The first thing that made me stop was under the section of Using Standard-Based Big Ideas. In this section it talks about assessing the students to see what they know. I think this is a huge idea that every teacher should pay attention to. Why would anyone want to reteach something that a student already know. The students will not enjoy it and so the teacher will not enjoy it if she has a room full of bored students.
The next thing that really caught my attention, that i have heard preached in many other classes is teaching the students how to learn. If a teacher is able to teach her students learning strategies then if will make it easier for them to understand the material being presented. Some teaching strategies can even be quiet fun compared to the traditional form of lecture. I think that teachers should always teach there students learning strategies no matter the age.
The last big thing that caught my attention was the section that touched on building community. I believe that every teacher should build a sense of community in their classroom. If the students are a community they will be more motivated to learn and to help each other learn. This section talks about parent involvement and how involving the parents it builds community. I believe this is true. I have read were it is research based Prof that anytime there is parent involvement in the classroom that all students have overall improvement not just the students who's parent is participating.
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I like how you talked about the importance of building a community in the classroom. I believe that community bonds are very important attributes for a great learning environment. Students need to feel that they are safe at school and can depend on the teacher for the security they need. Parents do need to be involved in this community so that the students can feel that they have their parents and their teacher for guidance and role models.
ReplyDeleteThis is a subject that I feel very strong about. As a child my parent would never come and participate in any school day or school outing even though they were not stopped because of work. I was lucky as a child because I was independent and did not require my parent’s presence as an active roll in my school in order to succeed. However, I am aware that some children need the presence which is why I want to have as many parents involve as possible.
ReplyDeleteThe first thing that caught my attention was on page 86 about high stakes testing. This is something I am undecided about. Because on one hand yes you do need to test students to ensure that teachers are teaching and are not just there for a pay check. However, some students are bad tester and there for it appears the teacher did not do her job even if she did do it and did it well. Or you could have a student who is just if having a bad day and did not do well on the test because of outside reasons. I feel like there are too many variable to be truly accurate but I don’t have an alternate solution to offer.
ReplyDeleteThe next section that made me raise and eye brow was on page 90 about classroom conversation. I do not know that I agree with asking students a bunch of questions while they are trying to work because it could be very distraction for the student that you are talking to as well as the other students sitting around that can hear you. It is different if you are asking probing question to help them solve a problem. This would help the student think through the problem and might help other students who are listening think about the problem in a different way. A teacher should just be careful to help and not to hinder in their actions.
Finally, I agreed with page 109 with the section on Student’s Self-Evaluation. I do believe that students should be involved in their own evaluation. If the students help and understand the evaluation process then it will be more real to them. If they help to decide on what great work is then they will have a better understanding of what is expected and will be more motivated to produce better work.