On "Becoming a Reflective Teacher" the author Carl discusses the importance of being open minded, responsible, and wholehearted. The article explains in detail about what is expected and should be done as an effective and reflective teacher in which students can learn in the best way possible. I find that many aspects that the article talks about are expected in today's teaching. In other words the expectation of teaching has grown, much better education qualities are expected, which is positive for students. Example such as Mary Smith in the text will certainly be not acceptable in today's teaching practice.
The principles are still very relevant today and are parts of the core concept of teaching. In our classes we are contently looking for ways to be more reflective and promote dynamic interactions with pupils. For me being open minded is to be learning with the students as well (similar to Frank McCourts' ideas we visited last week), I would let to invite students to question the materials and be flexible to changes that suit each class. The responsible aspect is incredibly important in education today since there are so many resources that students and teachers can attain information from; many of them can be biased or inaccurate. It is then a teacher's duty to provide the context and the background of the materials to the students so that more well rounded ideas and diverse opinions can be presented in classroom. I think that it is an essence that a teacher is wholehearted, the one who do not bother to engage and care for students should not be practicing the career.
The article ties well with my inquiry about how we can make physics teaching enjoyable, a good teacher should take in students' opinion and always think how can we encourage each student to learn. One of my goal is then to promote a positive learning environment and allow students to have a curiosity for knowledge. The responsible aspect also connects with my inquiry about how students should use the scientific method to derive results instead of using intuition or simply believe what people tell you to be true. I think the article has an important point to remind teachers to always be reflective and to be humble in what we think we know about.
The principles are still very relevant today and are parts of the core concept of teaching. In our classes we are contently looking for ways to be more reflective and promote dynamic interactions with pupils. For me being open minded is to be learning with the students as well (similar to Frank McCourts' ideas we visited last week), I would let to invite students to question the materials and be flexible to changes that suit each class. The responsible aspect is incredibly important in education today since there are so many resources that students and teachers can attain information from; many of them can be biased or inaccurate. It is then a teacher's duty to provide the context and the background of the materials to the students so that more well rounded ideas and diverse opinions can be presented in classroom. I think that it is an essence that a teacher is wholehearted, the one who do not bother to engage and care for students should not be practicing the career.
The article ties well with my inquiry about how we can make physics teaching enjoyable, a good teacher should take in students' opinion and always think how can we encourage each student to learn. One of my goal is then to promote a positive learning environment and allow students to have a curiosity for knowledge. The responsible aspect also connects with my inquiry about how students should use the scientific method to derive results instead of using intuition or simply believe what people tell you to be true. I think the article has an important point to remind teachers to always be reflective and to be humble in what we think we know about.
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