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1 Educational Models
2.1.2 Compare Educational Models, and explain how they impact the classroom
Within the classroom, an important job of a teacher is to find other options of teaching
styles that mix it up in the classroom and accommodate every type of learner. These methods or
pedagogies help the teacher combine student, teacher and combined teaching strategies into the
classroom to further learning abilities.
The first example of a pedagogy would be student led. This is where the students get the
opportunity to control how they are taught using a constructivism approach. During class we
talked about different ways this can be used in a classroom from cooperative learning, peer
teaching to student led socratic seminars. (Evidence 1.1.1) This gives students the opportunity to
speak up and gain self-confidence within the classroom and an outlet to advocate for their own
comprehension. Another form of teaching is the obvious teacher led that focuses on behaviorism,
which can also be known as operant conditioning. This “focuses on objectively observable
behaviors'' (Evidence 1.1.1) Teacher led is what many classroom settings look like, where the
teacher is in control of the learning environment and ways of direct teaching, modeling and
demonstration. B.F Skinner can be used as a theorist to back this pedagogy up as he supported
the idea of behaviorism in that behavior is determined through enforcement of reinforcements or
punishments from an authority figure such as a teacher. (Evidence 1.1.2) Following these two
sperate teaching styles, there can also be a combined pedagogy where the student and teacher
work together to complete the lessons of the day. This is a form of social constructivism shown
through interactive games, field trips, white board problems or even whole class discussions.
(Evidence 1.1.2) The final pedagogy is Response to Intervention which can also be identified as
social constructivism. Examples of this would be where a teacher identifies a student with a
disability who is at risk and continually assesses them and works alongside them to make sure
they are able to comprehend the information. Bloom’s taxonomy can be shown through this
when a teacher takes the time to go through each taxonomy step to make sure the student can
comprehend the material. (Evidence 1.1.3)
Each of these pedagogies can help students take control of their own learning and also be
introduced to different types of teaching methods.