I believe students learn in a variety of ways. Each student learns content in a different way and we all have different types of intelligence as proposed by Gardener. Each student has a unique set of skills and talents that need to be brought out by me as the teacher, and this comes …show more content…
As a teacher, according to Redl & Watternburg my role as a teacher is to be a role model, a judge, referee, a source of knowledge and a surrogate parent. I should also be supporting student self control by keeping eye contact with a student when challenging behavior arises and use low key techniques such as humor, moving closer, encouraging the student or ignoring the behavior in order to keep it from escalating. I also believe in offering situational assistance to students in order to help them be successful. This may include restructuring the student’s schedule, establishing a classroom routine, removing a student from a situation, taking away distracting objects and physical restraint, as a last resort. If a student’s behavior escalates, when a student calms down, I believe the teacher should follow up with the student about the choices they made and what choices they could have made, in a positive