Reference no: EM133475712
Assignment:
- Your definition of an effective teacher/counselor
- Your metaphor or symbol of teaching/counseling: key words and images
- Analysis of successful and unsuccessful learning situations
- Teachers you admire
- Times when you have been an effective teacher. What were you doing? Why and How? Times when you were ineffective? What were you doing? How can you improve that?
- What are your strengths as a teacher? How will you capitalize on this? What are your weaknesses? How will you improve this?
- What kind of learning do I hope that my teaching environment will foster?
- Which theory or theories best fit with your own views of teaching/therapy?
1. What excites you about what you will teach/counsel?
2. What is your chief learning goal for your students/clients?
3. How will you motivate your students/clients?
4. What activities do you intend to bring to your classes/sessions and why have you chosen these activities?
5. How will you encourage students to talk to you and to each other inside and outside class (this question does not apply to clients)?
6. What sorts of tasks will you set for students/clients to assess their learning/progress?
7. How will you give students/clients feedback about their learning?
8. What beliefs do you have about students/clients as learners?
9. What do you believe is the overall or primary purpose of education/therapy?
10. What do you believe is the role of content or subject matter in education?
11. What do you believe is the role of personal experience in education/therapy?
12. How do you believe students/clients learn best?
13. What do you believe is the primary role of the teacher/therapist in education/therapy?
14. What emphasis will you place on living and learning in community, collaborative knowledge building, support and respect for one another?
15. To what extent and in what ways are you concerned with students'/clients' understanding their place in society and becoming good members of society?
16. In what ways do you want to focus your teaching on having your students/clients think and act in ways that reflect deep understanding and respect for the environmental consequences of what they do?