Week 3
This week's readings focused greatly on that students learn better when they can connect to the material that is being taught. This is why it is so essential to know your students and have a plan in place on how you will be teaching that week. In the first reading, there was one phase that stuck out to me more then any other in the whole reading. It was, "Not only do teachers need to decide on specific content to be taught as
a part of each unit of instruction but they also must plan for ways to teach
so that students master the subject matter." We as future educators have a lot of decisions to make every day! We have such a widespread area to cover and teach to our students and we need to narrow down the most important parts of each to cover. We only have so many days in a school year and we need to ensure our students get the most out of them! The second part of that sentence I also find extremely important. With taking classes and having a heart for special education, we always need to remember that every student learns differently. That is also a major plus of teaching! We get the opportunity to do something different every day! And by doing so, it benefits the kids!
Our next reading this week about framework really opened my thoughts. I really love the backward planning approach to writing lessons. It made a lot more sense to me to do it this way. With anything n life it always helps to have an end goal in place and then make your plan to reach it. This also gives the students a "heads up" on what they will need to accomplish. This reading tied into the next as it broke down the steps and parts to creating a lesson. This reading is a great reference guide to use when we first get started writing and planning our classes to make sure we get all the major parts our students need to effectively engage and learn in class.
Brooke, you do a very nice job making personal connections to the readings and connecting the readings to each other. I challenge you to reflect a bit more on how the material from the readings could be used in your future ag classroom or with the students you will work with during your student teaching internship. Thank you for adding a visual to your post this week and please continue to use this technique to enhance your posts!
ReplyDeleteBrooke, I also like the idea of using the backwards learning approach especially when working with students who may not learn as fast or need to be reminded of the end goals. Could you provide me with an example of this technique in your future ag classroom so that I have a better idea of what this could look like?
ReplyDeleteBrooke, I agree that we have a wide scope to teach and not much time to teach it. It’s hard to decide what to keep and what to cut. Do you think you’ll use the backward planning approach?
ReplyDeleteBrooke, you bring a very unique perspective to these topics as a result of your studies. It can be difficult to decide on what material can make the cut and what isn't as essential--which I can struggle with myself. What is one experience you have had in regards to a student with special needs that presented you with the opportunity to apply these principles?
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