Sunday, October 5, 2014

Weekly Writing

                                

                      Modeling Effective Teaching Techniques - Very Beneficial!


After this week’s readings of Newcomb I have come to realize that I, an aspiring agriculture educator, am responsible to use a lot of techniques to keep my students engaged.  I am responsible for leading the Learning Process by using a wide range of approaches.  To begin allow me to share with you the six steps in the learning process:

1.       Experiencing a provocative situation
2.       Defining the problem – clarifying questions to be answered
3.       Seeking data and information
4.       Formulating possible solutions
5.       Testing proposed solutions
6.       Evaluating the results

These steps lead into things for me as the teacher, known as Problem-Solving Approach to Teaching.  These particular steps are as follows: Interest Approach, Objective to be achieved, Problems to be solved – questions to be answered, Problem solution, Testing solutions through application and, Evaluation of solutions. 

The learning process and the problem-solving approach to teaching are two things that in my opinion – can be intertwined.  They can be intertwined in ways that promote independence, make use of multiple opinions, evaluate and apply information, and even teach students how to learn.  Some of the activities that can be utilized to achieve these goals are: supervised study, experiments, independent study, the use of student notebook, and a variety of papers that contain information, skills, and assignments. 


This week’s readings have helped me as the educator to realize that I have a lot of resources available to me to better my students.  Something that is nice is that these resources and techniques are things that are very little cost to no cost at all.  This means that to be a good teacher and to really hone in on the learning process, does not mean that I have to be at a wealthy school.  I am excited to incorporate all of these great ideas into my future lesson plans especially as I prep to student teach!

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