As a teacher I envision myself: respecting my students with high expectations; cultivating their love of learning and stimulating their curiosity. I see myself always remembering that people are more important than content and standing as a witness that each student is a unique individual with her own background, culture, knowledge and power. I foresee my classroom as a safe, comfortable place where people collaborate, rather than compete and where students (and teacher) encourage one another in all ways
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Wow. Your vision is really touching. One aspect that really caught my attention was having high expectations for your students. I think that those we teach really respond to the expectations we have of them. You, as a teacher, hold a very important power card in this situation, and you will make the most of it by pushing each student to reach his potential. I also really like the development of your class as a place of collaboration. Especially in capitalist America, we forget about helping one another in our efforts to be THE best. This is such an important skill to learn, and I think, will ultimately lead to a more successful democracy.
ReplyDeleteI think that this should be the goal of any educator. To provide a safe, comfortable place of learning for their students. Without either of these it makes it very difficult, or impossible, to actually learn and share knowledge.
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