The Importance Of The Five Complexities Of Teaching

Throughout the semester, I have learned a lot about myself as a future teacher and a lot about other teachers teaching styles. Some of which I do agree with and some that I do not. What I have really focused on is the “why.” In my field experience when my mentor would do something out of the ordinary or ask a funny question, I would analyze it and go through all that I had learned by that time. Doing that I realized she was trying different ways to teach a tough topic, or trying to see what her students were thinking.
At some point throughout teaching very teacher will face the 5 complexities of teaching: Simultaneity, immediacy, history, publicness, and multidimensionality. While observing in my 2nd grade classroom I noticed that my mentor was faced with immediacy and simultaneity the majority of the time. For example, one day the students were doing a craft and accidently spilt glue all over the carpet. Of course the teacher had to respond to this without hesitation or else the glue could potentially dry and get stuck. What also factors …show more content…
Curriculum is a major part of teaching, there are many ways of capturing and releasing the information the teacher wants to put out there, they just need to know the right way to do it. To have bright ambiance in a classroom will make students feel secure and safe walking in and out of the room every day. They will want to come back instead of being forced to. Also, before pursuing a career in teaching, it is best to know yourself. Knowing what your strengths and weaknesses are so that you can potentially avoid bringing the weaknesses into the classroom and highlighting your strengths. Having goals set for yourself will always be there to remind you what you want for your future in teaching, making sure they get