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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Chapter 7

First things first I would like to disagree with the title of chapter 7, "The Simple, Hard Truth About Teaching." The reason I disagree with the title is because ever since I started reading "Fulfilling the Promise." I was stressed and overwhelmed on how I could do everything that was talked in the book but yet still be sane. After reading chapter 7 I was able to calm down and have a lot less anxiety about how I cna be a good teacher.

A few points that were mentioned in the chapter by Stronge mentioned:
  • Effective teachers spend a great deal of time working and interacting directly with the students.
  • Teachers' enthusiasm for learning and for thier subjecvt matter is an important factor in student motivation that, in turn, is closely linked with student achievement.
  • Effective teachers set high expectations for themselves and thier students with an orientation toward growth and improvement evident in the classroom.
  • Teachers in schools with high achievement rates pre-assess in order to do targeted teaching.
  • Effective teachers know and understand thier students in terms of abilities, achievement, learning preferences, and needs.

The reason I wanted to point out the ideas of what makes an effective teacher is because in my experience I have been able to see the benefit and the truth of them and even the harm that is done when a teacher doesn't follow them. I also wanted to mentioned them because I feel like that these points and the other points that I was able to read would work for every student.

The idea and quote I got from the book is on the end of page 91 that I will like to have for my motto as a teacher. It states, "If we allow ourselves to fall in love with what we do, we will be reborn countless times, almost always in a form stronger and more fully human than the one that preceded it." I like this quote because as a teacher and in order to be a good teacher I need to change atleast every year for each classroom and for each student because that is what a good differentiating teacher would be.

1 comment:

Teacherheart said...

I already see you falling in love with teaching... You'll be invigorated by it. And you'll change because of your students. In good ways. Good for you! 4 points

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