Critical Pedagogy: A Look at the Major Concepts

                While reading this the first thing I enjoyed was the “empowerment” of students and their setting themselves up to grow and learn. I took this as being teachers that we can not only teach students but give them the tools to help themselves further their learning and the want to learn. I can relate to the fact about allowing to children to become what they want and not forcing them into any field or what they wish to learn. I feel like our school system allows for people to become what they want no matter of their background or circumstances, it all relies on dedication and an individual’s choice to how hard they want to work. 

                Jumping to the “Forms of Knowledge,” I agree that knowledge is measured in the similar ways such as standardized tests and such which are discussed, but I also think some knowledge goes beyond what tests can detect. I believe that while we have to teach towards tests and to help children excel, I believe challenging students think deeper and more critical is a far better test and allows them to discover themselves more than any test score will do. I see teaching as not teaching towards a test bust challenging students especially on literature and things of that nature to dive deeper and choose for themselves on what the deeper meaning is and how they can support their arguments.

                A third category I found very interesting was “The Hidden Curriculum,” I found this very interesting because it speaks to what I was talking about with the doing more than teaching to the test and all of the underlying circumstances that come with teaching. I found it very interesting that the teacher, school, and many other things go into this curriculum and I had never thought that deeply about this situation. I always thought that the school and probably the district would have views in certain things that the teachers would need to do, but nothing like I imagined within this section. After reading this section, it made me wonder what else goes unforeseen for us practicing to become teachers and what we might experience once we are teachers.

                This article was very in depth and gave me a great idea on certain things that are to come and what I would like to accomplish as a teacher. This article also made me very curious on what I am going to experience as a teacher and how I wish I could see what is going to happen. All of this deep thinking and how these articles look at certain topics makes me wonder how often these things come up while teaching.