Reflection 10

Gatekeepers, teachers must determine who will talk, when, and for how long., as well as the basic direction of the communication. As we know, that most of class room time is taken up by talk and the majority talking time is done by the teacher. Questioning time is a signal of curiosity; it is the teacher who does the majority of asking questions. Students rarely ask academic questions due to shyness or embarrassment. Teachers interact according to the grades of each student. For example, if a child whose grades are borderline the teacher would obviously be on top of them and pay little attention to a student whose grades are B’s and higher. They require less attention. Also if a teacher spends most of the time handing out supplies or enforcing behavior rules time for learning as decreased. The majority of questions asked by the teacher require that students use memory. It is more than likely questions asked about what was previously reviewed what they have learned from the curriculum. The point of gate keeping is to increase student’s curiosity and question for knowledge; for teachers it is to manage classroom interaction time. It expects students to be quiet, to think quickly and give the correct answer, to rely on memory, and to be dependent on the teacher. When students sit quietly and have less participation in classroom interaction they tend to have less positive attitudes and lower achievement in work practices. As student have communication with your teacher is a great tool to academic success. If you don’t communicate with your teacher, how would she know that you need to seek help in a particular subject area; they can’t read minds! Once it’s time to grade the paper and you receive an unsatisfactory grade you want to start opening up at the end once the final grade is in and it’s too late. So I say we need to continue using gate keeping and let the student apply more of the talk than the teacher would. As if the teacher asks the question, then turn right around and answer it that’s not considered learning to me.