Characteristic of the Novice Teacher #9- We believe that the novice teacher should be aware of and have respect for human diversity.
The artifact that I feel displays this characteristic is a lesson plan for a lesson that I taught regarding famous mathematicians. I wanted the students to not only learn about different mathematicians and there contributions to that the math the they learn today, but I wanted them to examine their personal life. How did the mathematicians grow up? Where did they live? What kind of family were they from? What obstacles did the mathematicians face? I wanted to put an emphasis on the obstacles that the mathematicians faced and how they worked through them to become successful.
I believe that this lesson is an example of teaching the students about a number of extremely diverse people in our history. They were able to examine individual, societal, and historical factors that contributed to the mathematicians life. The lesson went extremely well and I feel students had a lot of fun with it.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Artifacts and Characteristics of the Novice Teacher #1
Characteristic #1: We believe that the novice teacher should have a commitment to and skills for life-long learning.
The Benedum Collaborative defines life-long learning as "a continuing search for knowledge and understanding." I believe that this characteristic is one of the most important for teachers. Society and ever-changing and people are continually learning new ways to teach our children. Educators should be committed to continuously learn and better themselves as a teacher to be more effective for their students.
My artifact for this characteristic would be a copy of my memberships to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the West Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics (WVCTM). These are two organizations that our C&I instructor suggested that we join. By joining these organizations, I am able to go to conferences around the United States to learn new ways to teach mathematics. Also, journals, lesson plans, and research findings are readily available by becoming a member. I would also include a copy of a lesson plan that I created using NCTM content standards, rather than the WV CSOs.
I feel this artifact shows that I am planning to continuously learn more to become a better and more effective teacher.
The Benedum Collaborative defines life-long learning as "a continuing search for knowledge and understanding." I believe that this characteristic is one of the most important for teachers. Society and ever-changing and people are continually learning new ways to teach our children. Educators should be committed to continuously learn and better themselves as a teacher to be more effective for their students.
My artifact for this characteristic would be a copy of my memberships to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the West Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics (WVCTM). These are two organizations that our C&I instructor suggested that we join. By joining these organizations, I am able to go to conferences around the United States to learn new ways to teach mathematics. Also, journals, lesson plans, and research findings are readily available by becoming a member. I would also include a copy of a lesson plan that I created using NCTM content standards, rather than the WV CSOs.
I feel this artifact shows that I am planning to continuously learn more to become a better and more effective teacher.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Artifacts and Characteristics of the Novice Teacher #7
Characteristic 6 - "We believe that the novice teacher should have in-depth knowledge of content."
One of the many things that I've struggled with while being a pre-service mathematics teacher is the large range of content that I have to teach. One period I could be teaching my students geometry or pre-algebra and the next period could be a class of calculus students. That is why I decided to create a portfolio the compiled all of my exams from each math class that I have taken. I feel that this artifact shows that I have in-depth knowledge of content. I have taken many different types of mathematics class while at West Virginia University and have saved work from each one. This also helps me to see what additional content knowledge I need to master before becoming an effective educator.
One of the many things that I've struggled with while being a pre-service mathematics teacher is the large range of content that I have to teach. One period I could be teaching my students geometry or pre-algebra and the next period could be a class of calculus students. That is why I decided to create a portfolio the compiled all of my exams from each math class that I have taken. I feel that this artifact shows that I have in-depth knowledge of content. I have taken many different types of mathematics class while at West Virginia University and have saved work from each one. This also helps me to see what additional content knowledge I need to master before becoming an effective educator.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Artifacts and Characteristics of the Novice Teacher #7
Characteristic of a Novice Teacher #7- We believe that the novice teacher should effectively integrate content and pedagogy.
During my tutor year in the Benedum Collaborative program, I took a class titled Geometry for Modern Teachers. It was a course that not only taught us Geometry, but how to effectively teach the subject. While in the course, I wrote a paper outlining the Pythagorean Theorem. I was able to prove the theorem in 68 steps. Also, I outlined the West Virginia Content Standards that applied to this project. I also included different ways that I could integrate the knowledge I was taking from this project into my own classroom. This was a project that I worked extremely hard on and am very proud of my work. I would like to include this as an artifact because I believe that it displays my ability to effectively integrate content and pedagogy (characteristic 7). The combination of content knowledge and pedagogy allows educators to know how and what to teach in a particular context. This artifact shows my knowledge of mathematics through my ability to write a proof for a well-known theorem. It also displays my knowledge of pedagogy and how I plan to teach Geometry to my own classes.
During my tutor year in the Benedum Collaborative program, I took a class titled Geometry for Modern Teachers. It was a course that not only taught us Geometry, but how to effectively teach the subject. While in the course, I wrote a paper outlining the Pythagorean Theorem. I was able to prove the theorem in 68 steps. Also, I outlined the West Virginia Content Standards that applied to this project. I also included different ways that I could integrate the knowledge I was taking from this project into my own classroom. This was a project that I worked extremely hard on and am very proud of my work. I would like to include this as an artifact because I believe that it displays my ability to effectively integrate content and pedagogy (characteristic 7). The combination of content knowledge and pedagogy allows educators to know how and what to teach in a particular context. This artifact shows my knowledge of mathematics through my ability to write a proof for a well-known theorem. It also displays my knowledge of pedagogy and how I plan to teach Geometry to my own classes.
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