Week 5 Theories

A good teacher cares about their students both inside and outside of the classroom.  They want them to excel in their courses and they are also concerned about their safety.  A good teacher knows how to read their students to tell when something is wrong.  They model the behavior and morals they believe their students should also possess.  They act as a strong, moral adult in the lives of the students who may not have many other people to look up to.  A good teacher asks their students a lot of questions in order to make them think more critically and push their perceived limits.  They never stop learning and are open to the belief that they can learn just as much from their students as their students can learn from them.  A good teacher shows passion and enthusiasm for what they are teaching, so that their students will see this and be more engaged in what they are learning.


Week 3 T2P
If a student has the opportunity to work collaboratively with a group of other students of different skill levels, then each student will increase their knowledge of the subject being studied because they will be required to think critically in order to defend their position and bring all members of the group to a shared understanding of the issue.




Revised T2P from week 3
If a student has the opportunity to work collaboratively with a group of other students of different skill levels, then each student will increase their knowledge of the subject being studied because they will be required to think critically in order to defend their position and bring all members of the group to a shared understanding of the issue.  Theorists such as Vygotsky and Lave strongly believe in group work.  It is important for students to gain experience working in groups at a younger age because when they leave school and enter the work force they will most likely have to work in groups.  They will need to share their ideas and listen to other ideas.  They may have to work with people they do not particularly like or get along with, but they will need to work together in order to accomplish a task.  If a student learns how to do this early in their development, it will be much easier for them to continue to do this as they grow.  It is the job of the teacher to prepare the students for what they will encounter after high school.  Each teacher should work to produce students who will make a positive impact on the world they live in.