Comparing I Learn America, By Vygotsky, Bandura, And
Throughout the movie “I Learn America” the teachers in in the NYC international school are very involved in their students’ lives and are very caring towards their students. The students at this school come from a variety of countries and speak a variety of different languages. Due to the fact that the students at this international school come from all over the world they all grew up very differently. This different way of evolving from such a young age can affect the daily lives of each individual especially in school. The education theories of Vygotsky, Bandura, and the pygmalion effect can be directly related to the variety of different cultures and surroundings of the students and their learning processes. Vygotsky’s ideas of social learning
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It takes a lot of involvement and dedication for these teachers to make every student feel like they belong in the international school. The pygmalion effect discusses that if a student feels as if the teacher does not believe in them then they will not believe in himself/herself. Throughout the movie it showed multiple times the teachers, social workers, principles, and everyone connected to the international school taking a one on one interest with their students. This advisor’s interests in their students shows that they want their students to perform to their fullest capabilities. Them showing this interest will make the students feel as if they have a support system behind them that believes that are capable of a lot. Hopefully, this support that the international school team bring will make the students believe more in themselves. This is especially important in a school such as the international school when there are a lot of stereotypes in the United States such as Asians are smart and African Americans are less likely to succeed. The support of the teachers is important because because they never want their students to feel like they fall into these stereotypes and they have every opportunity to succeed just as much as the other
It takes a lot of involvement and dedication for these teachers to make every student feel like they belong in the international school. The pygmalion effect discusses that if a student feels as if the teacher does not believe in them then they will not believe in himself/herself. Throughout the movie it showed multiple times the teachers, social workers, principles, and everyone connected to the international school taking a one on one interest with their students. This advisor’s interests in their students shows that they want their students to perform to their fullest capabilities. Them showing this interest will make the students feel as if they have a support system behind them that believes that are capable of a lot. Hopefully, this support that the international school team bring will make the students believe more in themselves. This is especially important in a school such as the international school when there are a lot of stereotypes in the United States such as Asians are smart and African Americans are less likely to succeed. The support of the teachers is important because because they never want their students to feel like they fall into these stereotypes and they have every opportunity to succeed just as much as the other