Essential Question: How can we facilitate and design excellent teaching and learning?
The first week of classes as a senior in agriculture education has been a whirlwind of knowledge, reflection, and fun. This week I have learned that it is okay to not be perfect on your first try at something new, so long as you learn from the mistakes that were made. This concept is a reflection of a growth mindset. I was excited to read the weekly investment resources for this week because I feel that they tie in with our current discussion as well as build upon a new topic. I found one topic that jumped out at me the most which was: what are the principles of effective teaching? I found this information very useful as I reflect on my first week of classes. The principles of teaching and learning held 16 principles of effective teaching. While each principle is important, I have chosen a few that I feel connects to the discussions I have had during my first week of AEE classes.
Principle 1: When the content matter possesses meaning, organization, clarity, and structure, learning occurs more rapidly for students
Principle 3: Students must be motivated to learn.
Principle 5: Success is a strong motivating force.
Principle 10: Directed learning is more effective then undirected learning.
Principle 12: Students learn what they practice.
These are just a few points that piqued my interest as I continue my student teaching journey. These principles remind me that I am still learning ways to be an effective teacher and adopting a growth mindset will ensure that I never stop learning. I know it will take time, patience, practice, and excellent role models before I can consider myself an expert teacher. As I continue my journey, I know that I will be given the tools needed to be an effective teacher. It is up to me to utilize these resources to be the best version I can be for my future students!
References
Newcomb, L.H., McCracken, J.D., Warmbrod, J.R., & Whittington, M.S (1993). Methods of teaching agriculture. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall
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Olivia, some of the principles of teaching and learning really stood out to me as well! How will you use these to your benefit during student teaching?
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing Olivia - The reference for the methods text is a touch old - I believe the latest edition was 2004!
ReplyDeleteOlivia, thanks for identifying the points from this week's readings that stood out to you the most. I challenge you to reflect on how these can connect to your future experiences in the classroom, and to provide more detail as to why they are important to you. Great first weekly post!
ReplyDeleteHey Olivia, Great job on capturing items of interest from this weeks readings.
ReplyDeleteAs you may know, my summer reading was on intrinsic motivation. You mentioned two principles involving motivation. How can we relate them to intrinsic motivation rather than carrots and sticks motivation (extrinsic)
Olivia, great points that you pulled out from the readings! I was wondering if you had any insight into effective teaching coming from being homeschooled? What kind of a difference is there in that aspect as compared to a public school setting? I'm always interested to hear what happens in different settings, I'm sure some things are very similar too.
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