Tagged: My education background
I’ve been tagged by Kimberly.
1. Is School 2.0 about technology or pedagogy (teaching methods)?
Um, I didn’t know what School 2.0 was. I had to look it up. This is my first time hearing about it. After reading about it, I think it is about pedagogy.
2. What were 1-3 things you had to”unlearn” to become an effective teacher?
I am still unlearning a lot of things because I am still a “new” teacher in my head. Older teachers say that you can’t smile until the second semester and have good classroom management and discipline. This is not true. I smile all the time and for the most part my kids are very well behaved. I’ve had to unlearn so much “lecturing” that come with social studies, instead I am learning to say less and provide them with opportunities for discovering the answers and learning for themselves.
3. Did you learn these poor practices in your teacher preparation program, or somewhere else? If so, where?
I wouldn’t say that I learned poor learning practice in my preparation program, but I didn’t get enough there. Because the program is so dense and so much information is tossed at you, I don’t feel like I retained enough for the job. I definitely didn’t learn enough to be in the classroom by myself.
4. Describe the philosophy of your teacher preparation program in 25 words or less.
Lots of education lingo, history and philosophy without enough practical classroom skills and technology. Plenty of observation hours and student teaching where you learn the practical portion if you have a good cooperating teacher.
5. What age/grade level do you teach? When did you attend school at that level?
Grades 9 – 12, ages 13 – 18. 1990-1994
6. When were you in your teacher preparation program? 2003-2007
I am tagging Hardknock Teachers Life, Tense Teacher, Betsy, Athena, So You Think You Want To Teach
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August 26, 2007 7:59 am
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By Eric, August 26, 2007 @ 11:32 am
I like this meme. Keep it going until I start teaching in 2010-2011!!
By Tense Teacher, August 26, 2007 @ 6:02 pm
This one doesn’t apply to me at all… I didn’t go through traditional teacher preparation in college; I took an alternative route to get my license and simply majored in English. Then, in my master’s degree program, I only had to take 4 education classes, and they were the most useless wastes of my time and money. The only one from which I gained any knowledge that I actually use in my classroom was Tests and Measurements. Quite frankly, I’m glad that I did it the way I did… no expectations, therefore, I had nothing to unlearn.
By Joel, August 26, 2007 @ 7:22 pm
Did you tag me?