Question of the Week-- January 28th - February 3rd
January 28th - February 3rd-- Of everything you did last week as a teacher, what would you do differently? Why?
What would I do different, as a teacher? Well, last week was the first time I had to plan a lesson in physical science. I think that is something new and different for me. The lesson related to the electrochemical properities of cells. Yes, that was my topic. This was also the first time I lead any class this semester. I was very nervous because the students don't see me as the real teacher in physical science, so if I did not have classroom management issues before, I do now. The children were asking do they have to know this and should we take notes. They thought it was interesting but they know they don't need the information. In their book, this topic is one paragraph and the concept is very big. I believe this is an issue for my health science topics as well, there are many topics in healthscience that are huge--such safety--fire, personal, and patient safety that requires the instructor to break it down to a lower level. I find this (breaking the topics down) to be my biggest challenge because it is so much information and I don't want the information too small. Then the information will become boring to the students and myself
It is challenging to teach new content. You have to stay 10 steps ahead of your students. I recommend giving yourself plenty of time to review the content you'll be teaching and to plan the learning activities you'll use to engage your students in the content. It's actually a great learning experience for you, but it can be demanding.
ReplyDeleteThats great that you are going outside of the box with your curriculum. I happen to know several CTAE teachers in my county that dont know thier curriculum well enough to teach outside of the box. It seriously makes me angry to see these kind of people in a teaching position after I have chased a position of this sort for a long time. Its great to know that there are still teachers out there who can teach something other than what the text book states.
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