A traditional classroom is where a teacher moderates and regulates the flow of information and knowledge. Students are expected to continue developing their knowledge of a subject outside of school through homework exercises. Here, students’ main resource is their instructor who only teaches them face-to-face.

A traditional classroom involves a standard curriculum delivered by a teacher in person. Standardized tests are administered at regular intervals to test students’ comprehension. This model is where students’ time, place, and pace of learning remain constant.

What is the traditional classroom model?

In the traditional model, the teacher stands between the students and the knowledge. Students have no (or little) knowledge about the subject when they come to class. In class, they get taught all the knowledge, and it's often the basic knowledge about a subject. Students have to do the more comprehensive knowledge at home, it’s called homework :p The process of thoughts is mostly viewed after doing a test.

Traditional Learning Vs. Online Learning

The article talks about the differences between classroom/traditional learning vs. online learning. Even today there is a vast number of people who are hesitant to try out unconventional learning methods. In this article, we try to investigate the differences between the two.

Traditional Learning Vs. Online Learning: Differences, Advantages, And Disadvantages

These days online courses/training have become extremely popular, as more and more institutes and companies are offering courses online. However, despite the popularity of online education, vast groups of people consciously stay away from such methods, mostly due to misconceptions. At the same time, despite the rising popularity of online courses, traditional (classroom) training is fighting back and trying to adopt newer means of retaining learners' interests. There are always two sides to a coin. For some individuals, online training is more appropriate, while for others classroom training is the preferred delivery method.

The importance of educating youth in their own cultures, as well as using indigenous languages to educate them, was stressed today during the discussion on culture and education in the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Opening the discussion, a representative of the United Nations Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) observed that millions of children continued to be taught in languages they did not use or even understand.  She added that the participation of indigenous peoples in designing curricula was still limited, and education still fell short of eliminating prejudice and discrimination targeted at indigenous peoples.

The lack of indigenous education, emphasized a representative of indigenous youth, would continue to set indigenous youth apart from their own cultures. Stressing that education was the key to self-determination, she recommended that educational instruction take place in indigenous languages.

A representative of the Ainu Association of Hokkaido said Ainu children were at a much higher risk of dropping out of school due to the discrimination, which could be addressed by teaching Ainu culture and history in public schools to both Japanese and Ainu children.  At present, Ainu children were deprived of the opportunity to take pride in their indigenous background, which hindered their identification with the Ainu culture and history.