Chapter 6c
Lesson planning is an integral aspect of teaching, without ample preparation lessons are going to flop. I find lesson plans most beneficial for mapping out questioning. Planning a variety of questions at different cognitive levels ensures a balanced lesson. Keeping a record of lesson plans that work and revising ones that don't are a great way to prepare for coming school years.
Chapter 7a
Maintaining records of student achievement important to teacher success since teacher evaluations are beginning to use the Danielson model. Teachers are required to show evidence based improvement in students, not only academically but behaviorally as well. Maintaining checklists or spreadsheets for tracking student behavior is an easy way to collect data.
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Chapter 5b
What stood out to me most in this section was preparing and dealing with controversy because when I was novice teaching I taught in a school with values and ideas very different from my own. I agree with what is said in the book, that respect and understanding is the best way to approach controversial situations. By not only listening but understanding the ideas my students held I was able teach in a manner true to myself but in line with the school's beliefs. I found the word bank in exercise 5.8 a useful tool in future lesson plan writing.
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