Personal Concerns and Next Steps

Throughout this course, I have learned a lot about different ways to teach. I have also learned a lot about myself and how I learn. Allowing students to explore a problem and find their own solutions is what we have learned about. We have learned not to just show them how to do it. I am still not completely comfortable with teaching this way. My teachers always just gave us the solutions and stepped us through solving different problems. This is the way that I am familiar with. It will take some time to feel comfortable with teaching the way we have been learning about. Researching and practicing this method that is new to me are two things that I plan to do to help me with my concerns. Continuing to use this new method will help me with teaching. I know that I will not be comfortable with using it when I first start off teaching. I hope that I do not turn back to the traditional way and the way I was taught when I start teaching. It is important to understand the material you teach and that you know how to teach it to every student. Taking the approach to teaching that we are learning about will be difficult. However, after time I hope that I will be able to use this approach. It is difficult for me to learn how to do a math problem in a way that I am not used to. I am used to solving math problems in the way I was taught. To help with this problem, I will continue to try and practice this new style of teaching.