Field Experience Essay

1. What do you hope to gain/learn from the field experience in this class?
What I hope to gain is an understanding of various types of leadership. If I embrace the opportunity, I can learn a lot from the experience. During my student teaching experience, I spent a lot of time preparing each lesson plan to cover the main topics of the lessons. I realized that I needed to be prepared as much as I could, more importantly, I needed to prepare to be flexible to adjust the lesson plans to be comprehensible for all the students because they all learn at different styles. I found that making the day go as smoothly as possible allows the students to gain the most from the lessons. Showing confidence and being involved enriched the student teaching experience.

This allows for different teacher prospectives and perceptions of ethnic and gender differences in academic achievement. Multicultural training allows for different approaches to be administered therefore producing greater student readiness. Preparing teachers to work with culturally diverse students also gives the teacher a better understanding of the students’ culture and how to integrate cultural diversity in the teaching experience. Teachers’ should select materials and lessons that counteract and incorporate contributions diversity in the classrooms. According to Garmon, there are six key factors associated with changing teachers' attitudes toward and beliefs about diversity-their dispositions, which include openness, self-awareness/self-reflectiveness, and commitment to social justice; and their experiences (Garmon, 2005). Openness yields truth and inquiry from students. Self-awareness and having a clear perception of your own personality which include strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, motivation, and emotions enables a teacher to look openly at diversity among the students. Recognizing oppression and taking action in the classroom interrupts the cycles of oppression which are often formed among