Individual Teaching Techniques

Weekly Writing #6

It is very important that we as pre-service teachers understand the student learning process. This process is not only designated to student's learning but everybody's everyday learning. As a pre-service teacher it is my duty to make sure that in my classroom/laboratory that I make sure to address each of the six steps of the learning process.Which are the following: 1.Experiencing a proactive situation, 2. Defining the problem, 3. Seeking data and information, 4. Formulating possible solutions, 5. Testing proposed solutions, and 6. Evaluating. By addressing each of the six steps I will have a understanding that learning has occurred. However if any of the six steps are not addressed or gone unnoticed it is key to integrate the problem-solving approach of teaching. When doing the reading on this method of teaching, I actually appreciated it more, because I feel that it is addressing more and having the students actually understand and learn the material that is being taught.

However before we can even get students to learn, we must stress on how important an interest approach is in each lesson that you are teaching. Having an interest approach is important when teaching because you are grasping your learners attention and engaging them before you move to tackle on the content area of your lesson. By being in 412  I can only see improvement in this area, especially in lab because we actually have to get up and give our lesson. Therefore if our interest approach isn't doing what it should then we will know whether or not we need to change it. Also students will be most likely unengaged throughout your whole lesson. It is crazy to think how much the interest approach weighs on a lesson, but it is true if you want  your students to learn, you must have a great interest approach.

Like the interest approach, having a evaluation or assessment is important when you are teaching a lesson because it helps determine if learning has occurred for the student.Not only does it assess the students learning but it helps give you as the teacher an idea of where your students learning and understanding is. It is important we address this so we know what we need to cover again or if we can simply move on with lesson. There is many ways in which you can assess your students learning, you can do a ticket out, homework, or even a quiz. Anything that can "test" your students learning.
Overall by incorporating these techniques into teaching, it can only move us forward in to becoming  better teachers. Also by stressing on these two ideas in your lessons, you can only make your teaching improve and become more effective by having students go through the learning process. I cannot wait to implement these ideas into my teaching and hopefully by doing this, seeing positive results!
Link(s):
I found this video created by our very own Penn Stater Mrs. Laura Rice! This video gives an understanding of what exactly is an Interest Approach and how to apply one effectively to your lesson plan.

Engaging Students in the Learning Process
This link provides different ways of engaging your students into the learning process. Great tips!