Mod 18 Blog 2

In the first video, the teacher centers the class around the students. They begin by taking the time to interact with their peers and discuss the data presented, which is the teacher giving control to the students. She takes back control to lead a discussion and ask questions to the students. However, she’s not in full control because she still is asking student’s questions and they can just call the some of answers out. This is beneficial because it gives the environment more of a comfortable feeling, where all thoughts and answers are welcome which encourages students to participate more. In the second video, the teacher is in full control. She announces what will be done and the students follow suit. She insists on quiet and gives orders to the students. She controls every aspect of this classroom, and notices everything that isn’t what she wants (open books, students not sitting where they are supposed to.)

I think the first classroom would be a lot more motivated than the second. The open and interactive environment allows more comfort among the students to participate. These students will want to be a part of the discussion because of this and will be more likely to learn. The second classroom would be less motivated. The atmosphere is very controlled which makes it harder to ask questions or feel comfortable. The reason the children would still do their work, is out of the fear of being reprimanded for doing any little thing wrong. This makes the students less likely to want to even attend class, because it is unnecessarily highly structured which increases the chance for negative consequences and punishments.