This essay discusses five veteran teacher responses to ten questions. Interviews were conducted by telephone. Those interviews consist of three, five, ten, fifteen, and twenty year teachers. However, the interview included the teaching styles, how they relate to real world situations that involves education, and their personal educational philosophies. The ten questions and responses will be discussed and evaluated in comprehending if these teachers have the benefit of students’ education in focus or on the back burner. Question number one consisted of their philosophies or views about the education system before they actually worked in a classroom. Also have their views changed when working as a teacher became a reality. Second question specify after working in a classroom setting and gaining some experience, how have they been able begin to incorporate their values with the concept of the school environment? Third question regarded their experiences working as a teacher and the advice they would they a potential teacher as they began their journey of becoming a teacher. Fourth question regarded the methods used to work with students with behavior issues that interrupt the class while they are trying to teach a lesson. Fifth question involved their views about the No Child Left behind including its impact on children’s academic performance. Sixth question concerns how social and economic status has an impact on a child’s learning. Seventh question regards their teaching style when they began teaching and if they have the same teaching style after having years of teaching experience. Eighth question consists of ways that NCLB be improved regarding your classroom experience.
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... behavior. However, both the fifth and tenth year teacher dealt with their behavior problems distinctively than the other teachers. The fifth year teacher said that he establish behavior ground rules at the first of the year. Tenth-year teacher says that she impart the student the power to take responsible of how his or her behavior should be dealt with. In dealing with behavior I will pursue the advice of the fifth year teacher which is to set up behavior ground rules at the beginning of the year with the consequences when broken. However, I did not agree with the tenth-year teacher stating that she gives the student the control to be responsible for his or her own behavior due to the fact that the student parents may not have raised their son or daughter up morally which could lead to the student not following through on completing his or her assignment.
166-173). Linda Darling-Hammond (2000) discusses how teacher education has changed and how it has affected our education system (p. 166). The author also notes how even the most intelligent people found it hard to prosper in the field without the right skills and preparation (Darling-Hammond, 2000, p. 166-173). In the article, she presents how post baccalaureate programs are carefully structured, versus alternative routes which can be no more than backup employment options. Darling-Hammond (2000) also addresses how it becomes difficult for aspiring teachers to learn both subject matter and pedagogy (p.
From school buildings to supplies and teacher license requirements, life is very different for students and teachers today compared to two centuries ago. Today’s teachers receive higher education to learn the profession, and students learn new subjects such as foreign language, art, health, and science. After a long day of learning, most take the school bus home and continue their studies further. One thing that is similar between education in the 1800s and education now, however, is that children grow up to become well-educated, well-rounded individuals who are knowledgeable about themselves and the world around
Tommy’s teacher provided the time and what happened. From fifteen behavior, accidents there were nine verbal and six physical these accidents occur between two minutes to eighteen minutes. These behaviors happen with six times in math, three in check out, one in social studies, two at lunch, one in spelling, one in a small group, and one individually. The ABC provides that the highest of Tommy’s behaviors occur when she is transitioning the class to a new activity or giving new directions. Some of the consequences the teacher provides to Tommy are giving Tommy a choice, redirection, discussion of behavior, personal space was given, verbal reprimand, change activity, remove from class, and time out. Sometimes Tommy stops his behavior and others it continues even of the
After completing the “Cooperative Discipline” course through the Regional Training Center, I am planning on revising my behavioral management techniques to follow the cooperative discipline model in my eighth grade English classroom. The cooperative discipline, or the hands-joined style, is a more appropriate approach to managing behaviors in my classroom than the hands-off or hands-on styles. With the hands-off style, there is too much freedom and not enough structure in the classroom, and with the hands-on style, defiant students are likely to rebel against the teacher’s strict rules. However, with the hands-joined style, “students are included in the decision-making process and therefore are strongly influenced to develop responsibility and choose cooperative behavior” (Albert, 2012). When students are provided with clear expectations but are still part of the decision-making process, they are more likely to behave appropriately in the classroom.
When I first decided to be a teacher I had many thoughts and opinions about teaching and education. Some of my thoughts and opinions have stayed them same; however, many have changed from the discussions and readings in LL ED 411 and 480. When I first decided that I wanted to be a teacher I thought that most students learned in the same manner. I also thought that the teacher should have power over the classroom. Likewise, I thought that technology should not be used in the classroom--except to type papers. I now know that there is not much truth to my ideas and thoughts because my thoughts were shaped only from my experiences. My experiences are narrow because they were shaped from the problems in schools and the old ideas that teachers still have. Now that I have learned the other sides to these problems I know that my thoughts about teaching and education are not fully developed.
The assignment is to create a plan that will inform parents, students, and the school community of your philosophy of behavior guidance. You may adapt ideas to showcase your personality, but the fundamental rationale for this guidance plan should be based on your learning in this course. The guidance plan should be divided in the following sections:Page 1: The first page is your philosophy of the teacher’s, students’ and parents’ role in shaping a child’s behavior. You might write it as a personal philosophy divided into paragraphs to fit these categories OR s
Teachers play a critical role in the fundamental values children develop during their years of education. Teachers serve many roles in the classroom that affect a child’s behaviour and attitude for the rest of their lives. They fulfill the main role of educating students placed in their care, but beyond that expected service teachers also mentor and nurture students, become role models and they create a warm and inviting classroom environment for the children to learn and develop their character in. Today, Michael Johnston is state senator in Colorado but prior to his duties Michael was a teacher and principal in high schools and universities in Mississippi and Colorado. Johnston has a strong
A role a child takes within the family home can explain the children’s behavior within an educational setting. Educators can provide children the opportunity to partake in different roles to further expand their learning. Rules exist at home and school for children to follow. It is imperative that as an educator you take time to explain in depth the rules of your classroom to children and the child’s family. As various results show that rules can be tied to culture, therefore, you want to ensure no rules within your classroom setting are creating conflict for the child or their family.
There are different ways that a teacher can deal with a student’s undesirable behavior. Some of these strategies are: positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment or extinction. The type of r...
In the second semester all teachers work together implementing his behavioral plan more effective and constant and it made a difference that all teachers were in the same page” accordingly to the Especial Ed. Teacher. As the homeroom teacher mention that it was great that the parents were supportive to the strategies that t...
In a society where kids must go to school up to the collegiate level, teaching is an impactful career choice. Teachers help contour the minds of future leaders of the world. Furthermore, teachers play a crucial role in guiding students to the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to succeed in life, and teachers lead students to make informed decisions on any topic the meet in the future. As a teacher, a person must relinquish their knowledge onto students. Finally, they must prepare their students for all the obstacles they will face later in life.
Mather and Goldstein (2015) stated that behaviors can retained or changed with appropriate outcome. Teachers can use the procedure defined by them to accomplish students’ behvaiour using the following outcomes. The very first step is to describe the problem. The second step is to adjust the behavior by emerging a behavior management strategy. The third step is to recognize an effective reinforce and the latest step is to use the reinforce on a regualr basis in order to change the
Education is an ever-changing part of society. A classroom teacher is faced with new challenges and obstacles that have never been dealt with before. Students come to the classroom with different life stories. Every student has strengths and weaknesses that surface in the classroom environment. Teachers must understand and focus on utilizing each student's strengths and work to improve weaknesses. Students learn in a variety of ways. The classroom must be a safe zone that appreciates student's viewpoints and allows room for mistakes. When topics in the classroom are related to "real-life" experiences, the information is more likely to be retained. Students learn from one another. The ideas and perspectives that each student brings to the classroom can bring insight into what is being learned. Students have to be allowed to explore new ideas, try them to see if they work, and sometimes fail. When students are encouraged to explore, they begin the process of becoming lifelong learners.
In handling his students’ inappropriate behavior, Mr. Swan should follow this approach. If the students continue to talk loudly, use tools inappropriately, and hit at each other, he should use a punisher. These behaviors could include the verbal or nonverbal communications for the purpose of stopping behaviors or even a detention. When the students start doing well, they should be reinforced and rewarded for doing good. Reinforcement improves student motivation and it will be effective in helping Mr. Swan handle these students’ inappropriate behaviors.
First, I realized that, teachers carry a lot of weight on their shoulders and have great responsibilities. They have to balance the curriculum, students, parents, lesson plans, common core, and upper management and still maintain a professional demeanor. Second, educators must follow a strong code of ethics. They must be professional at all times with students and colleagues, keep confidentiality, not have or show any prejudice or bias, maintain safe and positive learning environments, help students with problems, and hand out disciplines accordingly. Lastly, I found that when you’re a teacher, your education never stops. Teachers are always trying to improve their own education and professional growth, both for the benefit of their students and for the benefit of themselves.