Dead Poet’s Society

In the movie, “Dead Poet’s Society,” the way that Mr. Keaton’s teaching style is – of cause, very effective way. There are three key teaching styles, which are greatly done.

First day, Relax, and Life-long Lesson

On the first day introduction, while many other teachers are talking about discipline, tests, lectures, grading and intolerant matters, instructor Keaton comes to the class with a whistle that makes students’ relaxation and familiarity with instructor. In order students to pay attention on daily lessons and activities, to practically realize the value of time (present time), he let them see the pictures of former students who were some successful in their lives, and died already. It is very effective life-long lesson for young students to see how our lives are erased easily and quickly. How it is important to live effectively and productively in present moment for us? He gives a light his students with the lesson of “Seize the Day,” on the first introduction. He begins the first step with a very valuable lesson in order to go thousands of miles.

Words, Words, Valuable Words

In a class, a teacher’s words are always or very often influence on students. Teacher’s words can make them to be happy, sad, angry, confused, clear, encouraged, challenge, change, etc. Basically, teachers’ words are very powerful for students. Mr. Keaton accomplishes this job wonderfully. Please take a look the followings, which are his powerful meanings:
“Seize the day. Make you lives extraordinary!”
“That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?”
“Now, we all are a great need for acceptance, but you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own, even though others may think them odd and unpopular.”
Physical Activity, Funny, and Mental Healthy
Physical activities, group activities and outdoor trips often make us to be familiar, to be closer, to understand and to be understood each other in the class or in the group. We also become more active, more courageous to speak and to act something among the classmates.
Instructor Keaton did this effectively as below:
“Shout something yourself and kick the ball!” How fun and make students to come up with more openness, that activity is!
“Left, Right, Left, Right.. Find your won walk, own direction!” With that little militarized activity, he gives a greatest gift to his students that to search their own paths.
“Come here, everybody. Stand on this table and look around. What and how do you see from here?” Lucky students have great opportunity to practically realize a great lesson that how we see different views from different locations.

Conclusion

He makes relaxation and impress for his students on day one. He inspires them with his powerful and meaningful words. He makes them to be happy and realize life-long lessons with outdoor activities. They all are such great approaches or effective methods. In the last scene of the movie, we can see that Todd Anderson who was afraid of almost everything in past becomes the bravest student to stand for the truth or for his belief, which approves enough that Keaton’s teachings are impressively effective on his students. Nevertheless, as a saying that every coin has two sides, there is something lack in Mr. Keaton’s method, which should be added just about 15 percent, was – ‘discipline – or self-discipline.’

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