Right off the bat there is a quote that I like and it says,
“To teach for understanding is to provide the sort of intellectual diet that
yields thoughtful, capable, confident learners—and citizens.” I think it speaks volumes to what I want to
do as a teacher: not just make the student better in the classroom but better
as a person so they can impact the world in the best way possible. Similarly if
we do not provide enough for the students that count on us then we can create
learning deficits. We, as teachers, cannot teach everything, just like students
can’t learn everything, so we need to make sure we hone in on the most useful
information. Having said that, the information that we provide needs to be
actuate and provided clearly. I need to make sure that I am not foggy in any of
the information I am presenting, just like a bank teller is not foggy with
numbers. It isn’t fair to the students nor is it right. In my classroom I will
always make sure that I am up to date with what I am going to teach and that
there is no ambiguity with my lessons. I am a little concerned that if I
someday need to teach a class that I have not taught in a while that I will
have, more or less, forgotten the material and I will need to teach myself
again. I am sure, however, that my colleagues will help me to devise a lesson
that is the most suitable for students.
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