After taking this Questa class I have learn many things about teaching and learning. Through Paulo’s letters I have learned that in order to teach, one has to continue to learn as well. That no teacher knows everything and that as a teacher I should be humble towards my students. I should not judge my students because of what I heard from other teachers and students. Instead, I should get to know the students myself and see what their compatibilities are. By thinking that I know everything, then I won’t be able to see what will truly benefits my students. This is similar to Kimberly’s case in the book, “Becoming a Great Inclusive Educator.” Where students should not be judge based on their medical records and put limits to a person just because
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Having a brother with disabilities has provided me with some experience in working with children that has disabilities and that children with disabilities requires more care and attention. Although my brother can be a handful at times, he has taught me many things. For example, patience and to be more open minded. Even though my brother has many limits because of his disabilities he never fail to surprise me with what he can do. From my own experience I learned that putting children with disabilities into a strict category on what they can or cannot do limits what they can actually achieve, which is similar to what I have read in class.
My goal as a teacher I want to make students with special needs feel welcome in my classroom. To do that in the beginning of the class and with the approval of the school as well as the parents I want the students with disabilities talk about what their disabilities so as a class we can embrace the difference and try to understand what the student is going through. As a class we can play games has a similar effect on how the student with disabilities feel. For example, writing with a hand we usually don’t write with so we can sympathize students with mobility …show more content…
To foster this in my classroom, in the beginning of the semester I will have my students write down something they like, their hobby, something they are looking forward to learn, and what they want to do in the class. Then I will incorporate some of those ideas in my lesson. Bi-weekly, I plan to have one student present to the class what they have find interesting in the news or just whatever capture their
Having a brother with disabilities has provided me with some experience in working with children that has disabilities and that children with disabilities requires more care and attention. Although my brother can be a handful at times, he has taught me many things. For example, patience and to be more open minded. Even though my brother has many limits because of his disabilities he never fail to surprise me with what he can do. From my own experience I learned that putting children with disabilities into a strict category on what they can or cannot do limits what they can actually achieve, which is similar to what I have read in class.
My goal as a teacher I want to make students with special needs feel welcome in my classroom. To do that in the beginning of the class and with the approval of the school as well as the parents I want the students with disabilities talk about what their disabilities so as a class we can embrace the difference and try to understand what the student is going through. As a class we can play games has a similar effect on how the student with disabilities feel. For example, writing with a hand we usually don’t write with so we can sympathize students with mobility …show more content…
To foster this in my classroom, in the beginning of the semester I will have my students write down something they like, their hobby, something they are looking forward to learn, and what they want to do in the class. Then I will incorporate some of those ideas in my lesson. Bi-weekly, I plan to have one student present to the class what they have find interesting in the news or just whatever capture their