I am excited t o explore the various topics in this course and hear other students point of view on different subjects. I loved getting to hear the different reasons that people wanted to be teachers. I also liked having the opportunity to reflect on why I chose this as a career. Recently I have just been trying to get through classes and sometimes lose sight of why I wanted to be a teacher.
My personal objectives for this class are to get a better understanding of how to get children motivated, keep motivation, and create a learning environment that is conducive to all learning types and personalities. I do want to explore motivation and classroom management deeper. I do have a concern that the blogs could get overwhelming. I am a bit worried that I will not be able to keep up with them and am worried about forgetting one. My bigger concern is having to find something from an oustide source. That seems like a daunting task and very time consuming. I have had to do something similar in a prior class and I found it very difficult with certain topics to find any valuable information that did nothing but repeat the information that had already been noted.
Emily, I am going to be following your blog this semester! I feel like we both really want to dive deeper and find out more about motivation. I'd love to see your perspective on things, and get your take.
ReplyDeleteI hope that this class gives you ample time to reflect on teaching! Reflective practice is very important in understanding why we teach and how we can improve. As for the blogs, I am planning on being very flexible with posting. Finding the outside article is a way of incorporating research into our practice, since more and more teacher evaluations expect educators to continue to research new ideas. Hopefully as the semester continues, things won't seem so daunting!
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