Reflection to Troublemakers by Carla Shalaby Ageism has been generally defined as a prejudice people from a certain age group hold towards other age groups. How does ageism impact our classroom rules, procedures and management systems? How do our rules and procedures demonstrate what we think about younger people and their agency? Ageism impacts our classroom rules, procedures and management systems in multiple ways. Oftentimes, teachers delegate and students follow instructions. When a student disagrees with a rule, the teacher “wins”. For students, the rules can indicate that teachers view students as incapable of making sound judgement calls. Students are taught that they must be guided and molded by teachers. As they currently stand, our rules and procedures demonstrate negative beliefs regarding the agency and abilities of young people. We must change our rules and procedures to show our students that we see them as responsible, fully functioning adults, capable
PROJECT BASED LEARNING “ A dynamic classroom approach in which students actively explore real-world problems and challenges and acquire a deeper knowledge ” (Edutopia, 2019). INTRODUCTION Project-based learning (PBL) is an instructional approach used by teachers to increase student engagement and create meaningful connections between the classroom and the real-world. PBL is not equivalent to traditional school projects. The chart on the right emphasizes the differences between projects and project-based learning. PBL challenges students to “ work on a project over an extended period of time – from a week up to a semester – that engages them in solving a real-world problem or answering a complex question ” (What is PBL?) . The project typically ends with a presentation given to an audience outside of the school community demonstrating the skills and knowledge gained. PBL helps “ students develop deep content knowledge as well as critical thinking , creativity , and communi