Teaching method

Thinking about what really makes up an effective teacher should be something that crosses your mind more than once. Especially when you are on your way to becoming one yourself. There are two points under the characteristics of effective teachers section: clarity and organization and warmth and enthusiasm. Then they have a larger section under the two points dedicated to teacher knowledge. These characteristics described by the book are correct. Together they do create an effective teacher.…

Question 1: In class, we have discovered at least one method where the role of the teacher is to step aside and allow students to do the learning. Interestingly, this method (Silent Way) is deeply rooted in structuralist view of language. On the other hand, in many classes throughout our program, we discussed the role that the teacher may have under Sociocultural understanding of language acquisition. Please, compare the two takes on the teacher’s role in the classroom. How would you explain…

Dalcroze Eurhythmics is the principles and method of instruction to music learning created by the Swiss composer and educator Emile Jaques-Dalcroze. Dalcroze Eurhythmics brings into use for the first time musical ideas through physical activities before the students learn what it looks like on paper. This sequence renders elevated body consciousness and a union of rhythm with a physical experience for the student, by making stronger concepts kinesthetically. To completely understand the ideas…

Virtual Field Experience Summary Out of all the videos I have seen in Dr. Craig class, I find Mr. Bedley teaching methods to be the most effective for students to learn. I enjoy all three parts of the Lesson Observation of his class. I enjoy his class is because he follow the TEAM Educator Observation Form very well. I believe he met every single requirement on the TEAM Educator Observation Form. I would give him a five in every section because I believe he did an outstanding job in his…

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…

recognition. Co-Teaching Observation I also observed in Ms. Starke kindergarten classroom to gain another perspective on student experiences. The (two) classrooms are set-up in a similar fashion, each has a…

Introduction Exploring teacher beliefs and classroom practices through reflective practice: A case study, written by Thomas SC Farrell and Jessica Ives, is an article which used the case study method on a second language reading teacher, to study the relationship between teachers’ professed beliefs and the classroom practices. This review discusses the article mainly in four parts: the appropriateness of the research approach, the confidence in the knowledge generated, the potential impact of…

Maintaining control over a room of thirty adolescents is a challenge within itself. Being an effective teacher to these students, requires a special skill set. In order to best address all their students’ needs, teachers should offer a variety of teaching methods and assessments. Because there are hundreds of factors influencing the lesson each day, a teacher must plan for the known and anticipate the unknown. This can include preparing an optimal learning environment and creating structured…

What makes a good teacher is a tenderhearted person who enjoys teaching students and will do anything to help their students. What makes a great teacher is a person who has a passion to teach students and will get down and dirty with their students. A great teacher also knows their teaching philosophy; in which mine is essentialism. All teachers should know their teaching goals for a few reasons. First they need to know who they are before they can teach anyone anything. They also need to know…

can do them, we learn by doing them.” Aristotle summed up well what the reflections that follow are about. The Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) course introduces many important lessons. However, the most significant ones are learnt by putting the theory into practice in the classroom: 1. My teaching strengths To build a good rapport with the students I am learning to establish a fine relationship with them by listening well, keeping eye contact and by being…