though I asked them to do it in Thai, because their knowledge base isn't deep, and they are not used to being asked their opinions about mature concepts. I haven't yet read all of their thoughts, but I haven't been impressed by their habits of mind. It's hard teaching students to think when they are in 11th grade. They really should have these kinds of skills earlier in their education.
After collecting their notebooks with their thoughts and opinions, I allowed them to look up information online about democracy. I usually steer students to wikipedia, because it has information in multiple languages. I asked students to find 10 sentences about democracy in Thai and English, especially writing about rights and responsibilities of indivuals and the state. They had to send this information to me as an email. Although I haven't yet read their work, I'm very curious. It was not an easy lesson for my students. They were uncomfortable that I kept pushing them, insisting that they think independently and not discuss what they were writing or reading with other students. It feels like I have expectations for these students that no one else has had before. But I think it's right to push them to think and express themselves.
My next step is to read their work, explain some of the simpler concepts of democracy and hope that they will have a broader understanding of their role in developing the citizenry in this beautiful country. I have to keep thinking about how to get them to do more critical thinking, and eventually decision-making and problem-solving. Any ideas out there? I would love some feedback. Does anyone else find this work as challenging?
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