Monday, March 16, 2009

Chalk vs. The Triangle


I think that the purpose of the movie Chalk is to teach us the exact opposite of how to act, teach, and live. The teachers in this movie have no concern for their students what so ever. However, the good thing about this movie is that is does show us how Bandura's triangle works. Bandura's triangle demonstrates how student's behavior and environment are directly related. In Chalk this is very easy to see. In on of the history classrooms it is very evident that the teacher does not have a lot of experince teaching and does not really have a clue to what he is doing. The students respond to this environment by acint up in class, such as starting fights and having thier cell phones on. Thier behavior is also enticed by thier teacher who does not know how to discipline them. Chalk is a very wierd movie, but it has showed me exacly opposite of the teacher I want to be. I have learned form this movie that teaching has to be all about the students or else there really is not ppont to going to school, like the students in this movie have clearly demonstrated. I have learned that a student's behavior is directly related to the environment they are in. I really hope that this movie does not refelct a real school becasue that would be unacceptable.

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