Essay on Importance of Teaching

with guidance is an excellent teaching tool. As an ALT, I want to encourage this type of behaviour as it builds a foundation of self-awareness, independence, and creativity, into the students. To achieve this, I would like to act as a guide to the students, organising, and guiding group work so they feel secure in developing their skills with support. Beyond this, I would also help the teacher by sharing information on students’ progress, further communicating the teaching aims and objectives,…

Reflecting on Teaching During my time at Connersville Middle School, I feel that I have grown as a teacher. I have enjoyed my experience and feel that I have really grown into a teacher by accepting the responsibilities of a teacher. Each day I cannot wait to get into the classroom and I have gained trust and formed relationships with my students and the staff of the building. After completing my teach week and being in the classroom the past couple of months I now have the anticipation of…

When asked what literacy was at the beginning of the semester, I thought it was simply teaching a child to read. Easy, right? I did not realize all that was involved in literacy. Literacy includes reading, writing, vocabulary, fluency, and phonemic awareness. There are also a number of assessments and observations that fall under literacy, all of which are extremely important to effectively teaching literacy to young children. I learned a lot about the different types of assessments this…

classroom excel and close the achievement gap. The second theme being “the symbiotic interplay”(Delpit, xviii) of her life as a mother, scholar, and activist. I plan to write of some of the elements she talks about: understanding the importance of a good teacher with good teaching methods, mandating critical thinking while ensuring that “basic skills” are taught, and observing…

Catholic social teaching is important within the Catholic Church. To understand the social teaching, you must have knowledge of what morals are, and how to obtain them. “Catholic social teaching is a central and essential element of our faith. Its roots are in the Hebrew prophets who announced God's special love for the poor and called God's people to a covenant of love and justice. It is a teaching founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ”( usccb.org) Social teaching comes from the truth…

Reflection In this book, Mr. Lim Song Guan quoted that the highest aspiration of a good leader should be a good teacher. Therefore, in the first part he talks about his experience with the leaders he works with and the way they inspired him through their teachings. He shared pointers on how a good leader should exhibit. Examples are walking the ground and appreciating the works that they produced by always providing positive comments first, then guide them the ways to improve on. Leaders should…

The Early learning lab is part of the FACS 304 course that allows college students to learn and understand the teaching process within a classroom setting. The lab allows students the opportunity to bond with children and observe the emerging developmental skills that children are acquiring during Early Childhood. I have established a variety of close bonds with three of the children. I enjoy all the children equally, because each child has a different personality that makes them special. The…

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the elements of effective instruction portrayed in the movie Stand and Deliver. Stand and Deliver is a movie based on the unconventional teaching methods of high school teacher Jaime Escalante. The elements of his particular teaching style discussed within this paper will pertain to educational equity, assessment, engaged learning, differentiated instruction, classroom management, and establishing a learning community. First, depictions of inequity in…

creativity According to Lin (2011, as cited in Lehtonen et al., 2016) creative teaching is a creative, innovative and imaginative approach to teaching English. Creative pedagogy involving creative teaching, teaching for creativity and creative learning. Sawyer (2004, 2006, as cited in Lehtonen, et al. 2016) stressed the creative teacher’s ability to use improvisational principles directly. In teaching creatively, a teacher should employ the rules of improvisation by living in the…

Reflective Essay The internship is a good way to practice teaching in a classroom setting. It can be challenging because of the requirements needed to comply and complete the program aside from managing a classroom. The knowledge I’ve gained from my seven years experience working as a Special Education Assistant has given me many insights on how to handle a class. Additionally, my training as a Behavior Therapist helps me manage the behavior issues of my students with disabilities. Domain A:…