I believe that all students are capable of learning. My role as an educator is to discover the unique way in which each student learns and adapt my lessons with patience. I believe that doing so will increase the self-efficacy of the student, and will lead to self-regulated learning. My goal in teaching is to empower my students to think and reason, to problem-solve, to grow intellectually and emotionally, and to be the leaders and innovators of tomorrow. I believe in learning about the personal interests of my students and incorporating those interests into the lesson. For example, when I discovered that several of my students were interested in music, I created a lesson involving a piano keyboard to teach the Fibonacci sequence. I guided and encouraged my students to discover their own connections to the material. This increased their self-esteem and made learning much more enjoyable. I seek to interest my students in the material presented in order to develop intrinsic motivation, which creates a desire to learn. …show more content…
I may use interactive lectures to introduce new or difficult concepts, allowing the students to ask questions and asking them to demonstrate their understanding. I may have students use technology to find real-world applications of the material and discuss them in small groups or with the whole class. I may create activities based on the interests of the students and have them work in small groups in order to foster independent thinking and discovery of alternate methods of approaching the problem. This also allows for peer tutoring. I believe that peer tutoring benefits both the student explaining the concept and the student learning the concept. The latter hears a different way of thinking from someone to which he can relate, and the former gains a deeper understanding of the