How Teachers Inspire Students I remember the first day I stood in the bright dancing room with many beautiful girls. I was nervous but preoccupied because it was also the first time I met my dancing teacher, a slim and elegant woman with long dark hair and attractive eyes. “Do you know what you will learn in this class?” She stood in front of us and asked. “Dancing!” We gazed her and answered with one voice. “Not exactly, young girls.” She smiled demurely, “You will learn a new language which is the most special in the world, and I will teach you how to regard your arms and legs as pens to write your poetry with your own exceptional words. Can you imagine how beautiful it is? ” There was the first time I was enchanted by a teacher, …show more content…
Even though I have come to the United States, every word she said, and every movement she showed in that dancing room still often appear in my mind. To me, there are many great teachers in the world like my dancing teacher; therefore, I believe that excellent teachers can motivate their students when they set high expectations, have an engaging teaching technique and build a positive relationship with students.(NC) Setting high expectations for students and encouraging them to build self-confidence is the first way that great teachers do to make students interested in learning. When students join a new class and acquire new knowledge, they feel restless and always doubt …show more content…
Creating an appearing class atmosphere and showing a particular teaching style to students can make teachers attractive and convictive. Hence, excellent and flexible teachers will use special ways to make their students bask their class and love what they learn instead of imparting knowledge ponderously. One teacher who has an engaging teaching technique and makes students enjoy her class is Stephanie Terry, whose students are all African Americans in Duke Ellington Primary School. One technique she uses in class is to stimulate students’ curiosity and to show them how to find an answer independently in order to encourage the powers of their observation and critical thinking. For example, during one experiment, she lets students observe the habits and abilities of tree frog instead of using lectures. When students lean forward to scrutinize the tree frog, she keeps asking them many suggestive questions about what they have discovered and how could that be, and she is content to guide them to find the answers by themselves. Meanwhile, when she aids them to do the brainstorming, they are incited by her because they luxuriate her class and the process of exploring knowledge. Interaction is another technique Stephanie Terry uses in class for motivating students. To improve students’ reading and writing skills, she builds the Author’s
No one knows for sure where the ponies came from.The Chincoteague ponies stand at twelve to thirteen hands. Chincoteague ponies are stocky with short legs, thick manes, and large round bellies. Assateague Island is a harsh environment for them to live and their diet is limited. We will be focusing on the Chincoteague pony roundup. You will learn about the History, The modern day, How did the book Misty of Chincoteague help the pony roundup become famous,You will also learn about the ponies on Assateague island, Finally you will learn a few quick facts about Assateague island. Did you know for a horse to be considered a pony it has to stand less the 14 hands or 4.6 feet?
After dancing over thirteen years at Annabel Timm’s School of Ballet, I was given the opportunity to help teach a hip-hop class for kids in elementary school. Every Wednesday night, I would meet fifteen little girls at the studio and teach them a new dance to perform in front of their parents. After only a few lessons, each girl became such an important part in my life. During class I would answer their questions about technique and different fundamentals of dance, but when class was over I answered questions about their homework and talked them through all of their problems pertaining home and school. I realized I wasn’t just a dance assistant to them, but I was a mentor.
Competitive reality shows are so popular because they challenge the contestants. After accepting the challenge the contestants must navigate their way through a myriad of obstacles with one goal in mind...winning. In order to win they have to break out of their comfort zone. We watch in excitement, we want them to win because they are working so hard.
Imagine sitting in a classroom, surrounded by children the same age as yourself. While sitting there, you begin to pay attention to your teacher but along with your classmates you have no clue what she is teaching. The teacher pays no attention to the student’s capabilities and interests. As a result, the students may begin to feel frustrated, powerless and degraded. As a future teacher, these are some of the things we want to try to avoid.
When you have no place to go, the old Christmas song line of "Let It Snow" rings true. After all, newly fallen snow in an open field or a densely populated city makes for quite the postcard.
No one knows for sure where the ponies came from.The chincoteague ponies stand at twelve to thirteen hands. Chincoteague ponies are stocky with short legs, thick manes, and large round bellies. Assateague island is a harsh environment for them to live and there diet is limited. We will be focusing on the Chincoteague pony roundup. You will learn about the History, The modern day, How did the book Misty of Chincoteague help the pony roundup become famous,You will also learn about the ponies on Assateague island, Finally you will learn a few quick facts about assateague island. Did you know for a horse to be considered a pony it has to stand less the 14 hands or 4.6 feet?
A positive mood in the classroom increases the students self-efficacy. I stand at the doorway and greet each child as he or she enters the classroom. A simple, “Hello, how are you?” is often enough to put a smile on the face of most students. Choice is also a very important motivator in increasing the self efficacy of a student (Brozo & Flint, 2008). I allow the students to demonstrate choice in several ways. I give each student several appropriate leveled books to select from. The student chooses from a “menu” of interesting and engaging group activities to demonstrate mastery. I need to change the students’ thinking from “I can’t” to “I can.” One strategy is to increase the chances that a student will have a successful academic experience. The student should be assigned short attainable tasks that are moderately challenging. The assignment should not be so easy that the student is insulted or so hard that he gives up. Once the student demonstrates mastery and realizes that he can be successful, I gr...
For my “How to do” speech my goal was to share with the class an interesting and informative way to learn something new. Due to the speeches time limit, I knew I needed to be well prepared. I wanted to be less nervous before and during my speech. While presenting I was nervous, but I didn’t really have time for these feelings to sink in because I was focused on the information I wanted to share with the audience. I enjoyed presenting in the second group of speeches so I could see my peers different types of speaking style. The audience seemed alert and interested in my topic which made it a little bit easier for me to speak, because there weren’t any distractions in the room from people not paying attention. I think part of that was because
Each year, as a new group of students enter my classroom, I will encourage them to be expressive of their imaginations in their favorite subjects, whether it will be art, literature, math or music. We all have rules and regulations to follow, and each student will know that there is no exception in the school or the classroom. Another goal in my classroom will be to keep the students excited about learning, not to treat school as a game or a social event, but to encourage a unique and fun atmosphere to learn.
An effective teacher will excite, inspire and motivate students to be active in their learning, investigate new areas of knowledge and make connections to future learning (Whitton et al 2010). When a teacher is successful, their students are motivated, mutually respectful and ready to build on their knowledge and solve real-world problems. To be a teacher of value, one must have many skills and qualities to cater for a diversity of learners and their individual development; this includes many personal traits that are noticed students.
My interest in teaching started at a young age. I used to watch my teachers in awe as they were able to find new ways to get their students involved and excited to learn. Their enthusiasm to teach was so inspiring. I would often find myself using that same fervor as I grasped each concept. I, then, was able to relay it to my fellow classmates as a peer tutor. To this day, becoming a teacher is a passion that flows through me. However, my enthusiasm and passion are not the only reasons I would be a good teacher. I aspire to see a student’s ability to grasp the knowledge they never before understood. I aspire to see a student succeed at something they never thought they ever could. I aspire to not only support students with academic skills, but also with life lessons about the value of community, pride in one’s own ethnicity, good citizenship, sportsmanship, and more. I aspire to play a fundamental role in ensuring that all students from all cultures and learning abilities have the opportunity to be guided in a positive learning
One of the biggest influences on the youth in society today are teachers, adults that students are in everyday contact with. Teachers are needed to instruct youth and students to be quality citizens in the community and to teach students values, morals and to educate the youth on how to become better people as well as helping adolescents grow into adulthood. A respectable goal for someone becoming a teacher is be devoted to the profession, take schooling seriously, and sincerely care for the students. There are many steps one must take in order to become a teacher including fulfilling general and college requirements, truly knowing what it takes to be a high school English teacher, and what each state requirements and job descriptions consist
In today’s classroom, the teacher is no longer viewed as the sole custodian of knowledge. The role of a teacher has evolved into being amongst one of the sources of information allowing students to become active learners, whilst developing and widening their skills. Needless to say, learning has no borders – even for the teacher. One of the strongest beliefs which I cling to with regards to teaching is that, teaching never stops and a teacher must always possess the same eagerness as a student. Through several interactions with other teachers, I always strive for new ideas, techniques, teaching styles and strategies that I might add to my pedagogical knowledge. Furthermore, through personal reflection, feedback and evaluation...
I think all students yearn to learn. We as future teachers need to motivate students with learning, exploring, investigating, discovering and inquiring. Together you will be learning and teaching.