A good teacher...
focuses on [whole person] optimal learning and is a person who provides support for their students. It is someone who cares about their students and wants to see them succeed both in the classroom and in the world. It is someone who would like can teach effectively and receive and apply/use critical feedback to better themselves. A good teacher is also someone who knows their content and can answer questions regarding motivation. They also have a solid pedagogy that includes student-centered learning. They care for their students as individuals and as a class and make it so they relate to their students in a cultural and educational context. A good teacher simply knows their student(s).
Week 2: If small groups work productively together on an assigned task, then the individual students within the group can improve their own understanding of the lesson content because the peer dialogue, debate, and relevant conversation within the small group can broaden that students' comprehension of the content as opposed to a lecture based lesson which might stifle the various ideas by various students.
Week 2 Re-write: If a teacher assigns group activities within a classroom, where group members are allowed to share ideas and concepts about the content with one another, then the individuals within that group can enhance their comprehension through that experience. Students can offer what they already know and receive feedback and new ideas and concept from their group members. This contributes to a stronger understanding of their own concepts or of other individuals assessments of the content. Piaget suggests this idea that through our experiences and interactions with others, students can enhance our ideas and how they learn and understand concepts and ideas. As individuals grow and develop intellectually, they absorb information from around them and they apply it to present and future situations which can help them in everyday life as well as within school. It is vital that the teacher expresses that cooperation with other people is important to aid in making connections to both classwork and to real world situations. I believe these connections are necessary for a solid social experience and growth within a social setting.
focuses on [whole person] optimal learning and is a person who provides support for their students. It is someone who cares about their students and wants to see them succeed both in the classroom and in the world. It is someone who would like can teach effectively and receive and apply/use critical feedback to better themselves. A good teacher is also someone who knows their content and can answer questions regarding motivation. They also have a solid pedagogy that includes student-centered learning. They care for their students as individuals and as a class and make it so they relate to their students in a cultural and educational context. A good teacher simply knows their student(s).
Week 2: If small groups work productively together on an assigned task, then the individual students within the group can improve their own understanding of the lesson content because the peer dialogue, debate, and relevant conversation within the small group can broaden that students' comprehension of the content as opposed to a lecture based lesson which might stifle the various ideas by various students.
Week 2 Re-write: If a teacher assigns group activities within a classroom, where group members are allowed to share ideas and concepts about the content with one another, then the individuals within that group can enhance their comprehension through that experience. Students can offer what they already know and receive feedback and new ideas and concept from their group members. This contributes to a stronger understanding of their own concepts or of other individuals assessments of the content. Piaget suggests this idea that through our experiences and interactions with others, students can enhance our ideas and how they learn and understand concepts and ideas. As individuals grow and develop intellectually, they absorb information from around them and they apply it to present and future situations which can help them in everyday life as well as within school. It is vital that the teacher expresses that cooperation with other people is important to aid in making connections to both classwork and to real world situations. I believe these connections are necessary for a solid social experience and growth within a social setting.
Anisha,
ReplyDeleteIn your rewrite you talk around two very important Piagetian concepts. You describe/define them thoroughly. What are they?
Your final artifact calls for you to specifically name the concepts, theories, and ideas we have studied in class. This is good practice.
What is the answer?
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Constructivism and cognitive development?
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