Wilhelm's article

            Wilhelm’s article revealed to me how teaching truly is a science and not just an art. What I first found the most interesting was the different styles of pedagogy that this article narrowed down while providing a theorist for each. In example, the first style of pedagogy would be curriculum-centered and the theorist they associated with this is Pavlov. The second would be Student-Centered and the theorist associated with this pedagogy is Piaget. Lastly, there is the teaching/learning-centered in which they associated Vygotsky with. The article explains that the first two models are one-sided where as the third model is two sided, yet the article offered a different model which I preferred out of all of the models explained and it’s called the “community of learners model”. With the “community of learners model”, there is no (as the article states) “balance” between whether or not it’s student run or adult run, this model instead views learning as a transformation and everyone, such as students and teachers, are involved.

            Another point that I found interesting in this model was its explanation on the teaching of reading. Considering my content area is English, I found this to be very helpful to me as a future teacher. The article explains how students are only taught how to read in elementary school, and after that, the students are only told what to read. Many theorists argue on how one reads, whether phonetically, or in a “new criticism” manner (finding a single, unified meaning in the text), yet this article mentions how important it is to get the student to find ways to connect with the reading. Instead of asking the student “what does this text mean”, the student should be able to read a text and think “what does this text mean to me”, and that’s what the article mentions will keep the student engaged and less fearful of reading. Reading isn't a distant far concept that only a few elite can grasp this "unified meaning", but instead, this article shows ways to teach students how to read and how to get a student to connect with the reading. 

            In conclusion, there is a lot to this article that I found fascinating. I would like to know more about the “Inquiry Square” though, and in general, each theorists take on teaching.