Student-Oriented Curriculum presented by Cam, Charli and Kaitlyn

After listening to the book talk, I am well aware that 13-16 statements are in fact true, but it is our job as teachers to push students along and help them catch on with the concept of being in control. They are the one driving the vehicle. The vehicle may stop at various places to learn, but not every students vehicle will stop at the same place. Every student has different interests and different views on what is important for them to learn. Student-oriented curriculum pretty much helps students teach themselves, where the teacher guides them along the way, but let's them see the big picture where they want to focus in on it. For example, if the unit is on health, some students may pick health in sports other students may want to know about diseases where others may even be concerned with addiction and depression problems. Each of these sub-categories can be broken up and explored across the field. This way of teaching is beneficial because the long-term teaching goal is met and the students are learning in a way that suits them. The curriculum is indeed demanding because you as the teacher must have the ability to answer all questions that arise, but the reward is greater because the students are learning what they want to learn when they want to learn them. I feel that in a classroom setup like this students will participate more frequently because they are engaged and learning what they want rather then what the teacher has planned for that particular day. Overall, I think this setup is worth a try and very beneficial especially when team teaching. It may be more work but the students grow more and essentially need less because when they are engaged and focused on the topic research becomes fun and easy.