Personal Concerns and Next Steps

You may blog about genuine personal concerns created as a result of the experiences in this course.

These last few weeks of class we have been listening to different peers present about different topics. We have mostly followed a progression from beginning number sense to learning about different probabilites. While everyone has done an excellent job at their presentations, I still feel like I do not have a full understanding of the different topics. I tried my hardest to follow what they were saying and complete the different activities. I would have liked a little more. I'm not exactly sure what, but something could be changed. At times everything felt very disorganized. We also nine times out of ten ran out of class time for further clarification.

Using the constructivist approach to teaching seems very important in this class. For me to feel comfortable teaching somewhat in a constructivist approach, I need to feel comfortable with the materials presented in the classroom. I know I am going to have a variety of students and that I am going to have to present a variety of levels to a topic. I will have to review materials and hope that they sink in. I almost feel that there was too much material and not enough time.