Sunday, April 6, 2008
Like Kevin I really appreciated the section on questions we don't want to ask. During my field experience we were covering poetry (something I am not overly interested in) and I found myself struggling to find questions that would engage the students. I myself was not particularly engaged and that made it even harder to draw them in. Unfortunately I found myself asking them simple yes/no questions and even fill in the blanks...it was not good. Eventually we moved past this awkward stage and managed to have a pretty great discussion about Frost. I just wish I had read this section earlier so I had been better prepared and the class would have had more time for the good discussion versus the awkward teeth-pulling that had come before...
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I have also struggled a little with asking questions, but it really helped to follow a list I made prior to the lecture. I think the quality will change the more we experience the classroom.
It'll definately be different after a little bit more practice and experience but I also think that it'll come more naturally when we realize that there is a main question that's open-ended in all of our individual lessons. We just need to have a confident grasp on the assignment to keep the questions flowing.
It can be difficult to teach a subject in which there is no personal interest. I think that I'm going to have a problem with grammar.I worry that I won't be able to muster enough interest to teach it. Knowing that you had trouble with poetry but taught it anyway is inspiring.
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