I am a believer in teaching by visual examples. One demonstration of visual learning that we did in class was the Eskimo flying trampoline. I felt one of the lessons from that example was that there are many methods for teaching, and when we become more creative our teaching methods can improve. We need to be innovative teachers.
I believe that the best teachers are those that care. The book we have been reading focused a couple of pages on making sure you’re not a friend to your students. I agree to some extent. I believe the relationship between a teacher and a student should not be “buddy buddy”, but I also believe that a person retains the most knowledge when they like the person who is trying to do the teaching. A student likes a teacher the most when there is a belief that the teacher cares about the student’s progress and success.
Teachers have the potential to be one of the most influential people in a person’s life. As such, a teacher should motivate students to do things that will promote happiness in a student’s future, including but not limited to the encouragement of continued education, making wise decisions while young, working hard, and becoming involved with extra-curricular activities that will promote healthy living (sports), leadership, socialization (clubs), and future careers.
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