The first thing that stood out to me, which I believe most
likely stood out to many of us is this teacher’s drive and passion for what she
does. Her passion is for learning and her students. this profession, there is
always room for growth and improvement. Even a teacher who has been Teacher of
the Year five years in a row can improve instruction and thought to be even
better. This constructive criticism is something all teachers need. We want to
better our knowledge and understanding to better student learning and
understanding. This video reminded me that a teacher I cannot stay with in my
comfort zone of teaching, but rather am challenged with trying different and
new techniques to enhance the learning experience for students.
A few take-aways from this video include preparing questions
the night before. I think it is easy to prepare for a lesson and have materials
ready but not necessarily prepare for the question asking portion of the lesson.
Questions are what start discussion and conversation in the class and need to
be asked methodically. A variety of questions should be used and not just one
type in order to create productive discussion in class. Questions will provide
meaning to certain topics and concepts. Another take-away is the suggestion of
allowing students to display their work before the class and using technology
to its full potential. I just wrote a paper this week about the Hungarian Math
Classroom. It discussed that there is so much power in allowing students to
show procedures in front of the class allowing for students to take control of
their learning. It began to change their math role of thinking like a student
to thinking like a mathematician. After all, we learn from others. Step back on
so much teach instruction and allow students to take ownership of their learning
and growing.
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Isn't it weird how much of what we are learning is to stop telling the kids things and let them find out in guided work? But we still have a mess of preparation in our futures.
ReplyDeleteI agree about Ms. Maronpot's drive but I was also struck by how brave you have to be to ask to be given further instruction on your typical work day, especially since it is all a youtube video for everyone to see.
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Hi Caroline! I think it is so important to always be improving. There are constantly new methods and new technologies and new ideas that our students are encountering and it would be almost crazy to not implement them into our teaching methods! If we don’t do this, we are not giving our students the education that they deserve. I also really liked what you said about preparing questions the night before. If we are not preparing these especially when we first start out it will be hard to get deeper level thinking out of our students.
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