When I was in school, we often had desks lined up in rows. We barely ever had desks facing each other, like we do in this class currently. I remember having maybe one or two classes with desks that faced each other before this class.
I never remembered having anyone's work portrayed in class. The closest that came to that was teachers displaying my projects as examples for future kids on what to do. And I would always be the only one who got their project shown for future classes because as they told the whole class, my project was better than everyone else's.
For me, my face always changed based on what class I was in. Classes that I'm extremely passionate about would have me beyond eager, while classes that I'm bored with would have me unengaged with a blank expression on my face.
This is one of the first classes that I have had that has everyone deep in a conversation while in class. FNED 101 also has a similar setup to this., they also have the desk pointing towards each other too.
I've never really paid much attention to where the teacher was during assignments because when I was in class, I was always assigned as an extra pair of hands to help the students who needed help once I had finished my assignments.
The classrooms I have been in have always seemed to be distracted by a visitor, no matter who they were.
I've always had a problem where when I'm interested in a subject, I want to answer all the questions and when I'm not interested in the subject, I just completely ignore the teacher and notice that others do as well.
I have always seen classrooms full of activities for students to do after they have finished their assignments. Such as books, games, arts and crafts, or other activities.
In high school, teachers always seemed to let students pick their partner and I was usually alone because I had no friends.
In elementary and middle school, we always had projects and artwork fill up the hallways but in high school, it was only sport trophies since they valued sports above all else.
Hi!! Great job with this! I appreciate your connections and I relate to this because most classrooms i was in also had the rows but I remember my psychology class had round tables and was a more stunt centered classroom. I wish I had more classes like we do now where there is a lot of discussion.
ReplyDeleteHi Angeline! You make a really good point with regards to the set up of the FNED classrooms. The set up of these rooms have definitely allowed me to feel more comfortable participating in an open discussion.
ReplyDeleteHi Angeline, I'm glad you were able to relate so much to this topic. I can relate about the classes that interested me I was more engaged in and the ones I wasn't I didn't pay as much attention too. But it doesn't just come down to the interest of a topic for me the set up of the classroom and the teacher was a make or break for me.
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