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3. Traditional content can be incorporated within a student-oriented curriculum. I believe that traditional content is crucial to teach and learn but under the student-oriented curriculum what the students learn and when they learn it should be to their desgression. By choosing when and how the content is taught they are more apt to learn and be involved. This responsibility of choosing the content helps with self-esteem, confidence, engagement and academic standards as a whole. I would have liked to chose the content I leaned and when wiht "tradition" in mind. There should always be a set curriculum but no set time to teach it.

I liked how through the presention we were shown that traditional content can and is incorporated in the curriculum but not always in a traditional way. For example the survival unit could be as hands on as they would like or be book based, it could all be a choice unlike traditional schools.

4. There is no need to fear student empowerment. Student empowerment just shows they enjoy what is being taught. When they enjoy the curriculum they get more out of it, but I believe that teachers should have a say as to what goes on. All the power should not be the students, but instead, a mutual responsibilty so everyone helps out throughout and so nobody is "boss" or left behind. With the word empowerment, I feel that someone will take charge but with it being mutual each person has a role and knows what to do, how to do it and when to do it. I don't fear empowerment because when we empower it builds our confidence and shows that we want to be involved and that we are engaged.

I feel that if student-oriented curriculum is done properly that there will be no fear of empowerment because everyone will work together and bouce ideas off of each other. The empowerment should never be a huge crisis because choice and freedom is there--nobody has to do the same thing!!