I believe that teaching is an art that is not capable by just anyone. I believe it is a calling, a lifestyle, and that it acts as a special role in society. Since the beginning of time, teachers have been respected and viewed as knowledgeable, but it is unfortunate that there are people out there today who don’t currently feel that way. Teaching is special, teaching is important, and most of all, teaching is influential. Teaching is a proclamation to the world that you’re passionate about something and that you’re willing to share that part of yourself with others. Learning is just as special when it is done from teachers who are educating for the right reasons. Learning is a continuous process that doesn’t end with graduation or the changing
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I want to teach simply because of the teachers that came before me. I had the blessing of being taught by incredible teachers who sacrificed their time and energy to teach me, and I owe it to them. I owe it to my future students to be educated and do what I feel I was called to do. Teaching is something that seems to come naturally to me, so why would I not take ahold of this special gift and use it for all it is worth? I am a teacher through and through, with or without my degree. There are so many great individuals out there who should be teaching, but aren’t. I know I’m supposed to be a teacher, and I won’t deny that …show more content…
I’ve seen many different methods of teaching in the band world, and those teaching methods change every day. Equipping students with knowledge is a great thing, but if we don’t teach them how to learn on their own, they won’t. In the band world, teaching students to apply certain skills and analyzation techniques to music is the key to getting them to experience their own interpretation of the music, whether just listening to it or performing it. One of my goals as a future educator is to instill a sense of independence in my students that drives them to ask their own questions and explore those questions in depth. I want my future students to love learning, but also to know how to learn. Teaching methods change every day, but the ones that are most effective are the ones that stay. “Give a man a fish and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you’ll feed him for a lifetime.” It’s the same with school. In this time of education, too many teachers are teaching to a standardized test because schools need to have a certain number of students pass to show achievement. These tests aren’t a real example of accomplishment; the students are. How many students are actually retaining that information to use in the future? As a high school student myself, I was guilty of learning material for a test, and then forgetting every bit of it
I want to teach simply because of the teachers that came before me. I had the blessing of being taught by incredible teachers who sacrificed their time and energy to teach me, and I owe it to them. I owe it to my future students to be educated and do what I feel I was called to do. Teaching is something that seems to come naturally to me, so why would I not take ahold of this special gift and use it for all it is worth? I am a teacher through and through, with or without my degree. There are so many great individuals out there who should be teaching, but aren’t. I know I’m supposed to be a teacher, and I won’t deny that …show more content…
I’ve seen many different methods of teaching in the band world, and those teaching methods change every day. Equipping students with knowledge is a great thing, but if we don’t teach them how to learn on their own, they won’t. In the band world, teaching students to apply certain skills and analyzation techniques to music is the key to getting them to experience their own interpretation of the music, whether just listening to it or performing it. One of my goals as a future educator is to instill a sense of independence in my students that drives them to ask their own questions and explore those questions in depth. I want my future students to love learning, but also to know how to learn. Teaching methods change every day, but the ones that are most effective are the ones that stay. “Give a man a fish and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you’ll feed him for a lifetime.” It’s the same with school. In this time of education, too many teachers are teaching to a standardized test because schools need to have a certain number of students pass to show achievement. These tests aren’t a real example of accomplishment; the students are. How many students are actually retaining that information to use in the future? As a high school student myself, I was guilty of learning material for a test, and then forgetting every bit of it