Friday, August 29, 2008
My Goals
After reading the syllabus I have developed a few goals for my learning in the class. I feel that it is important to understand and begin to accomplish the three goals of the classroom. It is important to be able to conceptualize the importance of my teaching philosophy. Right now I am capable of saying “yes this is important” but I am not completely capable of stating why. It is also important to develop pedagogy. Being able to use multiple teaching styles, knowing how to teach within the standards of the state and how to assess knowledge of the standards, and being able to know how children learn are important aspects of teaching to be an effective teacher. I need further guidance to learn these aspects so that I can become the best teacher I can be. Another goal set by the class is engaging in continuous self-assessment. A lot of times I find doing this and writing about self-assessment to be boring or a waste of time, but in the long run being able to critique myself will be an important characteristic to develop. In order for children to get a good schooling, I think it is important for me as their teacher to change my lessons or style of teaching throughout the years to get the best learning environment possible. Another goal I have is to relearn the basic terms for literacy… such as phonics, fluency… I do not feel I got a firm handle on these in 301, so trying to learn these concepts will help me. I would also like to learn more about lesson planning in terms of literacy. I feel that most of the classes I have been in are more concept based, and there is less emphasis on how to incorporate things within a classroom.
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You have good goals for this course, Angela, and you have definitely used the syllabus to help create these goals. I am curious to know WHY you find self-assessment boring and a waste of time. I am glad to know you feel you need a better understanding of the literacy terms. When we go over them in class, if I don't give enough of an explanation (sometimes I might assume you remember things from 301) please be sure to ask me for clarification.
I agree with Angela that it is very important to understand and have a strong grasp of the three goals of the classroom. Angela and I also agreed on the idea of a teaching philosophy as well as a teaching pedagogy which will allow us to figure out what we want as teachers before we have a classroom of students. This is entirely too important because it is absolutely necessary to understand who you are as an individual before you can be expected to command a group of children without any real idea of what you want as a teacher. I believe that Angela finds this idea important, as she stressed in her response. The difference between knowing that something is important, and why it is important is also stressed by Angela. I believe that she touches on a good point. It is very hard to point out why things should be taught, and why they shouldn't be taught, although as a teacher, you may instinctively know that an idea is important. For example, you may know that teaching the concepts of print is important, but if you cannot pinpoint why teaching the concepts of print is important, than you have gone nowhere in your studies. I also agree with Angela about relearning the styles of literacy, because at times they can be very confusing. Overall, although we differed in our ideas of self-assessment, I believe that Angela and I coincided in our beliefs about our goals for this course.
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