To Teach or to Educate
I chose education as my major because I want to make a impact on a child's life. I love children and want to be a role model for them. I do not want to just teach, I want to be an educator. Indeed, I want to inspire children to learn and advance in their knowledge abilities. I will not be that teacher that makes students just accept everything I say as facts. As a educator, I will be a mentor and help my students advance in their learning experiences. I will be an adviser and be there for every student that needs advise. I plan to make learning a fun experience. I will keep my students up to date with the advancing technology and the experiences going on in the world. We are constantly exposed
to new things and are given the opportunity to share these experiences with
others, therefore we have the chance to educate people everywhere we go.This post is about a School Curriculum Instructional Interventionist Academic Specialist who confronts Mr. Spencer about allowing students to take pencils home. She had a journal article about how students who use pencils at home have lower standardized test scores. It is absurd that an educator would prevent students from bringing home something as simple as a pencil. The Javi seemed more concerned about her reputation of being an educator and preventing low test scores. I like the approach Mr. Spencer took. He did not argue over the subject, but instead found solutions. He met with the parents and students and explained ways that pencils could be used for learning. He worked with Mr. Brown to develop a parent- pencil program, where parents learned certain skills they were teaching students. As educators, we need to focus on the solution instead of the problem. Do not keep fighting with the problem, instead fix it. Schools have become more concerned about the measures to take to see that their scores on standardized tests are high and approved by state officials. Our goal as educators is to prepare our children for the future. We need to educate our students and not worry so much about what others think.
Mr. Spencer "Don't Let Them Take the Pencils Home"
I have to agree with you, a solution is much harder to argue with than presenting an argument. Mr. Spencer did a great job with handling the situation. I too am here to educate, not teach because kids do need to be prepared for not only the future, but the present as well because things chance everyday in life and they need to be prepared to handle these changes and in this world today, technology is what is evolving so much. If we help out kids evolve with technology by being technologically literate, then I feel safe and satisfied about being an educator.
ReplyDeletePencils are still a tool for kids in the classroom and at home. Even though we are advancing so fast in technology, a pencil is still needed in the classroom. As far as the bubble tests, they are needed to see how well students are learning the material, but the woman arguing with Mr. Spencer was wrong to judge pencils based on an article because articles are usually opinions and what they conclude as a theory. She was wrong to base her argument on an article about pencils that were used to answer the survey that was given.
You were very clear and had good feedback on the videos. Only one grammar error, which was advise, it should be advice. Everything else was very well though out and i like your explanations. Keep it up!
Allison,
ReplyDeleteI see that we have the same viewpoints as why we chose to become a teacher. I want to be a role model in children's lives and I feel that teaching is the number one way to accomplish that.
I often find myself trying to find solutions rather than arguing over the problem. In some ways I believe all people should be that way. I think people today are more worried about being right in a argument rather than finding the true solution to the problem.
Great post! Keep up the good work.
Did you catch Tom Johnson's metaphor? The pencils are actually symbolizing a very prominent tool in today's education world!
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