Aclassroom can be lifeless and boring, or even downright dangerous. Students canbe highly disrespectful, uncooperative, unmotivated, threatening, even assaultive. Teachers can be woefully out of touch with even the best ofstudents, so that these students lose their motivation, at least for theduration of this class period. A standard classroom can be a dismal place forall concerned, or a place of excitement and challenge. However, theseenvironments can change.
Take thefollowing movie clips from Freedom Writers and Stand and Deliver, think about what they did to ensure that the educationthat were providing was more student-centered. What did they do? What can you do?
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