This week in social studies methods we have been presenting our traditional lesson plans, and we have combined with another class. The combining of the classes have been really neat, because we have a lot of different kinds of education majors in our class. This gave the class a lot of diversity while we were teaching lessons, because we all come from different backgrounds.
The article that I found this week is from Science of Us, and is titled How Schools Are Failing Their Quietest Students. This article stuck out to me, because we all know that one student or friend, we have had in class, and they will sit their and literally say nothing the whole time. As a teacher how do we help that student? How do we help these students to develop these crucial social skills, that they will, without a doubt, need in the real world? We need to be able to talk to these students and see where they are in their learning. In this article it talks about a conference that teachers are having now, where they sit down and make a plan for introverted students. Introverted students are not weird or different in any way, but sometimes we do not know what these students are thinking, and getting them to participate can be hard. During these meetings, the teachers talk about different strategies they can use in the classroom to get their introverted students involved and engaged.
This article relates to the North Carolina Teaching Standard number 1, teacher leadership. The teacher needs to take the leadership role in the classroom, and figure out different strategies to help their students.
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/03/how-schools-are-failing-their-quietest-students.html
Amber,
ReplyDeleteThis is a really interesting topic to me because when I was coming through school, I was one of those students. My teachers had to make an extra effort to get me involved and volunteer me to participate in class. I knew the material and knew the answers the majority of the time, I was just too shy to share my knowledge with the class. As a future teacher, this is something I worry about. I definitely got some tips with how to ensure that this will not happen in my classroom. My goal is to have all of my students involved and comfortable in my classroom. I will take the time to assist them individually and make sure to include them in all class activities.