Essay on Importance of Teaching

out I promote positivity so the students, encourage other and truly are loving toward one another as Christ would have his children to be. I constantly teach them the importance of treating their brothers and sisters in Christ in the same manner that they would want to be treated. The insights that I have had from my experience teaching Sunday school that every endeavor that I pursue takes time and patience .I do not have to rush myself to be perfect so to speak and realize that I will not…

This year I have had the opportunity to work with a teacher at Lowell Elementary to learn about classroom management. I have learned how to manage both positive and negative behaviors while teaching a lesson. My teacher has taught me the importance of positive behavior reinforcement and teaching strategies on how to positively manage a classroom. My teacher manages and controls behaviors through positive reinforcement with punch cards. Every student has a card taped to their desk with ten stars…

the opportunity to participate in a third grade classroom over at York Country Day School. The lessons I observed were based off of the new FOSS Module that my teacher was piloting. It was a unique learning experience because it was her first time teaching the material. I felt that we were able to learn and grow from one another as we reflected on components of the lessons. The activities were hands-on and put students in charge of their own learning which is the heart of Inquiry-Based Science. …

fieldwork observations of the second grade in PS 119, I had the opportunity to observe some of their social studies lessons. One the lessons was based on a reading aloud of the fairytale Little Red Riding Hood as a medium to teach the students the importance of following instruction given by authority figures and the consequences of disobeying them. This lesson was part of the topics regarding the Civic Ideals and Practices, which is one of the inquires developed in second grade. In this…

High and meaningful interactions are considered to be essential in enhancing the effectiveness of a teaching method (Karpicke, 2012, p. 404-405). The guided practice in explicit instruction gives an opportunity to assess the effectiveness of the lesson. On the basis of this assessment, teachers can reinforce individual students with additional examples…

strategies to utilize, they must present the strategies to students, explain the importance of the strategies, and aid students in understanding how to…

classroom so that every student was in eyesight. Even whilst working with small groups of students during guided reading, the educator would gaze beyond the group to monitor other students. This is an essential strategy that I can employ in my own teaching practice. For instance, it’s necessary to let my students understand that I’m aware of and care about what’s going on in the classroom, especially if I aspire to increase their ability to stay on-task. Another behavioral strategy evident in…

to daily teaching, pedagogy and personal beliefs (Larrivee, 2015). Through critical reflections on their behaviors and professional practices, teachers build confidence in dealing with inevitable dilemmas and tradeoffs involved in daily teaching. They free teaching from routines and are able to deliver more deliberative and intentional…

My Teaching Journey As I reflect back into my early childhood, I remember migrating to the United States with my mother leaving my brothers and sisters behind. It was really tough adapting to a new environment where the climate and the language were foreign to me. The first year of primary school was one of the hardest for me. Making new friends was not an easy task, I remember while all the children played with each other during the lunch period, I sat quietly and ate my lunch. When it was…

role of threshold concepts in promoting student understanding of the subject matter. Understanding by Design provides the teacher with a framework for curriculum planning, assessment and instruction. The two main ideas of UbD are an emphasis on teaching and assessment geared towards student understanding and transfer; and a backward instructional design, that is, one that starts with the desired results as opposed…