The second day was another fresh start, new classes and new students. I was abel to complete my bulletin board that day so that was a relief. I was once agin able to observe the classes and the students. I was able to ask them questions and see what they liked and disliked about the classes ansd the curriculum. My favorite part of the day was observing the child care class. Oh man.. The kids were a hoot. I was able to help with the snack part. This one little girl came up to me and asked me if I was a missionary, because of my tag I would assume. It was quite funny.. The entire class of girls laughed and it was a story to tell for sure.
Teaching style:
It ws interesting to see the class of students taguht the preschool and how they all worked together. How the teacher was able to sit back and let them rule to roost. Im sure in the students minds it was a confidence builder to know that the teacher trusted them enough to not hover over them as they taught. I was also impressed how the teacher who was incharge of the adult roles class actually was able to incorporate hands on activities. It was the first that i had seen and the kids really really loved it. She presented balloons as different types of stresss. Then added more and more to see how the students could handle the stress. The balloons fell and they were able to see how if they had a method and a way to manage the balloons things would work out. It was an excellent idea!
Management:
Today was not a big day for the management stuff. I was able to see a wider variety of classroom activities. That ultimatly lead to less disruption and more cooperation, allowing a successful lesson to be taught.
Discipline:
It's amazing to me how rude people can be let alone a student to a teacher. There was a student who called a teacher a horrid name. The teacher just said "thats fine" and brushed it off. I wonder if the teacher didn't know whatthe name meant or if they were just not caring. It was sure interesting that nothing was done.
2 comments:
Thank you for sharing the teaching techniques you saw. Perfect example.
On management, it is always present, either bad or good. It is the way it is set up or not, the way the class is organized or not, the way laundry is done or not, the way papers are handled or not... you get the point. On the next three blogs tell us how you feel what you are seeing affects your own practice. What will you do? Will it be the same? How will it be different?
I have noticed that my sister does stuff to teachers I never would have dreamed of doing. She isn't vicious, it's all joking with the teachers, but I would not do what she does.
I personally wonder what I will do when a student calls me names, that will be a major test for me.
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