After we were about to stop the observation process we also executed a few English and physical education lessons. By experiencing the teacher's perspective with our own minds and behaviour we were able to collect another important insight.
We found out very quickly that most students are not able to work individually. The majority is not able to talk about his or her personal feelings, habits and ideas. Instead they try to keep up a codex that seems to be ruling their class by copying the answers from others. To give an example: We asked the students to tell us what they like about school. Every time we told a student to answer that question he or she was turning around in class to catch up on a whispered answer given by another student. Further research proved that the students are afraid of giving a wrong answer when they are told that there is no right or wrong.
We found out very quickly that most students are not able to work individually. The majority is not able to talk about his or her personal feelings, habits and ideas. Instead they try to keep up a codex that seems to be ruling their class by copying the answers from others. To give an example: We asked the students to tell us what they like about school. Every time we told a student to answer that question he or she was turning around in class to catch up on a whispered answer given by another student. Further research proved that the students are afraid of giving a wrong answer when they are told that there is no right or wrong.
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