- Interpret/explain practice: This component involves educators sharing and interpreting of quantitative and qualitative analysis which involves me talking and analysing my descriptions of my practice with other teachers. - Theorise practice: This component generates explanations for practical teaching and learning experiences, this might involve me developing a theory of teaching which has been around for a period of time. - Change practice: This component involves trailing and changing a few things on the original practice, which might involve me understanding the way I teach and having my own theory on learning based on my students. ! !
Teachers need direction in order to meet academic proficiencies and to keep student’s interest (Laureate Education, Inc., 2010). After exploring several learning theories and strategies, my own teaching practices are most often modeled by several strategies and learning theories. The Constructivism Theory resonates in some of the techniques I am using in the classroom. Reflecting on student activities and the design my lessons ; I find students are most often engaged in learning activities that are student driven and lead to students constructing their own conclusions. Student often work at stations and learn through team building and planned movement.
Identifying non attendance could indicate a problem external to the teaching setting which may benefit from referral to other professionals or could point to students’ dissatisfaction with the teaching style which could be addressed by reassessing the teaching methods used in order to promote more inclusive practice. Assessment on the course forms an ongoing weekly record of how students are grasping lesson plan objectives and provides valuable feedback for both students and myself as their trainer. Monitoring student achievements, skills, abilities and progress through ongoing assessment, tracks their progress with feedback given to confirm that learning objectives have been met. Assessment also enables identification of any special needs that require more attention through setting targets for improvement in order to progress more effectively with the course. Recording special needs allows for assessment of the effectiveness of interventions implemented and gives students a measure of appropriate progress towards
Different people adjust to different strategies. Most people adjust to more than one strategy. We just need to identify which ones through assessment. How the Awareness of Learning Strategies Influence Teaching and Learning It is important for teachers to understand what a student is going through in their process of learning new information. If you know the learning style of the student, it is easier to convey the message you are trying to convey.
The middle school students increased their abilities to locate main ideas when challenged with exercises in the lesson cycle. The lesson cycle was effective because it gave students practice with text structures, signal words, and graphic organizers (Montelongo, Herter, Ansaldo, & Hatter, 2010). The students also confirmed their comprehension through the correct rewriting of the given text. The authors conclude the study by acknowledging that further study is needed in order to evaluate the quality of expository writing and its effectiveness on comprehension. They further recognize that this study was limited to the specific use of main idea placement in either the first or last
I want to experiment with what builds a sense of community, support, care, and motivation in my classroom and I assume this will take place in many forms. Torey sought out and found ways to communicate and build relationships with her students, some of the time these ways were non-verbal and rather based on feeling; I hope to create the same sort of atmosphere in my classroom, to have those important one on one moments with my students. This passage in the book also reminded me of a recent conversation I had with my supervising teacher about the hiring process. She told me that some of the best teachers have the worst interviews, but when she’s looking for a potential teacher she relies mostly on intuition; if she believes an individual truly loves children, she is much more likely to hire them regardless of their interview. (Of course the individual would have to demonstrate some basic competencies) The passage also made me think of the beauty of the teaching profession and how it really is difficult to explain to a non-teacher; there are so many small and large events that happen on a daily basis in the academic world that creates a world of amazement and appreciation for the growing
Teaching and learning styles must change if education is to propel into the future with quality-educated teachers and students. This concept will impact the administrators by keeping a growing number of new teachers in the teaching field. Students are changing on a daily (sometimes hourly) basis due to technology such as the Internet and interactive games. Mentor and novice teachers create new thinking when they implement learning styles which are fresh and exciting. This is a pivotal way of changing mentor and novice teacher’s practices for the sake of good teaching.
During the story the teacher can stop and have the children make text to self connections, also the teacher can stop at purposeful moments to emphasize story elements, asking guiding questions or focus questions. All of these techniques will help keep the children engaged in the reading and also it will allow the teacher to see which students have a good understanding and which students may need a little more help or practice. Another significant part of the Balanced Literacy program is the Writer’s Workshop. The Writer's Workshop is a teaching technique that invites students to write by making the process a meaningful part of the classroom curriculum. Writing is an expected activity on a daily basis.
As the days went by I learned more activities to do and fun activities to help the children learn. By my third week I was writing lesson plans and learning what the correct benchmarks were to make sure that my lesson plan consisted of each section we needed for teaching the children. Now time came for me to actually teach a lesson to the children and the lead teacher as an assistant to me. The Children were responsive to me during my lesson they were eager to tell me what they knew and what they had learned the week before. There were many things I needed to learn and do in the classroom still.
What is my style? Every since Elementary School I was always taught that everyone had a different learning style. But after reading the article The Myth of learning Styles I'm starting to question that. I do think there is some truth in that preposition, because I think I learn better by working with my hands or actually doing things not just hearing it. I also believe that it depends on what is being taught.