Entry 6

I have been involved in many adult-run learning environments in my life.  All throughout my education in public schools from Kindergarten through 12th grade, every classroom was adult run.  The teachers were always the one's to design lesson plans and activities and had complete control of the kind of learning that went on in the classrooms.  I don't believe this is bad at all, I feel like i had a great upbringing and education.

Although I have never participated in a child-run environment, I am taking a curriculum class that focuses on different approaches to learning and types of curriculum.  Many of these curriculums consider the activities that the children want to be participating in, and they essentially design their own lesson plans, they have a lot more control over their own learning. 

I believe that children run environments are good and beneficial, however, I think their needs to be a balance of adult-run and child-run situations in the classroom.  Without teachers and teacher-run classrooms, children would not learn nearly as much.  On the other hand, it is important for students to have choices and experiences that they can decide on in order to help them grow