Week 3 Readings

Chapter 1 of the Beyond Methods book discussed the role of teachers.  The role of teachers is something that tends to be discussed in many of my education classes.  Therefore to hear the different roles a teacher can have and how they are used at different times really was not anything new for me.  This chapter mainly just helped emphasize the importance of the roles a teacher could have and how there is always critical mind engagement happening.

Chapter 2 on the other hand was about understanding postmethod pedagogy, and had a lot of new information for me to learn. The chapter first introduced the different methods there are such as the language centered method, the learner centered method, and the learning centered method.  These methods I have been introduced to before, but only briefly.  I found it very useful to know the difference amongst the methods and when it is best to use which method.  This chapter also discussed a little about the dissatisfaction with methods, which I found to be interesting because some people do not usually give you that perspective on method.  Lastly, I learned the most about the postmethod pedagogy and how it is a three dimensional system that is broken up into three parameters.  There is the parameter of particularity, the parameter of practicality, and the parameter of possibility.  These three parameters overlap with eachother to create a functioning system.  The three parameters of postmethod pedagogy work along with the roles of teaching.  From reading it is easy to grasp the concept that teachers need to know the roles they play in the classroom and with the roles they play using their theory and practice, the teachers are able to use methods and the three parameters of postmethod pedagogy.