For the past few months, I have been working at a daycare. During the first few weeks, it was crucial to get to know the kids. I learned their likes, dislikes, their behaviors towards certain things, and what family means to them. It is important to learn about your students and they will teach you something every day. In every classroom at the daycare there are pictures around the room of the children's families and the students tell the teacher or their friends who they are.
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I can relate this reading to a video analysis that we did in class, Precious knowledge students wanted to learn and the teachers would make the ethnic studies more engaging in and out of the classroom setting. The teachers were making a community with the students and treating them like they were part of a family. All the students wanted was to have an education and the ethics studies class helped them break out of their shells and go into the world and advocate for what they believe in. As a future educator, it is important to give your students a high-quality education and a feeling of togetherness. Build a community for your students so they can break out of their shells and express their feelings and opinions.
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Hi Taryn! I really love what you said about getting to know your students and how you related that to Precious Knowledge. I have always found that you can't really properly teach someone without knowing them and how they learn.
ReplyDeleteHey Taryn! I also agree that "as a future educator, it's meaningful to learn and understand your students in the classroom." I work at a dance studio teaching kids starting at the age of 2, and especially with the 2-year-olds, it is important to get to know the kids and their likes and dislikes. For example, one girl in the toddler class will focus and follow directions if she has a toy or something in her hand. If you try to take whatever object away from her, she will follow directions for maybe 2 minutes and then just stare or sit down instead of dancing. After many weeks of figuring out what was best for her to learn and stay engaged, we realized she feels more comfortable with a toy or another object in her hand or by her side because she is so little.
ReplyDeleteGetting to know your students and then introducing what you have learned from their different background is so important to bring to a classroom. As a future art educator, I plan on introducing many different kinds of cultures to my classrooms in the forms of artwork! A popular one is having students decorate sugar skulls during the Day of the Dead celebration, but there are other cultures that can be brought to students knowledge as well.
ReplyDeleteGreat work, my goodness! The sentence, "It is important to learn about your students and they will teach you something every day." is so true. I learn from these kids everytime im with them.
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