If I controlled how lit was taught...

[Nightshade]

Well I was thinking how if I could be given a handful of children to mold any way I liked ( in otherwards not restricted by circiulums) I might take up the The Clackmannanshire Council initiative,
Children as young as four are being taught philosophy in nursery,more (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6330631.stm)
And Id link the history lessons in with english literature, that is give a history lesson then get them reading somthing written in the time and see if they could play spot the historicaal importance and context, and actually have debates on what they think is going on.
Oh and in history bring forth the idea of who writes the history.

Well I just wondered what other people think and what you would teach if you could? Like a list of novels/books youd make essentioal reading..
:D

[Scheherazade]

The Clackmannanshire Council initiative,
Guessing the children would take 2-3 years simply to learn how to correctly spell and pronounce the name of their Council, anyway! :D

At university, this is more or less how we were taught; social and historical developments of the era and literary works of the day (English Literature mainly, of course).

I am not sure it would be possible to cover both the historical themes and literary aspects within the same course during earlier years but coordinating History and Literature classes might be worth a try.

[Niamh]

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And Id link the history lessons in with english literature, that is give a history lesson then get them reading somthing written in the time and see if they could play spot the historicaal importance and context, and actually have debates on what they think is going on.
Oh and in history bring forth the idea of who writes the history.

Well I just wondered what other people think and what you would teach if you could? Like a list of novels/books youd make essentioal reading..
:D

Nightshade i think that is a really good idea. Sure dont they say that children absorb more information into their brains when they are really young as to when they get older.
So obviously i'd add a lot of books about the planet to the curriculum
I'd probably try and teach them the ways of the land, respect the earth they live on etc. Its always handy to learn small signs from nature telling you to look for cover cause its going to rain!

[Nightshade]

oh like red sky at night?? and if the leaves start to turn over run!!:p

[Niamh]

Whats that? a seagull in land? Oh Noooo...Rain!:eek2:

[Nightshade]

Really? actually *thinks* well I should have clicked earlier ha ha now I know why we have so many seagulls this far inland.:nod:

[Lily Adams]

My English teacher puts history in her class, too. She says she used to teach history. I don't need to tell you I love the course, but it seems to me the rest of my class deplores her and the course.

As for me, I can't imagine teaching unappreciative children like the kids at my high school. I'm not saying all of them are that way, but a great deal of them are. I don't know how teachers put up with it. People say I should be a history teacher, though. I'd rather not waste my time if the kids think I'm wasting theirs.

If I was an English teacher I'd probably do the whole link with history thing, too. It's a very good idea. Especially if the kids aren't taking a history class that year, like with the case with my age group. It's keeps history fresh in the mind for next year or whenever they actually have to take a history course.

[Nightshade]

Oh maaybe after I finsh my degree I might do a PGCSE and try to convince the head to turn ove PSHE lessons to me, Id also teach them all about plagerisim and start them refrernceing young :nod:.

I suppose its too much to hope one could get people to actually come to extra classes on tings like literature, and history or just 'free thinking' classes....*sigh* why Ill never actually become a teacher*sigh*

[Niamh]

Really? actually *thinks* well I should have clicked earlier ha ha now I know why we have so many seagulls this far inland.:nod:

yup!:nod: Also if you pass so fields and you see cows sitting or standing under trees...rain. they are sheltering. Dogs can tell you when there is going to be a storm.

[Nightshade]

Oh I know about the cows, except that they then stand up while its raining wierd animals...

[Niamh]

Oh I know about the cows, except that they then stand up while its raining wierd animals...

yes they are weird animals... imagine having more than one stomach...:lol:

[Schokokeks]

If I was an English teacher I'd probably do the whole link with history thing, too.
I would link literature with psychology :nod:.

[dramasnot6]

I would link literature with everything! :D
I think literature and the classics should be applied to all classes. Biology students should read Darwin, ,mathematics students should read Descartes, history students should read as many novels they can find that were written in the society they are studying as an example of social history. And the classes should be merged in someway as well. Philosophy,psychology and literature should be applied to all subject matter,which in turn should be related back to the society of the students and pop culture.
Literature, i find, is best understood when enjoyed and appreciated for what it is and what it contributes to society. When teaching it it should be looked at from all aspects of society to be fully understood.

[Niamh]

Any opinions newbies?

[Nightshade]

waking up an old thread Nims?

Ive had more idfeas since tthis thread sunk...over the summer there was that programme weher they let teens teach, manage a school andarrange a curriculm and and the whole time I sat ther gashing my teeth going why wasnyt thiis around while I still qualified as a teen?

Anyway more ideas geography linked with food, and stories from wherever they are studying, maybe music too?

Oh and in england Id force a second languge down the darlings throats from the tender age of 5... because really thgats a part of schooling thast missed.


EDIT: stupid me I miss read my own OP :blush:

[kilted exile]

Guessing the children would take 2-3 years simply to learn how to correctly spell and pronounce the name of their Council, anyway! :D
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Whilst I am doing other teaching of the scottish lingo I might as well clear this up, it is pronounced exactly as it appears Clack-man-an-shire.

Much simpler than say Milngavie:D

[Nightshade]

why how is Milngavie pernounced?

[kilted exile]

why how is Milngavie pernounced?

This one will make less sense to many of you than Niamh being Neev, BUT, it is pronounced Mul-gai

[Nightshade]

right something to be rembered....
wait niamh is Neev? Ive been meaning to ask how it was permnonced..:D

[Tersely]

I would link literature with everything! :D
I think literature and the classics should be applied to all classes.

I would do it pretty much the same way. In my high school they had everything so dissected and seperated instead of showing us how it can connect and weave together. English was strictly reading. History was strictly note taking on history. Art was strictly drawing. Mathematics was strictly numbers. And so on.

My Literature class would take the individual students interests and apply the right subject book. Oh, you like to doodle all over my book on American Literature thats already falling to pieces? *Toss* Here, read up on the life of Van Gogh and write something interesting. You like writing numbers and equations all over the desk? *Toss* Here, read up on how they figured all that out without writing all over public schools only cherished cheap plastic furniture. That way they can never say its not interesting. I know how it feels to be in a class full of people who just aren't interested, its ruins the experience.

[Niamh]

This one will make less sense to many of you than Niamh being Neev, BUT, it is pronounced Mul-gai
I was close! I thought it was Mul-Gaiv.

right something to be rembered....
wait niamh is Neev? Ive been meaning to ask how it was permnonced..:D

Yep thats how its pronounced. think of knee but stick a v sound at the end Neev. :D

Irish towns names are all anglicised so you can read them okay. But the gaelic can confuse people.