Thursday, November 4, 2010
Concerns and the next step
Having been taught math concepts for 16ish years the traditional way with examples, homework, corrections, and tests it is concerning to me that I am suppose to stop, drop, and roll into a new way of teaching. I have become so wrapped up in trying to figure out what we are suppose to be doing and how to teach it the way our professor wants it to be taught. I look at the concepts presented to us and say I was taught this concept this way so I do not see why it is a terrible way to teach it. I see where our professor is coming from with the concept based learning and wanting students to see the true meaning behind certain parts of math. Do not get me wrong I have had an open mind these past weeks about trying to understand and learn how to teach in the concept based mind but it is so difficult to change in only a matter of weeks. I am staying optimistic in that I can continue to broaden my outlook on certain mathematical ways of thinking and teaching. I have learned many new ideas from this course.
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I agree Katrina learning such a new way of teaching is really hard to do in a matter of a few short weeks. It's hard to change the way we teach when we've been taught the wrong way for so many years.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it is very hard to change your way of doing something when you have been doing it that way your whole life! I have learned many new things throughout this class and if I had never had to take this class, I am certain I would have taught my students the way I was taught. I am glad we were exposed to something different, but agree it will take a while to fully understand this way of teaching.
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