One thing that I learned within my four years of the concurrent education program is that students need to learn in steps such as, knowing their knowledge, which involves understanding. Doing, which involves using appropriate learned skills to problem solve. And being, which involves using the knowledge learned to become active citizens of society. Students should care about what they are learning and apply their knowledge in everyday life (Blankstein & Huston, 2011). Education exists for a purpose and I believe that everyone should absorb information and use it in ways to benefit their individual success. The curriculum is universally homogenous throughout North America, and it is not created for everyone to have the same outcomes. I believe that it is important for students to use their values, and attitudes (be) with the 21st century skills to form questions (do), which leads to understanding and bigger ideas (know) (Drake, Reid & Kolohon, 2014).The figure below summarizes the know, do, be theory and compares it to real life situation for greater understanding.
Taylor, Monica. 'KDB Umberella (5P42)'. Unfolding Educational Philosophies and
Research- Brock University, Ontario 2014. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.
As a teacher candidate the three aspects of know, do and be (KDB) are in my opinion the most influential aspect of the curriculum and they are the capstone to children's future success. This is the process by which students use integration of knowledge to develop learned initiatives (Rodriquez, 2011). Capstone is the leading factor in the KDB theory as it emphasizes the steps of learning and taking all learned information to form a bigger picture. I feel strongly on allowing students to express their own opinions and beliefs, thus I provided videos below with students views and a teachers tips on the capstone/KDB curriculum.
from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aoEXEIQKTM
design. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAZzHG-Zt3E
The links below provide more information and KDB curriculum examples:
http://kdbps.in/pages/curriculum.html
https://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/WW_Integrated_Curriculum.pdf
Ending with an influential quote regarding the curriculum, "the changes schools make in students cannot and should not be limited to the intellectual and academic: rather, they will and should encompass the moral and civic development of students" (Blakstein & Huston, 2011, P. 95).
References
Blankstein, A., & Huston, P. (2011). Leadership for social justice and democracy in our
schools. Corwin Press.
Drake, S., Reid, J., & Kolohon, W. (2014). Interweaving curriculum and classroom
assessment. OXFORD University Press.
Rodriquez. (2011). Capstone experience general education initiatives. University of
Delaware.
As I first looked at your blog, I really enjoyed its look. It is very visually attractive and strongly reflects your personality, especially because you chose to include a picture of yourself and a short biography. I also think it is great that you make multiple personal connections throughout the post, as it makes it more relatable. Moreover, I think you did a really good job at breaking down the main principles. You made it very simple to understand which is great for outsiders who may not know much background to this topic. However, in the future I would suggest expanding on the topic more, possibly by proposing your own questions about it. For instance, in what ways do you specifically plan on integrating these key aspects into curriculum in your future classroom?
ReplyDeleteHey Maddalene, I found your blog very interesting and visually appealing, great job! After reading you posting it made me reflect on how much of a voice I had during my learning experience as a student and I agree that most of the time, I did not get a say in what I was learning or understand the purpose behind it. In fact, I remember I asked a mathematics teacher when I was in grade ten what the purpose was behind learning how to construct and understand parabolas, to which the teachers response was ‘Because it is in the curriculum and I have to teach it’. Through the Know, Do and Be approach students will hopefully have a better understanding of the content they are learning and be successful in their classes.
ReplyDeleteThe images you used were wonderful and really helped me to break down and visualize the Know, Do and Be idea. Moving forward, I think it would be beneficial for you to create some of your own questions and personal insight into the topic discussed to further both yours and your readers’ thinking. One question I have after reading your blog is do you believe that Know, Do and Be theory can or would be used in all schools across the globe, or do you think that this may not be possible since different curriculums in other countries focus on different outcomes than the Ontario Curriculum?
Great work on your blog!
-MissLWalker
Maddalene, I found your blog empowering as you discussed the importance of student's having a voice. You made great personal connections as you talked about your experience in elementary school. I fully agree with you that the knowledge students have should be useful for their everyday lives, just like yourself I never got to voice my opinion in elementary school. Your use of the KDB theory was very fitting for what you are talking about in your blog and you did a good job at connecting it to students needing to ask questions and understand the bigger picture of what it is they are learning. I do not think students question things enough when they are in the classroom, and I believe they would be surprised at how much more they would learn if they actually questioned what it is they are learning. As a future educator how would you get your students to care about what they are learning so that they are able to apply it to their everyday lives?
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