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Teaching Philosophy
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INTASC Principle 7
The teacher plans
instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, students,
the community, and curriculum goals.
There are many variables
to be considered when planning a lesson over a subject. It is always
valuable to know what the curriculum goals are. From that knowledge
one can then begin to determine ways in which to provide learning opportunities
that support the curriculum goals. When planning teachers must keep
in mind the student’s prior knowledge, the teachers knowledge of the subject
matter, as well as the community resources and dispositions about the subject.
The most important aspect in the planning is that a teacher
is capable of being flexible with the lesson. While it is important
to have plans on how to present material and provide learning experiences,
they are no good if the students are not learning. Therefore teachers
must be ready to slow down or even speed up all based upon the students.
In math classes I always felt like my teachers needed
to incorporate this principle into their teaching. I have a math phobia,
I guess you could say, I always have to work really hard to keep up with what
is going on in the class and sometimes fell behind because teachers would
teach a concept and I would not understand. As math is all built upon
steps and I did not understand one of the steps, everything that was taught
after that step/concept was like Greek to me. I always wanted my teachers
to realize that I did not understand and slow down so that I could catch
up.
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