g what you’re doing because if you don’t the students will have a negative attitude as well. It is imperative that we get into what we are doing so we can guide are children into those lessons that they might not have found interesting otherwise. One format will not suffice for students because everyone has different ways of learning. I firmly believe that everyone can learn, it’s just a matter of the way we teach our students. That is why I find it is so important that we learn to be creative and use all of our skills to develop ways that students will be able to understand and process different types of information. I believe that the hands-on technique of a Pragmatist is essential to the students learning. Students need to be able to see what they are learning along with the teacher’s instruction. In my classroom I would do my best to include examples that back up what the students are learning. As a student, I remember those teachers who used examples with their lessons had great feedback from their students. I personally enjoyed them, specifically in science because at times the language can make it difficult to imagine such abstract concepts. Those teachers that brought those abstract concepts into examples that I could visualize helped me to fully understand concepts that were very difficult for me to picture on my own. In my classroom, all the subjects would definitely be hands-on. In mathematics, I would build games illustrating math problems. My classroom would be a daily store in which students would be able to buy items from the store. The students would have the opportunity to earn the money through good behavior and reaching their goals by being the best they could be. This would be a way of incorporating math into a daily habit. In social studies, I would have maps that would quiz students by putting different types of culture pictures in the area and having them guess what area they...
