Essay Article

After watching the Passion Project, you tend to think more about passion and how much it actually means to a person’s life. In my paper I want to focus on the interest in student’s and education as well as the relationship between teachers and students. The connection I feel the Passion Project and my concept is that when you have passion, it brings you happiness. In my concept I feel that student’s should have passion in their education. In an article called Class Participation by Kevin O’ Connor he explains that teachers use cold calling, a term that is used when teachers call on students randomly when asking them questions. He researched that cold-calling to be a useful practice to hold students accountable for class preparation and to engage more students during a class period (Dallimore, Hertenstein, & Platt, 2004). Based on his research I felt I kind of agreed and disagreed with his statement because I think students in class should have the motivation to raise their hands to answer questions in class. At the same time I think it is good because it shows that the teachers want to hear the student’s view on what is being discussed. This brings me to my next point; I think that relationships between students and teachers should be more involved with each other. It gives the chance for them to understand one another and be more comfortable. Kevin O’ Connor said that “professors need to consider class participation techniques that engage all learners in the classroom not just the few reliable students who dutifully raise their hands”. I think this can be a change to better the relationship between teacher and students. It shows that teachers care about the future of the students and these newer practices can be a big change for education.