Question: What happens when you can't find anything
meaningful to observe?
To me there is almost always
something new to be learned and observed. In the reading it said how what we
observe is so different from what someone else is observing, so to me even the
most basic thing is still worth observing.
When I was in school I wish some of the most basic things
that me and my classmates did was observed more than just following a checklist
or a curriculum. Today’s view point is too restricted to what can be shown as
learned instead of just helping children learn. If we were to observe all the
small little amazing things that children do every day I think education would
a very different story. The more we observe the better learners we
become. So why wouldn’t we observe anything and everything as much as possible.
If the observations that teachers
make becomes more meaningful and thoughtful what they can learn from their
students would be endless. However, we are still in a point and time where what
every parent and what every principal says and does means more than what a certified
and trained teacher thinks. Even though the teacher is the one who knows what
they are doing, what every other person other than what the teacher says goes.
Because of this, teachers are impaired in what they can and are allowed to do.
In the future I think it
would be very beneficial for non-teachers to observe what wonders teachers can
do through observing.
