Please post your third diary entry after you have answered the questions sent to you by email. Remember to answer individually first and then discuss in groups.
1.What is your idea of a perfect teacher? For me, a perfect teacher is the one that fits in the situation of the students he has. He is able to adapt to students and to address their needs. He knows very well the content of his subject and he is also skillful in getting students really acquire or develop certain skill. Therefore, he impacts lives and really makes a change when there is chaos all around the teaching-learning process. A perfect teacher has a heart for his profession and is at the same time someone who practices praiseworthy values such as integrity, justice, and truth.
2.What has been the lowest point of your school career? It was in college when I realized that I was not learning anything; and I did the homework and classes just because. And the worst is that, at the same time, teachers were terribly bad at their subject and just wanted to finish the class quickly. At those moments I wondered “so what’s the point of all of this?
3. Did you go to a public school, or a private school? I have always attended public schools. English learning was in a private school.
4. What was your favorite subject? I remember that in primary, I was fascinated with Spanish; in junior high, I enjoyed physics; in high school, I was delighted with math and biology; and in college, my favorite subject has been didactics.
5. Where did you fit in your schools' social hierarchies? Many times I was the representative of my group.
6. What is impossible to learn in school? I consider that is impossible to learn values that correspond to home education such as love, purity, integrity and compassion.
7. What should they teach that they don't? I think teachers should teach with their examples because this is something they don’t do; they speak about values but they don’t live them.
8. If you wrote a textbook, what would it be called? “The __________ Approach for English Teaching” (After years of research and experience, I’d like to create a new approach to improve English instruction.)
9. How do you feel about your profession choice at this point in your studies? I think I made the right decision because I really like teaching and I have seen how useful it is everywhere. Also there are lots of job opportunities! Teaching is an area of knowledge that is in constant change and I like that.
10. If you could change one thing about education in Mexico, what would it be? I would change the value of competence and the feeling of being better than other students or people, and to promote teamwork as a strategy to succeed in completing a task. I would reduce the years of public college education to 3. I would improve English teaching in public schools. I would make all public schools bilingual in order for students to get used to it and after graduating get a bilingual job (highly requested today by companies).
1.What is your idea of a perfect teacher? For me, I guess is the one that supports the students to be better than her/ him, is the one that shares his/ her knowledge in a meaningful way that can be applied in their daily lives and support them to do their best.
2.What has been the lowest point of your school career? I think, it was when I took classes at night, because I had teachers that were so lazy and it was so stressfull for me because i am the kind of person that I am always in a hurry, and sometimes they didn´t come to classes, or we left early, etc.
3. Did you go to a public school, or a private school? I was In a public school.
4. What was your favorite subject? i always was interested in Science classes, Biology, Chemestry, Geography, because I had teachers that were really interested on gave us meaningful knowledge, they made rallies, contests, games, dynamics, etc.
5. Where did you fit in your schools' social hierarchies? I was representative of my group in Jr. High, but most of times I was just a student.
6. What is impossible to learn in school? I guess everything can happen in a school you can learn whatever you want if you are wide open to do it.
7. What should they teach that they don't? Sometimes values
8. If you wrote a textbook, what would it be called? "What a teacher should do, to teach meaningful content " 9. How do you feel about your profession choice at this point in your studies? I am really glad, because is the best decision I have made, it is funny to work as a teacher I enjoy it. And I think that if you enjoy and love what you do, it is really easy to work.
10. If you could change one thing about education in Mexico, what would it be? I would change the amount of money destinated to education, I guess we need more government support in order to get high education, also the mentality of some techers, that think students are just students not people with feelings, probems, and also they should remember that they were students in some point of his life, so empathy.
1. What is your idea of a perfect teacher? It is my opinion that a perfect teacher does not exist, perfection is not a state that can be reached, however, is the target we should aim at. A good teacher should be aware that the development of the students does not take place only in the academic field, but also in the psycho-social and affective areas as well: a teacher should always encourage the development of the student.
2. What has been the lowest point of your school career? When I studied school for one semester in the night shift I often felt out of place. The night shift basically works well for students who work during the morning, therefore, the teaching-learning process is differently focused from the morning shift. It is my belief that it cannot be said that one shift is better than the other one, because they work from students with diverse needs. This time I did not really fit in the profile for the night shift, my needs and goals were different.
3. Did you go to a public school, or a private school? Public schools. In the case of English and French language learning it is private schooling.
4. What was your favorite subject? Social Studies (mainly History), Literature and Psychology.
5. Where did you fit in your schools' social hierarchies? Most of the time I am a student, I have been teacher and research assistant, as well.
6. What is impossible to learn in school? It is impossible to learn what is not taught.
7. What should they teach that they don't? Knowing and loving our culture. We often look at other countries and the situation they live in, we make comparisons and underestimate our own culture instead of trying to improve it actively.
8. If you wrote a textbook, what would it be called? Mistakes in Education: from a Psychological Point of View.
9. How do you feel about your profession choice at this point in your studies? I feel very glad, since I am sure I made the right decision. Being a teacher is definitely the profession choice that matches my interests and expectations; fortunately I have never hesitated about it.
10. If you could change one thing about education in Mexico, what would it be? The idea that education happens only at school. Education is an ongoing process that takes place everywhere we are, from the cradle to the grave.
1.What is your idea of a perfect teacher? For me, a perfect teacher is who care students, give his/her best in everything that he/she does, try to be updated through courses, congresses, etc; and of course, someone who knows about his subject to be prepared to answer every kind of questions about it.
2.What has been the lowest point of your school career? My first Second opportunity (Phonology) my mom was pretty angry and she said me that if I don’t want to study anymore it would be better if I left the career, I felt so frustrated.
3. Did you go to a public school, or a private school? Public school
4. What was your favorite subject? Arts, Spanish, English and nowadays psychology and literature.
5. Where did you fit in your schools' social hierarchies? Just one more in the group, until University my partners generally forgot that I existed because I didn’t talk to anyone.
6. What is impossible to learn in school? Values, those are learn at home, in school is only a reinforcement of them.
7. What should they teach that they don't? Congruency, because most of the times teachers said that they are in a certain way or try to teach students, for example patient, and they desperate immediately, or they said that he is tolerant, but when someone express a different idea they are not.
8. If you wrote a textbook, what would it be called? “Enjoy, Play and Learn” I started to design it in curricular design. I think in these book as a textbook for children as a way to introduce English for them.
9. How do you feel about your profession choice at this point in your studies? I think that is the best choice I have made in my life, I love it. At the beginning it was just something interesting I like it, but in a different way, like if my career was just for curiosity, on 4th semester (when I left phonology in second opportunity) it was like a challenge for me, finish my career no matter anything. On 6th semester when I started to practice I discovered that I really like my career, I love being in front of a group (not my partners, a real group.)
10. If you could change one thing about education in Mexico, what would it be? First of all contract prepared teacher for basic education, don’t left that anyone, just for being son of X person, start to teach, that is not real education. Then to teach student how to work cooperatively, children need to learn how to work with others and collaborate, and don’t try to make fail others.
Learning – Teaching Experience Pop Quiz
ReplyDelete1.What is your idea of a perfect teacher?
For me, a perfect teacher is the one that fits in the situation of the students he has. He is able to adapt to students and to address their needs. He knows very well the content of his subject and he is also skillful in getting students really acquire or develop certain skill. Therefore, he impacts lives and really makes a change when there is chaos all around the teaching-learning process. A perfect teacher has a heart for his profession and is at the same time someone who practices praiseworthy values such as integrity, justice, and truth.
2.What has been the lowest point of your school career?
It was in college when I realized that I was not learning anything; and I did the homework and classes just because. And the worst is that, at the same time, teachers were terribly bad at their subject and just wanted to finish the class quickly. At those moments I wondered “so what’s the point of all of this?
3. Did you go to a public school, or a private school?
I have always attended public schools. English learning was in a private school.
4. What was your favorite subject?
I remember that in primary, I was fascinated with Spanish; in junior high, I enjoyed physics; in high school, I was delighted with math and biology; and in college, my favorite subject has been didactics.
5. Where did you fit in your schools' social hierarchies?
Many times I was the representative of my group.
6. What is impossible to learn in school?
I consider that is impossible to learn values that correspond to home education such as love, purity, integrity and compassion.
7. What should they teach that they don't?
I think teachers should teach with their examples because this is something they don’t do; they speak about values but they don’t live them.
8. If you wrote a textbook, what would it be called?
“The __________ Approach for English Teaching” (After years of research and experience, I’d like to create a new approach to improve English instruction.)
9. How do you feel about your profession choice at this point in your studies?
I think I made the right decision because I really like teaching and I have seen how useful it is everywhere. Also there are lots of job opportunities! Teaching is an area of knowledge that is in constant change and I like that.
10. If you could change one thing about education in Mexico, what would it be?
I would change the value of competence and the feeling of being better than other students or people, and to promote teamwork as a strategy to succeed in completing a task. I would reduce the years of public college education to 3. I would improve English teaching in public schools. I would make all public schools bilingual in order for students to get used to it and after graduating get a bilingual job (highly requested today by companies).
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ReplyDelete1.What is your idea of a perfect teacher?
For me, I guess is the one that supports the students to be better than her/ him, is the one that shares his/ her knowledge in a meaningful way that can be applied in their daily lives and support them to do their best.
2.What has been the lowest point of your school career?
I think, it was when I took classes at night, because I had teachers that were so lazy and it was so stressfull for me because i am the kind of person that I am always in a hurry, and sometimes they didn´t come to classes, or we left early, etc.
3. Did you go to a public school, or a private school?
I was In a public school.
4. What was your favorite subject?
i always was interested in Science classes, Biology, Chemestry, Geography, because I had teachers that were really interested on gave us meaningful knowledge, they made rallies, contests, games, dynamics, etc.
5. Where did you fit in your schools' social hierarchies?
I was representative of my group in Jr. High, but most of times I was just a student.
6. What is impossible to learn in school?
I guess everything can happen in a school you can learn whatever you want if you are wide open to do it.
7. What should they teach that they don't?
Sometimes values
8. If you wrote a textbook, what would it be called?
"What a teacher should do, to teach meaningful content
"
9. How do you feel about your profession choice at this point in your studies?
I am really glad, because is the best decision I have made, it is funny to work as a teacher I enjoy it. And I think that if you enjoy and love what you do, it is really easy to work.
10. If you could change one thing about education in Mexico, what would it be?
I would change the amount of money destinated to education, I guess we need more government support in order to get high education, also the mentality of some techers, that think students are just students not people with feelings, probems, and also they should remember that they were students in some point of his life, so empathy.
Hello everyone!
ReplyDeleteLearning – Teaching Experience Pop Quiz
1. What is your idea of a perfect teacher?
It is my opinion that a perfect teacher does not exist, perfection is not a state that can be reached, however, is the target we should aim at. A good teacher should be aware that the development of the students does not take place only in the academic field, but also in the psycho-social and affective areas as well: a teacher should always encourage the development of the student.
2. What has been the lowest point of your school career?
When I studied school for one semester in the night shift I often felt out of place. The night shift basically works well for students who work during the morning, therefore, the teaching-learning process is differently focused from the morning shift. It is my belief that it cannot be said that one shift is better than the other one, because they work from students with diverse needs. This time I did not really fit in the profile for the night shift, my needs and goals were different.
3. Did you go to a public school, or a private school?
Public schools. In the case of English and French language learning it is private schooling.
4. What was your favorite subject?
Social Studies (mainly History), Literature and Psychology.
5. Where did you fit in your schools' social hierarchies?
Most of the time I am a student, I have been teacher and research assistant, as well.
6. What is impossible to learn in school?
It is impossible to learn what is not taught.
7. What should they teach that they don't?
Knowing and loving our culture. We often look at other countries and the situation they live in, we make comparisons and underestimate our own culture instead of trying to improve it actively.
8. If you wrote a textbook, what would it be called?
Mistakes in Education: from a Psychological Point of View.
9. How do you feel about your profession choice at this point in your studies?
I feel very glad, since I am sure I made the right decision. Being a teacher is definitely the profession choice that matches my interests and expectations; fortunately I have never hesitated about it.
10. If you could change one thing about education in Mexico, what would it be?
The idea that education happens only at school. Education is an ongoing process that takes place everywhere we are, from the cradle to the grave.
1.What is your idea of a perfect teacher?
ReplyDeleteFor me, a perfect teacher is who care students, give his/her best in everything that he/she does, try to be updated through courses, congresses, etc; and of course, someone who knows about his subject to be prepared to answer every kind of questions about it.
2.What has been the lowest point of your school career?
My first Second opportunity (Phonology) my mom was pretty angry and she said me that if I don’t want to study anymore it would be better if I left the career, I felt so frustrated.
3. Did you go to a public school, or a private school?
Public school
4. What was your favorite subject?
Arts, Spanish, English and nowadays psychology and literature.
5. Where did you fit in your schools' social hierarchies?
Just one more in the group, until University my partners generally forgot that I existed because I didn’t talk to anyone.
6. What is impossible to learn in school?
Values, those are learn at home, in school is only a reinforcement of them.
7. What should they teach that they don't?
Congruency, because most of the times teachers said that they are in a certain way or try to teach students, for example patient, and they desperate immediately, or they said that he is tolerant, but when someone express a different idea they are not.
8. If you wrote a textbook, what would it be called?
“Enjoy, Play and Learn”
I started to design it in curricular design. I think in these book as a textbook for children as a way to introduce English for them.
9. How do you feel about your profession choice at this point in your studies?
I think that is the best choice I have made in my life, I love it. At the beginning it was just something interesting I like it, but in a different way, like if my career was just for curiosity, on 4th semester (when I left phonology in second opportunity) it was like a challenge for me, finish my career no matter anything. On 6th semester when I started to practice I discovered that I really like my career, I love being in front of a group (not my partners, a real group.)
10. If you could change one thing about education in Mexico, what would it be?
First of all contract prepared teacher for basic education, don’t left that anyone, just for being son of X person, start to teach, that is not real education. Then to teach student how to work cooperatively, children need to learn how to work with others and collaborate, and don’t try to make fail others.