Since the beginnings of education, the type of thinking that is develop is convergent thinking. Convergent thinking is known as the ability to always give the right answer. The first day of school for students is always hearing what the teachers says to be correct and incorrect, so then they can base their decision on the classroom standards . Guy M. Haas is is a researcher on curricula based on the introduction of computer programming, defines computer programming as the “descript[ion] of processes and procedures;” it also surrounds the “authoring of algorithms” (3). In schools, the creativity component of programming is not shown. As a result, there are job opportunities not being taken due to the small population whose experience is in
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Stacey Goodman is an artist-teacher focusing on bringing contemporary and social art into the classroom through a balance between divergent thinking and convergent thinking with high school students, grades 9-12. Goodman proposes a strategy to get students to think divergently in classrooms, like instead of inquiring “questions to which there is a correct answer, try to ask students to formulate “their own problem”. Students pose their problem by first tapping into their own wishes and goals that might have real-life results or be largely theoretical and in end in the modeling stages” (3). A teacher should allow divergent thinking or convergent thinking in certain circumstances, so the student does not only learn to follow the …show more content…
However, this is not fully correct. Emmanuel Schanzer, founder of Bootstrap, which is a software-based curriculum, confirms how the student using Bootstrap “has a higher standardized-testing performance.” This is confirmed by Jordan Shapiro, a Psychology educator basing his studies on how video games can be used as a way to solve current global problems. Through the testing of game-based learning system, like Gamestar Mechanics, on a younger audience, he admires how the “game-based learning system… harn[ess] the power of computational technologies” and how it also “off[ers] new integrated ways” to understand “child’s emotional and creative self-expression” (2). From Shapiro 's perspective, computer programming enables others to understand a specific audience mentality and how it also behaves, while relying on the results obtained.
If divergent thinking is practiced in school, there may be a poor academic performance in some students. It is important to get high school students prepared for an independent-learning style as they keep learning and experiencing about workplaces. In jobs and colleges, students should be able to demonstrate leadership by taking the initiative in their work and finding the answers independently. Students should know that there are situations where independent work would be the one and only choice, so it is crucial to be prepared for all sorts
Stacey Goodman is an artist-teacher focusing on bringing contemporary and social art into the classroom through a balance between divergent thinking and convergent thinking with high school students, grades 9-12. Goodman proposes a strategy to get students to think divergently in classrooms, like instead of inquiring “questions to which there is a correct answer, try to ask students to formulate “their own problem”. Students pose their problem by first tapping into their own wishes and goals that might have real-life results or be largely theoretical and in end in the modeling stages” (3). A teacher should allow divergent thinking or convergent thinking in certain circumstances, so the student does not only learn to follow the …show more content…
However, this is not fully correct. Emmanuel Schanzer, founder of Bootstrap, which is a software-based curriculum, confirms how the student using Bootstrap “has a higher standardized-testing performance.” This is confirmed by Jordan Shapiro, a Psychology educator basing his studies on how video games can be used as a way to solve current global problems. Through the testing of game-based learning system, like Gamestar Mechanics, on a younger audience, he admires how the “game-based learning system… harn[ess] the power of computational technologies” and how it also “off[ers] new integrated ways” to understand “child’s emotional and creative self-expression” (2). From Shapiro 's perspective, computer programming enables others to understand a specific audience mentality and how it also behaves, while relying on the results obtained.
If divergent thinking is practiced in school, there may be a poor academic performance in some students. It is important to get high school students prepared for an independent-learning style as they keep learning and experiencing about workplaces. In jobs and colleges, students should be able to demonstrate leadership by taking the initiative in their work and finding the answers independently. Students should know that there are situations where independent work would be the one and only choice, so it is crucial to be prepared for all sorts