Ira Shor

Alyssa Giammarco
Dr. Corinne McKamey
FNED: 346
2 December 2018

Critical teaching for social change By: Ira Shor

"You must arouse children's curiosity and make them think about school. For example, it's very important to begin the school year with a discussion of why we go to school. Why does the government force us to go to school? This would set a questioning tone and show the children that you trust them and that they are intelligent enough, at their own level, to investigate and come up with answers."

This quote is revealing that you need to gain your students trust and make them curious as to why it is  important to go to school. Shor believes that teachers should start the school year off with these kind of strategies so that the children develop answers which make them investigate their questioning skills. This quote is relevant to the text because the author is explaining about how to change the education systems in schools hoping for a dramatic change.

The goal, of this pedagogy are to relate personal growth to public life by developing strong skills, academic knowledge, habits or inquiry, and critical curiosity about society, power, inequality, and change. 
This quote is saying that the goal of having an pedagogy classroom is to help the students learn different skills. Teachers should connect their students personal growth to the outside world. This is because these children will learn that everyone is the same and should be treated equally. Teacher should be paying attention to their students backgrounds, learning styles, and abilities so they can create a inclusive classroom for all. this is relevant to the text because the author is explaining about how to change the education systems in schools hoping for a dramatic change.

The teacher is the person who initiates the relationship between outside authorities, formal knowledge, and individual students in the classroom. Through day to day lessons, teaching links the students' development to the values, powers, and debates in society. The syllabus developed by the teacher gives students a prolonged encounter with structured knowledge and social authority. However, it's the students who decide to what extent they will take part in the syllabus and allow it to form them."
This quote is revealing that the person who has the power and is in charge is the teacher. Everyday the teacher gets to decide what material to teach to the students. However, the teacher should be developing activities that help the children learn values, power, and debates in society. The teacher provides a structured syllabus on what they will be learning through the course of the year, but its the students responsibility on what extent of the syllabus they will take part in. This relates to the article because the author is the author is explaining about how to change the education systems in schools hoping for a dramatic change. 

Link to the article:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-JcBFAuLc-0T0ZxUlEwOUNJWlU/view

Talking point to bring up in class: 
What other ways can teachers incorporate power into the classroom; so that everyone has a share in how the class is ran?
I think that teachers should be able to create their own curriculum in order to include everyones learning style and abilities.