Lindsey Thomas
Blog
Post #1
After
looking and reading over the syllabus, I am very interested in learning about the
different types of group differences. I feel that this is one way that I as a
future instructor of our younger generations will be able to help council
students in these various groups. I feel that we should embrace these different
groups and learn different ways as educators to outreach to them.
I am
also looking forward to learning about the various different types of
assessment that is to follow throughout the course. I have had the opportunity
to experience a few of the different assessments that have been administered to
me over my tenure in education. I feel that having multiple types of assessment
is something that is very worthwhile to the students. Not every student does
well with a normal standard test and I feel that evaluating these students in
various ways will help them to achieve better grades as well as retain more
information as student learners. Since we all have different learning styles,
it should be obvious that we would all have a different assessment style that suits
us better as students.
There
are many different things that I wish to retain from this class. I feel that
this class will be a major step in preparing for the Praxis II test. I feel that
this class will fully prepare me for this test and help to boost me to my final
goal of teaching. I for one am not a good standardized test taker the ACT was
not good to me, but I feel that if I have substantial
material that covers the Praxis II test that I will be able to accomplish the
task of passing. I am also anxious to witness other’s teaching style in the
class. Watching others teach is a
wonderful way to get ideas and tips to incorporate into your own lessons and
teaching style. As I stated before, I am sure that we as educators will have a
teaching style that we are more inclined to lean towards, just as students tend
to learn with a different style. I feel that all of these things will help me
to be successful in passing the Praxis II test.
I
feel that this class will help in my future profession in a lot of ways. Learning
about group differences, will help to define the different dynamics that are
probable to be in a classroom. Not only will being knowledgeable about group differences
be helpful for The Praxis II test, but
it will also to help maintain an open learning environment. Another way that I feel
that this class is going to help me with my future is by showing me different
teaching styles and techniques that I can incorporate in my lessons in the
future. This will not only be beneficial to me myself, but also my students
because with various teaching styles and techniques incorporated into a lesson
or even a week can help to reach more students. This class will also help me to
hopefully pass the Praxis II test that is required in order to become a
certified teacher. With the knowledge that I will gain from this class, I will
be better prepared for the everyday task of teaching our future generations. I
also feel that this class will give me insight as to how to properly assess
students more than one way and I will be able to use multiple types of
assessment in order to teach my students the material they need in order to
retain the most information.
