I am currently taking several education courses right now, and with each class I learn something new. However, one thing that remains the topic in every single class is this: everyone does not learn the same way. Therefore, I can't expect one child to learn the same way that someone else does. I want to teach my students to be proactive, and to always be on top of learning. Whether it be from self-regulated learning, to just keeping a daily schedule at hand. This does not mean that there can never be changes, this just simply means keeping everyone on task, and making sure nobody develops laziness. Laziness will cripple learning, and how can one teach another when one has no desire to learn! Whatever the learning style may be, I want to learn each of my student's individually and incorporate different learning techniques in the classroom to benefit everyone.
Perhaps I will have each student make a set of goals at the beginning of the year of things that they want to learn. These goals will be more than just making good grades (although this is a key to success in school), but I want them to be individualistic, and I want them to be challenging, so that it takes work to get there. If it incorporates technology, then in whatever way, I want to incorporate that tool in the classroom to help the child reach its goal. Having goals that students can work towards, in my opinion, will help a child stay positive, and stay focused on learning new things, and in doing so, teaching the world around them!
About Me...
I am a Senior at the University of South Alabama majoring in Secondary Education with a double major in Social Science. I will be graduating in the Spring of 2011. After graduation, my goal is to be a high school history/psychology/sociology teacher locally here in Mobile, Alabama. I would like to come back to South Alabama to attend graduate school and obtain my Master's degree in Education.
