In order to be a teacher, it is very important for you to know what you are teaching your students. Students must understand each concept, in order for that to happen the teacher needs to fully understand it as well. One way to assess how well the teacher is showing subject matter competency is through reflection. This can be through many different things such as assignments and assessments. Assessing students helps show how well the students are understanding each concept. It also shows how well the teacher is presenting the content to the students. The teacher must constantly be aware of how well the students are doing and how much the student understands the content. This connection between the teacher and the student is key. Without subject matter competency, it is very hard for both the student and teacher to connect intellectually.
Explain which classes or experiences have contributed to your understanding of this standard.
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First of all I have learned and demonstrated this in my Foundations of Education class. I had a project that I had to teach the class about a certain section of the book. In order to do so I had to fully understand the content. I have also had this standard integrated into my class Developmental Reading. I need to know all of the information taught, because I then have to teach the content to a student at Wilson Elementary School. If I do not understand the content, there is no possible way for me to teach my student the content correctly. Another class that I have shown I know the content was my Math 119 class. In this class we frequently had to explain to each other how to do the problems we completed. This not only helps the student in the class further understand the problem, but also helps them show their subject matter