Blog 19

Blog 19

1. What does learning in a community-based setting afford children?

2. What are they able to learn in a community-based setting that they would not be able to learn in a school setting?

3. What does teaching in a community-based setting afford the educator?

4. What can one do in a community-based setting that one could not do in a school?

1. Learning in a community setting provides children with a hegemony to fall back upon to support their learning. Not only will they have instruction, but in a community setting they will have the chance to observe others, and pick up things intrinsically from their environment.

2. A community setting offers the children self placement, whereas a classroom cannot. In a community the child has the opportunity to experiment with groups and roles. In a community the child has many places and roles to play. In the classroom the child is predominantly just the student.

3. Teaching to a ca community gives the educator the reward of impacting a diverse group, working with many personalities and developmental levels. It also impacts the educator’s understanding of negotiated instruction and the group leaders.

4. A community setting has the potential for a greater sense of self discipline. With community leaders and an established hierarchy present, the educator may have the freedom of not concerning her/himself with the discipline of the group. ( this is not always the case)