Malala Yousafzai once said, “Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.” When I had decided I wanted to be a teacher, there was a lot of contemplation on what age level and what subject I wanted to teach. It was not until I found myself in my first placement for Teacher Academy that things began to fit into place, I want to become a secondary English teacher. As time passes, I am finding myself with changing opinions on education. (BRIEF PREVIEW NEEDS TO GO IN HERE) In my opinion, students should be able to go to school and learn as well as grow for the benefit of their future.
I believe that the true purpose of school is to provide students with a place to grow and better understand the world around them. Young minds are easily influenced by what they see on television. How they understand the information depends on their home life and how their parents decide to share the information with them. There are some parents who sugar coat everything
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The way they do this can be simple. I believe teachers should interact in a creative way with the class to keep them involved. Instead of being completely lectured based, students can be drawn into the lesson with questions from the teacher or hands on activities. When students ask the teacher questions about the material, I believe a teacher should want to make the students think instead of just giving them a simple answer. If you get their minds heading in the right direction, they can come closer to finding the answer on their own. (PUT IN STRATEGIES/METHODS FOR TEACHING DIVERSE STUDENT LEARNERS) Even with a solid grip on what I believe the teacher’s role in the learning experience is, I know that in class teachers need to be able to adjust how they share information, due to the fact that each student learns