WEEK3

** Image: http://www.maine.gov/education/bullyingprevention/communication.htm Summary of Third Lecture March 16 **  ** Author :Akie Yoshida **  < So you want to be a teacher!> Watch his You Tube!! [|Jamie] The lecture started with a story of Jaime Escalante who gained fame and distinction for his work in teaching poor minority students. After being confronted with some difficulties in his teaching career, he came up with some beliefs that teachers should have, which are ・ to innovate ・ not to be discouraged and to be proud of what you believe ・ not to give up Before you step into a class as a teacher, there are two questions you should think about “Who am I?” and “What is your view of the content?”

You need a theory of culture, morality, your subject and so on, so that you can reflect what you teach. The second question is crucial when you teach as students would see and know the contents through your view. Teacher should not follow only what VELS says. The important thing for teacher is to think about your content based on the curriculum and maximize the possibility of content you can bring to your student. A teacher who had lesson in life and death, in which students build dying a teacher’s coffin is a great example of how content can be brought out by one teacher. Another point that teacher should note regarding the subject matter is that there are always different meanings in different context. That’s why teachers should not stand only on the side line and should be aware of different points of view.

In my opinion, it is true that teacher have great impact on how children grasp the world. Some kids might say science is boring because of the teacher. Great teachers who are knowledgeable and passionate to science could bring the amazing science world for children. I think each subject is interesting and worth learning. It depends on how teacher present the class and how they get students involved. Every human being is imperfect. So are teachers. I believe that as a teacher, one is a job is required to make constant effort to create the best education for students.  Author: Eileen Gomes __**
 * __Reflection on the Third Week's Workshop

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This week's workshop helped us relate to one major question that we might ask ourselves all the time, 'So you want to be a teacher?'.

Firstly, we were given a couple of questions regarding the aspect of becoming a teacher, which we needed to answer questions accordingly from our personal views. The variety of questions targeted the past, present and futuristic experiences that we've had or we think will have. After answering the questions in a 10 min. time spand, we engaged in a small discussion with a partner on how these questions spoke to us, personally.

The next activity, we got into 7 small groups to discuss one particular topic from some of questions answered from the previous task. In this activity we needed to write down ONE word to describe the topic we were given. This activity was difficult, as we narrowed a lot of ideas described into one. We wrote down our answers on the white board as time ran out, but it gave us knowledge about what other groups had to say and to also keep in mind of the words described and how they fit into the world of teaching.

I think both the activities done is tutorial today were high affective for teaching insights. The interaction between our peers, in my opinion helps people to be less shy, engage and interact with other peers and also role play from a teacher's perspectives. This brings higher self-esteem and builds personal recognition. I found a great website which introduces the work of a teacher- []

Author: Zhao Wei Peng (Bon) ** Teachers play a significant role in one’s life because they are engaged in the quality of their students knowing. However, how much could a teacher add new skills and knowledge on one’s prior experience, or even change one’s paradigm? **Teaching and Transformation**, written by Bernie Neville, may ignite the fuse which leads us to think about this question. In this essay, Neville first assorts learning as imitation and individuation. He recognizes imitation learning as a basic mode which leads people to learn from others. On the other hand, he emphasizes the importance of individuation in terms of the tendency of becoming ourselves, in another word, self-actualization. In his point of view, self-actualization contains two meanings: to survive, and to grow. An interesting idea in this article is that the author makes an analogy between the structure of knowledge and the onion. In his theory, it is hard to change the deeper layer of this onion rather than simply add something to the surface layer if we only take use of incremental learning. By contrast, transformative learning makes it possible to change someone significantly by modeling, coaching, facilitation or engaging in a collaborative exploration. What is worth mentioning here is that the premise of transformation is to make sure the students learn under the condition of safety. People learn in order to protect themselves rather than change their convictions when under threat. Theme of this week is "Teacher" itself. Who are you? Who are your students?Why do you teach? Personally, I would like to teach becuase I think education is the most important function performed in our culture, or for that matter, in any culture. Teachers can not only change the world but they can improve it as well. What is more? Teaching is a kind of art .I consider myself an actor in an unacknowledged theatre whenever I teach and I perform my educational plays before my students .We share and care, I make use of all what I know and I feel to satisfy their needs and wants .We formulate the whole world in a classrom .That is why I like to teach.
 * Reflection on the Third Week's Reading

Some thoughts from the third lecture Author Haining-Lu ** The third lecture given by Dr. Howard Nicholas was certainly an exciting and inspiring lecture for us pre-service teachers. In the lecture titled "So you want to be a teacher", Dr. Howard presented us many questions that we need to ask ourselves as a teacher. Teaching is a complex task. It is beyond merely knowledge transmission. We have to ask ourselves a lot of questions. What is worth teaching? Who are our students? What values and beliefs do we hold as a teacher?... I think learning and teaching is a combined process, which is also the most important reason for me, wanting to be a teacher.
 * //Teaching and Transformation// by Bernie Neville**:http://webct.latrobe.edu.au/webct/urw/lc13427940466051.tp13427940488051//RelativeResourceManager;JSESSIONID=m3MMKGMC9pPdBBhJpKB5dLy5ySbP22sFGlsLr9fBJvF1y3nQTJ9K!1427600735!ecourse8.latrobe.edu.au!80!-1!-2075335019!ecourse10.latrobe.edu.au!80!-1!1245990018184?contentID=14042298880051
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