HW 50

Gato
In Gato's article "The Six-Lesson Schoolteacher" he explains six lessons aside from subject classes that are taught in school. Or at least he ensures he teaches at school. From the violation of privacy into the students life by constantly keeping an eye out, to making students switch between mental mindsets in a matter of minutes.

I think Gato has a very solid philosophical mindset on schooling, especially from the teacher's point of view. He understands what he needs to teach the kids in order to successfully educate them, not ony through curiculums but through the small things that get factored in when a teacher has authority over the class. His rules seem strict but he does not bullshit. He knows why somethings are mandatory for students to do. For example, he explains in the article "Six Lessons" that homework is a way to keep surveillance over the kid's life out of school. It also routes the kid's life towards better education and a brighter future.

Freire

Freire believes that the education system's flaw lies in how the teachers narrate their lectures. He compares teaching to filling up an empty jar. Students being the jar of course. We are taught through hollow, insignificant words that mean nothing to us that we are expected to memorize through repetition. Like a computer being programed, yet it obviously is not as effective due to the variety of learning capabilities each students acquires. He feels that significance in everything is key for students to comprehend what they are learning about.

I believe that Freire's philosophy on teaching is more or less correct and much more effective than Gato's. But only to a certain extent. Sure significance is factored majorily into what we learn, but is that really what makes it easier for the students? I think not. If we were to be expected to comprehend the significance of every little detail we learn, it would take ages just to teach one unit. But on the other hand, if we learn how to find significance instead of being told the significance that would better education greatly.

Delpit

Delpit's main focus is on much younger education as she is a first grade teacher. Her perspective on education is to allow kids no matter what age to think in higher levels of reasoning. That the basic and simplistic way of approaching education given to children is wrong.