Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Chapter 10- A Question of Ethics
In Chapter 10, Christenbury discusses being and becoming an ethical teacher. I hope I am never like one of those teachers that walk into the classroom acting like they know everything. I sort of had a teacher like that in high school, and I really remember hating him and him hating me back. I felt like he had no sense of humor, and often times I was afraid to really say anything because I would be shot down because he was the teacher and he was always right, and i am the student and I was always wrong. I don't think that's how it should be. Of course we are older and more educated, but that doesn't mean we are right 100% of the time. I don't think that I had much respect for that teacher, and I don't think I would get much respect if I acted in that way. I think that if we show our students that we are human and that we also make mistakes, they will think more of us.
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I think one of the key points to take away from this chapter is 'ol faithful, "do unto others.."
I don't think any of us want the comments, feelings and behaviors in our classrooms that we experienced. We want to have a great learning environment.
I agree with you, and I think it's important for us to remember that we are learning from our students as much as they are learning from us. If we shoot students down or degrade their voices then we will be losing any chance of a communal learning environment.
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