What are my thoughts on my teaching for the beginning of the
semester to now? I would like to
go back and re-evaluate the 12 qualities
great teachers share. These are:
compare and contrast, and before and after. What it means for me to be a
teacher and why I always being a life long learner. Through this foundation
that was helps me change into better teachers that I did not know was there.
Next, I would like to look back at the student’s that I had the privileged to
work with and what where their abilities, reflect back on what has changed
throughout using this blog experience and see if I can de-code what information
has changed from the very beginning to now.
Format
For my summative reflection, I would like to do a visual representation
of my progression using video. (Yes, I’m in love with having videos and a way
to visually express what is on my mind). This incorporates pictures, words,
sounds and voiceovers. As I look back on my old way of thinking, and work
through what happened this semester and I look at what my thinking looks like
now.
Talking about each step has changed over the semester and
why that change took place as I see it.
Lineage Tree
Using the tree I can see that I am growing everyday and this
will be an on going thing throughout my life and teaching. At this moment, I
need to add three more influences that have happened to me this semester
regarding the tree. I think I need
to add all the students that I have interacted with. Also, they need to have their place on the tree. Without
them, I would not have grown the way I have this semester. Each of them allows
me to see things from their viewpoint and that is a whole new way of thinking.
Maybe they are not the branches in the tree, but they are the leaves themselves. I see them as blooming flowers and each
flower is a different color to show that each one of these students have given
something of themselves to me.
They can be different color flowers for different groups of students.
My lineage tree, as I see it, is something that has a very
strong root, which keeps me centered, allows me to grow and change over time.
I’m adding color to each new the flowers as a major turning point in my
teaching.
Shirley, your proposal sounds wonderful :)
ReplyDeleteI like that you are thinking about your self-evaluation. Not just looking at how your teaching has changed, but, if I’m reading it correctly, how your opinion of yourself as a teacher has changed. I think thats a very useful difference. It is one thing to consider the change itself and its why, but many times we neglect our emotional opinion of it, and this is a very subtle and strong thing….its like my mini Alf marathon this weekend. At first I was like, OH this is so funny, idk why I quit watching. Then by episode 5 I was over how much everybody was always annoyed with Alf. At first the attitude is funny, but then it becomes heavy and negative. It affected my enjoyment of the show and my attitude. So too with our emotional view in teaching...or anything else for that matter. How we perceive ourselves is very important, and I think delving into how your confidence as a teacher has grown is a very positive and uplifting endeavor!
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