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.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
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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