Precise for 4/23

The reading was trying to express how the a stronger involvement of teachers with the students social environment would help student achieve more in the classrooms. All the teachers in the stud participated in a project that had them be very involve with the students life that was outside of school. Having the teacher do this help “debunk ideas of the working class.” They interpreted the actions of the students outside of school as “funds of knowledge” which can be seen as the knowledge and skills that are essential to the well-being of the students. Not only did this project help the teachers gain a different perspective of how the students lives really are but the teachers were able to use all that they learn coincide with lesson plans.

In Boston a teacher saw that many students were struggling in understanding how to use the scientific method and it was due to the lack of experience the kids receive by just reading about it. The teacher made the students do an outside project that made the students use the scientific method and it changed everything for the students. The students wanted to participate more in what they were trying to do with their project by making it beneficial to the community. We saw the same thing with a school were the parent that was never involve with the school was helping the class with their projects and later became the leader of the school PTA.

What this study was trying to show was that having the teachers trying to connect the lesson with the students, either by understanding the students or letting them get involve, is greater than just trying to teach a standard curriculum. This study wants the teachers to challenge the status quo and by having the students getting involve, it could help change the way that schools create curriculums.