Teaching Plans

Type of Philosophy:  Social Reconstructionism

• Social reconstructionism places emphasis on social problems, and making a change.
• Teachers and students work to think critically about issues that concern their world, which can include environmental, social and global issues.
• The curriculum posed to students of social reconstructionist classrooms stimulates divergent thinking and group discussion and investigation.

How We Intend to Teach:

                We intend to inform our audience on the subject of wind energy and wind turbines. Our presentation will involve facts about wind turbines, definitions, pictures, and discussion questions. Our audience will be active and engaged in our discussion by physically moving throughout the room. The concept of kinesthetic learning will be utilized in order to establish a deeper understanding of the concept. We will attempt to engage all types of learners with visual aids, kinesthetic activities, and basic verbal instruction.

            














From our presentation, we expect students to gain the following:

1. Define wind energy
2. Form a stance on wind energy or develop an existing one
3. Recall at least one fact from the presentation
4. Be able to support/defend their position based on facts presented

Sarah's Take Action and Concept Map

 

 Since Wind energy has been facing opposition in my own area, I decided to interview people back home to see how they felt about the wind mills. Below are some photos of how the viewpoint of wind energy can change.
Here is a link to a pretty interesting article about the reactions to building wind farms in other areas:
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/partner-news/the-new-look-of-nimby-ism
And another article about a group of Canadians who were VERY strongly opposed:
https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/10/20/anti-wind-turbine-activists-block-southwestern-ontario-highway/