Every teacher should develop a teaching philosophy and share with the others. In order for one to develop a teaching philosophy, he or she must first understand core beliefs and personal assumptions. With these understanding, a teacher is able to know and justify why a certain act has occurred or not. He or she is also able to justify the specific acts of teaching. To be effective in classrooms, teachers must first identify, clarify and analyze their beliefs using the sources of their beliefs, is there a valid evidence for these beliefs, is one willing to learn each day and does one belief in the crucial components of an engaging class (Caukin and Brinthaupt, 2017). By analyzing and reflecting on their beliefs one is able to come up with a teaching philosophy that will help one clarify and articulate his or her system of beliefs. When one develops a teaching philosophy, it influences one’s teaching practices, it permits one to continually examine, evaluate, grow, reflect on attitudes and values towards learning and express one’s beliefs in action (Lang, 2010).
Riff Raff being a fair student who appears to be shy with no interaction with the teacher or other students the best thing to help him is to constantly engage with him and give him more attention. Making him feel comfortable will reduce his shyness. Show the other students that he is approachable by making him interact with them. Riff Raff is a shy student and presentations on a daily basis will make him always feel out of place introducing other teaching strategies such as group discussions or role-playing engaging Riff Raff too (Aelterman et al., 2014). Using other teaching strategies can make him feel comfortable reducing his shyness making it possible to participate in the presentations in the remaining part of the course.
Frank is a reliable, outgoing and intelligent student who is constantly disrupting the class by attempting to discredit the teachers’ statements where he argues and questions facts the teacher is presenting the class. Having constantly discussed this behavior with him and noting he is still not changing one can choose to ignore him this will show him that he is not the center of attention where he can change gradually (Crookes, 2015). One can also challenge him by giving him extra work and put his intelligence into use by giving him presentations once a while this will make him feel his being appreciated and stop constantly disrupting the class.
Magenta is a mother, a caregiver and has a full-time job. This makes her always late and never prepared for class making her struggle in her studies. With all these responsibilities, she is unable to find any free time for her studies. Magenta has accepted her situation and is ready for any opinions to help her improve. As her teacher, one can advise her to fix her schedule at least by creating two to three hours where she can study especially at night when her children and her mother are asleep (Bourne et al., 2015). This will help her concentrate more in her studies. Advising her to take extra work home to recover for the lost time in class and she is able to complete her assignments in time.
Columbia is a hard worker, never absent and hands in her assignments in time. Her problem is that she is still failing in her written work and exams. Having discussed this issue with her where she indicates she studies at least three to four hours a day and still not getting it. Columbia is hard working and as her teacher, one can help her by giving her extra work to help her improve (Caukin and Brinthaupt, 2017). Studying for long hours may turn out not help her, encouraging her to study one to two hours then take a break and later continue helping her break the boredom (Bourne et al., 2015). The concentration rate is two to three hours where one needs a break. With these practices, Columbia can improve in her studies since she has the will and is ready for help.
Eddie has a problem of constantly missing due dates and seem not to be sorry rather he brags about it to his fellow students. With this kind of behavior, he can encourage other students too since even after submitting assignments late one will still pass. As Eddie’s teacher, one can teach him a lesson by failing him in one course. This will make him realize there are consequences of late assignments and bragging about it like it is a good behavior (Lang, 2010). Janet is a very bright student whereas her teacher one should advise her that at the end grades do not really matter (Aelterman et al., 2014). Her behaviors can also make others students who do not get good grades feel they do not do their best. After discussing with her, Janet may consider changing by rather accepting what she gets without causing drama if she fails.
Every teacher has different beliefs about teaching. Many teachers tend to have the beliefs that they know everything and cannot stand to be corrected. As a teacher, I believe that students and teachers should engage in collaborative learning where engaging everyone (Farrell and Ives, 2015). Teaching strategies such as group discussions, roleplaying, presentations etc. helps in engaging each student letting them suggest and point out where they do not understand (Hegarty, 2015). Presentations help by allowing each student gain confidence to stand in front of a crowd preparing them for the world. Teachers should be open to learning from students where they acquire more knowledge. When a teacher learns a new thing from a student, he or she feels appreciated and is motivated to continue with the research or studies.
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