Learning by teaching

technology will probably replace teachers who do not"(Tarte). This quote is actually from a tweet from Dr. Justin Tarte, a Director of Teaching and Learning. This quote, ironically in the form of a tweet, Is a highly discussed topic within the community. Our educators are constantly posed with the challenge of incorporating the use of technology in teaching the curriculum. The challenge does not end there. An even greater challenge is posed when you also factor the need for student growth.…

class teaching. Practicum II is also a part of the training for me to obtain expertise from real teachers and real classroom teaching. Compared with the Practicum I, I made progress in class design and class organization, which thanked for the guidance by my mentor. This paper presented what I learned from the classroom observation and interactions with students. I would also have a self-reflection about what I could be better and how I could improve myself in the future classroom teaching. a)…

methods of teaching English have been changing over time. Discussion about focusing on either using grammar instruction or communication in classroom have been moving back and forward. People are slightly taking side with communicative classroom in nowadays. However, instead of only focusing on communication, educators have argued that communicative classroom must include grammar instruction in teaching. There are various reasons that teachers must include grammar instruction in English…

will immerse myself in a foreign culture that holds new perspectives and ideas. These new perspectives and ideas will affect my life and also the lives of my future students and colleagues, as I plan to apply them into my teaching one day. In the…

Lesson planning is a highly important part of teaching. Lesson plans are a teacher’s guide in his or her class room. They outline the learning goals and objectives for a particular lesson or chapter; they may also include the activity the teacher has planned and the supplies they will need to help the students complete that assignment. During my field placement I have yet to see my cooperating teacher plan out her lessons for the week, but it is clear she has a lesson plan. She usually has a…

During my experience in an ESL class I saw many of our course objectives come to life. The program was rather small but I witnessed many ways the teacher adjust lessons to meet the needs of students who are still learning english. During my visit I saw many different scaffolding that helped the students during different assignments and lessons. In class we learned how important scaffolding is in classroom with Ells. For a reading assignments the teacher used a t­chart so that information can be…

This assignment will describe what is the inquiry based learning and demonstrate the features of it. Also, it will explain why this teaching approach can help younger children explore their family through the history curriculum. It also explains the strengths and weaknesses when using the inquiry based learning in early years classrooms. Examples will be provided to show how the inquiry based learning could be used in the history curriculum. When people think about how children learn in the…

classroom, all learn in different ways, and for me, as an educator, the learning of each child is valuable. I incorporate books on tape, and recordings for students with auditory learning styles. I use laptops, interactive whiteboard lessons, and power points to support children whom learn with technology. For visual learners, power points are supportive, along with modeling lessons or activities. We use kinesthetic movements when learning; also we use these for brain breaks. For children…

field of teaching and coaching, many different styles are used by the instructor. This article examines what coaching styles coaches are using for youth tennis players during there training sessions. Twelve coaches had three 30 minute practice sessions observed and videotaped. Of the children who were practicing there, ages were between 5 and 12 years old. In this paper, it states that coaches need to be prepared to teach a variety of students who all have different needs. Learning how to…

Conventional methods of teaching are loathed for their intention of manipulation & control. Having seen through something of ourselves that we do not seem to trust, Education itself is a process, where the subjects’ (students) potential is being stimulated; curiosity gets directed towards their self-actualizations. This can be achieved via a single approach that conducts teacher-centered teaching, alternatively doable via multiple approaches such as self-supervised learning, which seems…