1. Describe how you think your teaching has changed during this practicum experience? What do you consider your strengths to be now? What was good about the way the students responded to you as the teacher? a. When I first taught, I had no idea how to manage my students or how to control a situation once it got out of hand. I have learned a few management techniques from my teachers and peers. I also found my own methods to manage my class that work best for me. I think I have a better…
Team teaching, co-teaching, collaborative teaching, interdisciplinary teaching—there exists much disagreement in how refer to the strategy, but researchers agree that empirical analyses are lacking regarding the topic (Hanover Research, 2012; Aliakbari & Bazyar 2012). Team teaching, which is the blanket term encompassing all modes of collaborative teaching used in this review, is a teaching strategy in which two or more teachers, or a teacher and field expert (e.g. expert community member),…
The Significance of Flipped Classrooms In this paper, I will argue that flipped classrooms are beneficial and should be incorporated into all schools today. This is a controversial topic in education today. The more this method of teaching is incorporated into the classroom more questions that arise from individuals who disagree with the method. A flipped classroom is when teachers record videos of lectures for the students to watch at home. The students then use their class time to work on…
Teaching as a Career Dr. Martinez Thursday 8:30-9:20 Aly Daniels Paper Two Perspectives and Preparation 1. My supervising teacher never uses a textbook. a. My supervising teacher has a great knowledge of the subject she is teaching. I am in her classroom during reading and she never has the students read out of a textbook. Honestly, I have not even seen a textbook in the classroom. My teacher is able to incorporate books such as Arthur and still have the students learn. This week my…
from this unit was the differentiation of instruction and assessments. An area of growth for this unit would be to create a stronger behavior management system in order to make the time dedicated to math each day more valuable. A goal for improving teaching practice is finding a way to incorporate and utilize available technology more effectively. This inclusion classroom has a wide range of learners with varying ability levels. In math, there are four…
Micro-teaching Report My microteaching experience was very beneficial to me, in the sense that it developed my confidence as well as focused on areas that need improvement. It was an interesting training opportunity to benefit from. Also, microteaching was a fun experience that we as trainee teachers to teach our peers a micro lesson, which ranged from 5 to 10 minutes. After every mini lesson, we received a review about it from our tutor who observes our performance in addition to feedback from…
their passion. Every student has a right to learn to become “gritter”, and to develop their skills to fulfill their potential. To become better educated, students need to be challenged as much as possible on their journey to success. Therefore, my teaching philosophy is based on the belief that a teacher had a responsibily to provide students knowledge and teach students to be diligent in order to help them succeed in both academic and real life. Intro 2: What can students gain from classroom…
5I: uses multiple teaching strategies, including adjusted pacing and flexible grouping, to engage students in active learning opportunities that promote the development of critical and creative thinking, problem-solving, and performance capabilities. 4N: engages students in and monitors individual and group-learning activities that help them develop the motivation to learn. PA 32: Interact with the students by teaching a mini lesson. This is your 2nd of 3 official mini lessons. Immediately…
We as teachers get more motivated teaching as we see how much our students are motivated learning, especially if they are rather grown up and feel themselves low. This challenging situation much more depends on teachers as they facilitate learning process to become joy and efficient for both sides. This involves both actions and the decisions of the teacher. The actions aret those things that are done in the classroom, such as rearranging the chairs and desks. The decisions relate to how and…
General Observation: This week marked my third week in Mrs. C’s 4th grade classroom at St. Rose. During their scheduled reading time, I taught my first observed lesson of three required for my second field placement. This was not my first time teaching a lesson in Mrs. C’s class, as I have been afforded the opportunity each time I am in the classroom to lead a lesson in some way. Sequencing of events was the target skill I pulled from the story, The Right Dog for the Job. The students were…