Review Of The Article The Art Of Teaching And Its Tools

ARTICLE REVIEW 2 “Great art relies on the mastery and application of foundational skills, learned individually through diligent study.” (Lemov, 2010, p. 1)

This quote appealed to me as a teacher in training, it addressed one of my main concerns. Will I become a proficient teacher? Like Picasso, I too want to refine my skills; to persistently hone my abilities so as to someday acquire professional prominence.

The article “The Art of Teaching And Its Tools” commenced with conveying professional advice to teachers on how to improve their teaching skills, more so teachers of public schools, primarily those in inner city constituents.

I am a product of inner city public education, with the odds stocked against me, but I had the drive and tenacity to succeed. You see, I am the

It made me realize excellent teachers too possess weakness but maximize and leverage their strengths to improve their teaching instead of concentrating on eliminating all of their weakness.

The article also spoke on proven techniques used in urban schools by great teachers. Some techniques were new to me, others I became aware of throughout my teacher training, or picked up while on practicum assignments. I was impressed with how something as simple as teaching proper paper passing could save so much time. Valued time which could be used for lesson instructions or classroom related matters. This is a technique I will definitely employ!

The No Opt Out technique is another technique I will most certainly utilize. I have used a technique called Accountable Talk. Accountable Talk is where students are held responsible or accountable for information they are sharing. Regurgitation of facts is not acceptable. They do this through rephrasing, restating, elaborating, clarifying and discourse. This is somewhat similar to Lemov’s Right Is Right and Stretch It