My favorite kind of teachers were always the ones that were able to tie in real-world situations along with appealing to multiple groups. Teaching while pausing the lesson with conversation about the topic is important for me to feel like I could step in and ask a question or make a comment. As a learner when I didn't feel comfortable asking questions it was usually because the teacher went from one topic to the next feeling rushed. Visual, hands-on, it all came the same to me and one never seemed to top another. But however, the connections between the curriculum was shown from one lesson to another is when I was all about it!
Music and film was something that wasn't introduced to my learning until high school and it made a huge difference! Teachers would play music during downtime or free work and I felt zoned in and the creative juices flowing, which carried through to my life now. Films were implemented in my English classes in high school and this was another aspect that allowed me to view what we were learning in a different form. I found myself more intrigued and connected when these forms were used.
Flipped learning is something that I can be for or against depending on the day of the week... In a board room making decisions, I can see how this may seem like a great idea. Have the students stay quiet and watch a video at home rather than staying quiet and listening to someone in class and using up face to face time. When the students are in the classroom they should be able to take all that time to ask questions and practice about what they learned the previous night! But what happens when the students don't watch the videos or say they do but nothing really clicks. That ideal scenario is out the window. As a teacher, I could see this be frustrating. I have no control over the way my lesson is perceived or how the students are reacting. On the other hand, as a student, I think I would enjoy this. I loved learning and was always wanting to soak up as much as I could. So if I could do that part at home and learn even more by asking questions and practicing with my teacher there the next day, it would be a dream! Students interact and react with things so differently so not being able to roll with the punches during a lesson because they are at home watching I believe could be detrimental to the learning process and something that would have to be restructured the next day. All of this just seems like something that in a perfect world would be great! In life though, things happen, people are real and this just isn't realistic.
Music and film was something that wasn't introduced to my learning until high school and it made a huge difference! Teachers would play music during downtime or free work and I felt zoned in and the creative juices flowing, which carried through to my life now. Films were implemented in my English classes in high school and this was another aspect that allowed me to view what we were learning in a different form. I found myself more intrigued and connected when these forms were used.
Flipped learning is something that I can be for or against depending on the day of the week... In a board room making decisions, I can see how this may seem like a great idea. Have the students stay quiet and watch a video at home rather than staying quiet and listening to someone in class and using up face to face time. When the students are in the classroom they should be able to take all that time to ask questions and practice about what they learned the previous night! But what happens when the students don't watch the videos or say they do but nothing really clicks. That ideal scenario is out the window. As a teacher, I could see this be frustrating. I have no control over the way my lesson is perceived or how the students are reacting. On the other hand, as a student, I think I would enjoy this. I loved learning and was always wanting to soak up as much as I could. So if I could do that part at home and learn even more by asking questions and practicing with my teacher there the next day, it would be a dream! Students interact and react with things so differently so not being able to roll with the punches during a lesson because they are at home watching I believe could be detrimental to the learning process and something that would have to be restructured the next day. All of this just seems like something that in a perfect world would be great! In life though, things happen, people are real and this just isn't realistic.
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