Rachel Roehler
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
I'm taking this coarse to earn a MAT degree, gain valuable knowledge and exercise my brain.
My least favorite class was gym because I'm extremely unathletic. This resulted being closen last when teams were picked. Also, Political Science because I found it dry and not as interesting as the other classes. Since I didn't think it was as interesting, it was harder to retain the knowledge. My favorite subjects were Math because it makes sense and Biology because it's interesting. Well, to restate your goals for the class - I'm going to gain valuable insight on theories of pedagogy, cognition, learning, motivation and human development - all which should make me a more effective and capable teacher. I'm a little apprehensive and it seems a little overwhelming right now, but hopefully it'll all come together!
I have no preference - computer or paper.
Issue or topic I want to cover..... I think this question would be easier if I was currently a middle school or high school teacher and needed to reflect on problems in my own classroom. How about the difficulty of teaching students at different levels of knowledge? As a teacher you want to help the students that are not doing so well or are not understanding. However, you don't want to hold back the others.
I don't know.........I haven't been in school for awhile so I need to think about this. My friend who is a high school teacher complains about the parents involvement and their lack of suport for the teacher. They've called her complaining that their child is failing and want to know why. Perhaps issues with that?
Got to go.
1 comment:
Rachel, thanks for your thoughtful comments. I like the idea of dealing with grading, although its not necessarily an educational psychology idea as its framed. What about opening it up to assessment in general? How to do a good job of assessing student knowledge? I think you’ll find that very fruitful as you look at the literature.
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