Friday, February 22, 2013

Discussion #5


Teachers don’t teach content in the abstract; they teach it to students. In order to ensure student learning, therefore, teachers must not only know their content
and its related pedagogy, but the students to whom they wish to teach that content

 

Discuss the following:

Teacher gathers formal and informal information about students for use in planning instruction.

Teacher learns student interests and needs for use in planning.

Database of students with special needs. 

Another fabulous thing about teaching health is the idea of knowing my students just comes naturally. I know their eating habits, their exercise patterns, what they like to do, and a glimpse into their home life just by their assignments. The course is designed to enlighten them on day to day things and to give them a broader idea of how their choices may affect them long term.

Last block I had multiple students with horses so we talked a lot about how great of a workout riding a horse can be, I'd refer to riding more instead of say soccer or baseball because I knew it would hit home with several of my students. They all loved it and would make comments during the lesson about how awesome riding was.

There are many ways I could incorporate my students hobbies into my lessons more and I should work on that. For my image design class I like to show off other students projects during my recordings, with permission from the student beforehand. It gives them a sense of pride and allows other students to get to know a specific student more.

 

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