Our last lesson of the week was a "suggestopedic" listening activity. I say it was suggestopedic because it conveyed a positive message for my classmates, who are young and will soon graduate. Steve Jobs could have been talking to them, instead of those thousands of Stanford graduates.
Jobs' speech brought Berger's Invitation to sociology. A humanistic perspective to my mind.We read it on our first year of the degree, and I really enjoyed it. Berger said that the reason why when we look back on our lives the dots seem to connect is because we desperately need to find a meaning to life. We need to believe we are actually going somewhere, that living is about going, and not just being. So, in his opinion, we deceive ourselves when we connect the dots. These matters can't be bothering my classmates just yet, as they only have a few dots behind.
As for the activity itself, I found it very interesting and amusing. The video was interesting, and the introductory chat we had before watching it revealed how it related to us, granting that attention would be payed. Then, of course, knowing that we would have to answer some questions, and knowing the questions beforehand, helped greatly focus our attention. I liked very much the part where we shared in pairs our answers; I think that helps so much to build confidence and give us a chance to know each other. You can't really expect a group of students to learn cooperatively before they get to know each other, so you have to create opportunities for that in class.
Making sure that students see that the teacher is on their same side, and not in front, is one of the basic ingredients of a successful learning process.
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