Module 2-1
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 3
Participants will demonstrate the ability to incorporate the interests of students in the curriculum by planning an activity that uses students' interests or develops new interests for students.
Enabling Activities
Complete activity 1 and then choose one other activity from numbers 2-4.
1. Read "The Place of Interests in a Philosophy of
Education" on page 121. Does the author differ in his point of view on student interest from Dewey? Do you agree with this philosophy? Why or why not? You may wish to discuss this with your peer panel.
2. List one interest from each of your students under Kuder's ten major areas of interest. Kuder's list is on page 124. Group students together according to these categories. Plan with them a unit of study or a learning station that will incorporate their interests.
3. Study the sample lesson plans on upper elementary social studies that are used in Project FAIS in the P. K. Younge Laboratory School (pp. 125-129). Choose one of these plans and use it with your class or write a plan of your own incorporating interests or student self-knowledge.
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