Illustration Essay-- Comp 1

Sydney Samuelson
Hour 1
CM101
11/11/12 Albert Einstein once said “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” This is key in learning, but what is one to do when everybody teaches differently. Teachers must try to accommodate the need of every student, which is difficult because there are twenty or more students in every class with differing learning styles. Most people know how they learn, but some are still trying to figure out how to fully comprehend what they are learning. A teacher tried meeting everybody's needs. She taught history, a subject that needs a different approach than many other subjects. In order to do well one must to fully understand why and how something happened. Without a background and understanding, the events of history aren't significant. She showed examples of how something happened, while going into deep explanations while she was presenting the information. She displayed were photos, movies, music, or even acted events out. The stories she told helped students understand the information while giving them the background the students needed on why it was happening, or how it was happening. Making it relate to the student made them care more. Part of the reason she taught this way is because she knew she was teaching students challenging material, but made it possible to have a full understanding. Another teacher teaches by working problems out and showing students examples, then makes them work the problem while she works it on the board. This is helpful in classes like math and physics. She does well in teaching the information, and making sure everyone understands. Telling students how to do a problem step-by- step helps them have a clear concise understanding of the steps to complete when working the problems or equations. This attempt is helping students who learn by watching something be done or listening to how to do something all at once. Once she feels they understand she makes them do four or so problems on their own and then she reviews the answer and work you need to show in order to get the correct answer. Sometimes students can't learn unless they perform the activity that they are being taught. This is common in hands-on classes or things that require physical work. Teaching this way can be challenging in the classroom setting, statistics show that students who need hands on learning that are not being accommodated in their daily lives makes them more likely to be troubled adolescents. The ways they were taught are not sticking with them, which made them feel less smart or uneducated compared to their peers in the classroom so they gave up. There are many students who would learn better this way but choose to change their ways of learning to be able to understand things they want to know. Teachers make students work hard at the things their doing. Making them practice and understand the material so you are able to apply it on the tests, or in real life. In psychology students don’t get tested over a specific theory, students have to be able to match a scenario to a theory. They can’t just know the concepts that are involved in it they have to be able to apply them. This is good, because when someone in the real world rarely or never will they be able to name tons of concepts off the top of their head without reasoning. Teaching is what gives everybody a chance at a fair life, and equal opportunity. Without learning and understanding people would be nowhere, and education would be pointless. Teachers have to try hard to adapt to ones individual needs. Students have to work hard to understand what helps them the most. It goes both ways, but the key in learning is to understand. Students can’t understand information without teachers who understand their learning styles.