After reading this chapter it makes me think… should I just switch majors now?! It was explaining how in the future we probably don’t even need schools, just technology. This is something I strongly disagree on, although technology is great and all it’s not able to do many of the things that teachers can do. I agree that schools should be integrating technology much more that what they are and there are simple ways that we can start.
In this chapter there were many things I never really thought about. It was interesting to come across the establishment of universal schools. It’s crazy to think that once upon a time there were single room schoolhouses with only female unmarried teachers.
This chapter did make me mighty proud! One of the first public universities was established in our favorite, good old state WISCONSIN, but wait… that’s not it, also Wisconsin opened the first public kindergarten in America. Finally Wisconsin’s known for something besides serial killers and cheese.
The section Evolution of a School System probably caught my interest the most in this chapter. It made me understand what problems may occur in some of the systems used today. I felt some areas are rather ridiculous, but others made me open my mind to changes. The textbook area made me realize how much of a benefit it would be for students to use online textbooks. This benefit doesn’t only stop at the students; teachers using the same materials could share the same resources and possibly could interact with other schools. This could be a huge benefit alone and anything we can do to improve the environment is a major plus on its own. Another system that the chapter touched on was comprehensive high schools, from my point I feel that there are many more positives than negatives in this area because it allows students to explore many different areas and allow for many more options., although, I could be a bit bias on this topic because I did go to a comprehensive high school.
This chapter had great incite on things I haven’t even thought about prior to reading this, But it makes me worried about my career. Should I really be going into something that won’t even exist in years to come?! I do feel that schools should concentrate more on integrating technology in the classroom because it will untimely be more beneficial to the students futures.
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