This week's readings really start to hit home, as well as stir something up in me. There are many aspects to what I believe as a teacher as well as many variables that impact my philosophy. Some of it comes from what I remember enjoying as a student growing up; a part comes from what you learn in college; and some from experience and the experience of those around me.
One thing from our reading that kind of stuck out, was a quote of teacher's taking it personally when someone does not like their teaching, even if the person critiquing likes you as a person, they may criticize a teaching practice/believe/philosophy of yours and it really hits your heart.
http://youtu.be/wuyrP_HhWEg<---- times they are a changing
http://youtu.be/HqOub-heGQc<---- Matt Damon's Speech at Save our Schools 2011
http://youtu.be/7bIQ4-3XSxU <---- What Makes Great Teachers
http://youtu.be/eUyLwXhqlWU <---- Charlie Brown Teacher
This week I got sucked into YouTube and watched many videos on teachers. Many of them show (not always tell) what their beliefs are. One thing I really liked about the Charlie Brown clip is that Linus feels so important to his teacher, like he REALLY matters.. I think this is really important in a classroom, among many other things. I think it is very important that student's know that their teacher cares about them. There is a quote that goes something like, "They don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care."
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