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Thoughts about the Teacher in The little boy 1961 that we experience today.

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Thoughts about the Teacher in The little boy 1961 that we experience today.

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Twenty years ago, long before digital cameras and Youtube, a friend of mine gave me a copy of simple but powerful piece written by Helen Buckley called "The Little Boy." http://home.bresnan.net/~cabreras/theboyo.htm It had been published in School Arts Magazine in October 1961 thirty years before, but I had never read it.

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Most classrooms are still arranged in the same grid pattern with desks arranged in rows and columns facing the front.

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Students still experience an authoritative style of teaching which stymies creativity

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The impacts of an educator on a student's formative years have a long lasting effect on how a student learns and grows.

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The impacts of an educator on a student's formative years have a long lasting effect on how a student learns and grows.

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Discovery based learning vs Rote learning

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Discovery based learning vs Rote learning

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First teacher dictates the method of making art, latter teacher proposes child self-discovery

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Historical Influences on Teachers in Ontario that we continue to experience in 2024

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Historical Influences on Teachers in Ontario that we continue to experience in 2024

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There are still teachers in the public school system that try to mold students to conform to a specific answer, hindering their creative ability and their opportunity to express themselves in the classroom. As seen in the short film, teacher A molds the little boy to draw a specific flower, thus when the little boy is given the opportunity to draw something on his own in teacher B's class, he draws the flower once again. Furthermore, seating arrangement either to singular desks for individual work versus grid form for group work is still used today.

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we still see similar teaching methods today. all teachers have their own unique way of teaching. one was being more strict while the other encouraged more classroom creativity. there was also more opportunity for collaboration with desk seating.

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Schools utilize a very heavily authoritative teaching method. With this, students must conform to one way.

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We saw two different classrooms with two different teaching styles. From the way that the classrooms were set up to the ways they instructed the student, each teacher was doing their own independent style of teaching (that in their eyes were considered correct). We still see teachers using extremely different styles to conduct their classrooms

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The boy experienced a loss in autonomy over their own creativity because their first teacher didn’t allow for their curiosity to drive them. By the time he got to the new school, when the teacher wanted him to be free, that freedom of self was gone. Much of this aspect of autonomy is still present today as teacher want us to be orderly.

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Teacher purposely teaching a student "the right way" of doing something shows how kids will always look up to their teacher. This example can be followed whether told to directly (like in the video), but can also absolutely happen without the teacher ever even realising

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In the Little Boy, it is evident that there are different teaching and learning styles and it is evident that although some students are able to work well in the authoritative, 'I say, you do' environment, others need to have their creative and artistic side shine through in the classroom. As a teacher, I feel that it is important to ensure that we try to incorporate multiple teaching and learning styles in order to cater to a variety of students.