Journal #1
Teaching is one of my passions because in it I can
share my knowledge and experiences. When we want to work with a specific grade,
the first thing we should do as teachers is to know the students and know what
they want to learn and how they would like to learn. Some teachers think that
being the grumpy and selfish teacher is good pedagogy for children; This way
would only serve to maintain class control taking into account that students
obey out of fear of the teacher. But where is the pedagogy? Will children learn
English? In my lesson plan, I started with a greeting and a big smile. Then, I
introduced myself and made them introduce themselves with their names and their
expectations in the class.
Later, we made some agreements to fulfill them in all
the time I will be with them. One of the agreements is the participation in
class, fulfill the tasks and hand homework on time, be early in the classroom
and good behavior in class, for my part, I will not be a grumpy teacher and be
as flexible as I can with so that they learn. That exercise was very good
because the students looked at me like "The good teacher" and I could
notice the desire to want to learn more.
In the other classes, we did several activities in
order to learn to use the simple present in everyday life (Topic that the
students were seeing that week). It was a very nice experience and how a good
stimulus can make them change their way of behaving in class and motivate them
to work in class.
I like the way you faced your students, smiles always help! Also, I think it is really nice that you ask yourself those things such as "But where is the pedagogy? Will children learn English?" is a really good thought to start creating new ways to teach and keep your students active.
ResponderEliminarI think is really good how you stablished right away what they need to do in order to have a good Teacher- STudent relationship with you. Also, I got that feeling too of "The good teacher" but maybe more than that is "The fun teacher" the one which makes you laugh and learn at the same time. It sounds just like you because your smile is very contagious!