I believe most of my lessons, if not all, will be taught and learned by using hands-on activities. Science was definitely a struggle for me growing up because it was a lot of reading, work sheets, and copying definitions from the book. This obviously led to frustration with science because I have never been a learner by listening, I’ve always been a kinesthetic learner. This is how I plan to teach my students as well, learning by doing. I plan on doing the most so every student will succeed in my class. I plan to accommodate or modify lessons for students according to their strengths and/or needs Again, at times I was that student that was behind because I simply didn’t understand. A few teachers just expected me to know. I’m setting high expectations for my students of course, but not expecting them to know everything I tell them or expecting them to be able to do some of the things I tell them. I will be flexible in lots of ways to help every student succeed at an equitable level. I do like the concept of inquiry-learning. I plan on having my students do activities that have them investigate how to do something without my help. This will develop problem-solving and the understanding of the “struggle” if you will. I think all students need to develop this sense, because students need to understand not to quit so easily when something can be difficult. This will help aswell as to develop critical-thinking methods. All assessment strategies will all be aligned with what I have taught. I will not pull any material from something I haven’t taught and try to “trick” my students. All assessments will be valid and reliable with regardto my objectives. Also, any information that will help guide my students to complete any assessment will be identified and easily accessed for student use.
I plan on doing the most so every student will succeed in my class. I plan to accommodate or modify lessons for students according to their strengths and/or needs Again, at times I was that student that was behind because I simply didn’t understand. A few teachers just expected me to know. I’m setting high expectations for my students of course, but not expecting them to know everything I tell them or expecting them to be able to do some of the things I tell them. I will be flexible in lots of ways to help every student succeed at an equitable level.
I do like the concept of inquiry-learning. I plan on having my students do activities that have them investigate how to do something without my help. This will develop problem-solving and the understanding of the “struggle” if you will. I think all students need to develop this sense, because students need to understand not to quit so easily when something can be difficult. This will help aswell as to develop critical-thinking methods.
All assessment strategies will all be aligned with what I have taught. I will not pull any material from something I haven’t taught and try to “trick” my students. All assessments will be valid and reliable with regardto my objectives. Also, any information that will help guide my students to complete any assessment will be identified and easily accessed for student use.