LING611: Day 1 Reflection

Thank you for sharing all of your experience with us. I am really impressed with the amoung of thought everyone in this class has already invested into thinking about the curriculum and materials they are using.

What stayed with me the most in reading about the history or curriculum development is that we have not really moved passed the "beliefs" listed in the book. In looking at the curricula that are being pushed down to the schools, there still seems to be an assumption that all learners have the same needs. I know that this is not the case for all the teachers in this class, but we do have to think of ways in which we are positioned by the system and how me might position ourself in response to the outside pressures.

I look forward to our discussion about situation and needs analysis as well as considering the goals we have for our students on Day 2.