Why do teachers use this style of teaching?

Question

Why do teachers use this style of teaching?

when the teachers put up on the board the "learning objective" and make everyone in the class copy it and put the date, and the title which is often the same bloddy thing as the learning objective!! and that takes like three minutes , then the one thing i really couldnt stand at secondary school was starters!!!

i believe they are a complete waste of time, often done by the teachers to waste time and therefore not teach like they are supposed to. its so amateurish in my opinion. do any teachers agree?? or know what i mean????

Answer 1

For my first graders, it gives them the chance to practice their handwriting and learn how to properly write out dates and titles while I can set up any last minute things I need for the lesson.  It's also a way to label and keep track of papers.  A class of 22 students writing on a sheet of paper every day for a week in at least 2 different subjects.  That's 44 sheets of paper a day, which leads to 220 sheets a week.  I don't have the time or energy to dig through a stack of 220 papers that don't have dates or titles on them when I am searching for one particular piece.  There's a reason for the madness, I promise you.

Answer 2

Putting a "learning objective" up on the board is a current trend in education coming from the theory that if a student understands why they're learning something, they'll be able to focus on it better and therefore master the skill faster.

As a teacher, I have no problem explaining why I'm assigning something, but to write the formal language on the board created by some bureaucrat is silly, and most students realize it.  It just adds to the factory model that permeates public education, and I'm against it.

As far as "starters" or warm-up exercises, I see nothing wrong with them if they pertain to what's going on in class.  Sometimes a little creative writing or a similar exercise is a good way to wake up students and get them focused.  But if it has nothing to do with the rest of the class time, I can see how it would be considered a waste of time.

Teachers do throw out meaningless exercises as a way of giving themselves a break, often not realizing it just makes them look lazy.

Answer 3

I don't know about your particular school or district, but in mine, we are required by our principle to clearly post objectives in the front and have the students prove they understand the objective before teaching the lesson.  If that means the kids copy them or repeat them, then that what has to be done.  

We are also required to "build background," getting students to think about the upcoming concept in order to develop necessary vocabulary and "wake-up" the brain to the new concepts about to be learned or expanded upon.

I know that writing objectives is not always easy and definitely not fun for the teacher, but it does help focus everyone's attention on the topic.

Objectives are supposed to be two-part.  While the title may be " Adding fractions with unlike denominators", the objective would be something like "Students will demonstrate their understanding of adding fractions with unlike denominators by drawing a picture showing fractions with equivalent common denominators being grouped to show the sum" or something like that...

Like I said, it's not fun, and I'm on summer break.  I'm sorry you don't love the "new-fangled thing" the educational community is hanging their hats on these days, but remember: the pendulum swings wildly in education. :-)

Answer 4

yes absolutely! i have got some colleagues practising this kinda "teaching"and it's a pity 4 doing that cos 1st of all,as a teacher,if u love kids..u want them to learn something from u and more than that, u'll feel proud if the kids remember u some tym after they graduate..u know that u contributed to shape their personality!2dly..it's a pity cos they must do their job with pleasure (cos it's a great job)not to waste tym!