Weekly Writing #1
What is
Teaching and Learning?
The
readings that were assigned this week were definitely some good quality and informative
reads! From these readings I have caught a major repeating message. The message
was simply that ag educators have a successful reputation already, before they
start teaching. My question is how do we as future educators have this
prestigious reputation when we haven’t even started yet? The Enhancing Student Learning Through Teacher Behaviors
article gave a simple answer to this question. The answer being Ag educators
back up everything they teach with knowledge that they have gained throughout their
life. Also they create effective teaching habits to get this knowledge across to
the students. In AEE 412 we discussed what
makes a great ag educator and listed five qualities an Ag teacher should
possess. Similarly, in this same article Rosenshine and Furst described eleven qualities and out of those
eleven students chose five variable qualities that a teacher possesses that
helps engage them in learning. They were
the following: clarity, variability, enthusiasm, task-oriented/ business-like
behaviors, and student opportunity to learn criterion material. These quality variables
had the greatest impact on student achievement than any other combination.
However before we can start with student
achievement by engaging our students to learn, we need to make a good
impression on the first day of school. The first day of school can determine
what the outlook of the rest of the year could look like. So you want to make sure that first impression
is engaging and fun. You want to make sure that you as the teacher are learning
about the students and their interests. By learning about your students,
someday down the road you can use that to your advantage and help engage the
students even more! Also this helps the teacher become an effective teacher. An
effective teacher establishes the expectations of the classroom and the year
during this first week. This is also where an effective teacher gains control.
This is a vital part in teaching because if you do not have that control the
classroom will have a careless attitude and will be less likely to engage in
learning what is being taught.
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