Meaningful involvement of learners in my classroom.

Learners come into the classroom take out their books and the teacher starts to talk and the learners take down notes from the blackboard or slides. That is my perception on what is going on in today’s classrooms. There is no time for the learner to interact in the classroom as the teacher has little time to get his/her work done. Thus the teacher does not get to interact with the learners and get their feelings or opinions.

In my opinion this strategy is not a very good one I do believe that learners should have a voice in the classroom. Some of the concepts that I liked in the video was: teaches should be available and accessible. The learner should not feel  that he/she cannot go and talk to the teacher ,they should feel comfortable to do so. Empathy and understanding, if the teacher does not have these characteristics it would also make it difficult to open up to the teacher and there will be a lack of communication. Lastly positive home and school environment, the learner should feel positive in these two domains to bring out an effective learner.

To give the learners responsibility and a voice in the classroom makes them feel part of the classroom. Thus they will follow the rules of the classroom because they have set it themselves. In the blog Applying Mindfulness to Mundane Classroom Tasks it states that she asked the learners to write down their feelings. I thought this was a great idea to see what the learners where thinking and feeling. Therefore it is not mere her telling the learners what to do but getting their opinion to and making them feel important as they should be feeling. 

I do feel strongly that the learners in my classroom should have meaningful involvement in my classroom. The learners may give their opinion on certain matters in the classroom. For instance the class rules, I believe that the leaners should have a say in it. They could communicate if they feel that some rules are unfair and why it is so. Then we can work on it as a team, as I do see the classroom environment as a team working together. In giving them a voice I feel they will feel respected and valued and will adhere to the rules more easily as they helped to set up the rules.