In the nation today, assessments have been one of the top priorities that teachers tackle everyday. It seems like such a daunting topic to go over in a classroom setting, but our adjunct professor, Renee Rose, is just awesome! She engaged us interactive activities and discussion to make learn better using multiple intelligences. Its great that as she teaches us about assessments, she also make side comments on why she is using a certain strategy of teaching, so that we can implement those ideas in our future class. One my favorites is the "Think-Pair-Share" aka "10:2" which means that every 10 minutes of lecturing, teacher asks students to share to the person next to them what they learned so far or what is most valuable to them in the next 2 minutes. It just helps to get that information into our long-term memory.
In addition to her exemplary teaching methods, I really appreciate the way she connects our teaching career to the Bible. She mentions how we will get many ideas
of the best practices out there. So in order for us to determine which ones should implement in our classrooms, we should look into the Word of God, which has all the answers. One might think this is crazy, but let me take you further. (In the program, we talk a lot on the timing and the type of questions asked in class because it can be useful or useless, even worse, distracting or confusing to students. So we use the concepts under Bloom's Taxonomy wherein teachers can tap to the different levels of understanding.) She used Jesus as an example--well, I don't think He''s labeled the Greatest Teacher for nothing, don't you think?--Jesus taught the best lessons to the thousands during the Sermon on the Mount and to curious individuals like Nicodemus. In addition, he also posed the perfect questions at the right time to the right people for a specific purpose. (I love that!) He used questions to make people think about their thinking (metacognition) so they are able to articulate their thoughts and validate their own reasoning; he used it to provoke people to reconsider their actions and inner heart motives; he used it to bring people at a higher level of understanding of Himself and of God's Kingdom Principles. All this and much, much more I'm learning. Let's hope that when the times comes when I need to apply these concepts in a way that helps my students maximize their potential, helps me help my students and most importantly, bring honor to God.
In addition to her exemplary teaching methods, I really appreciate the way she connects our teaching career to the Bible. She mentions how we will get many ideas
of the best practices out there. So in order for us to determine which ones should implement in our classrooms, we should look into the Word of God, which has all the answers. One might think this is crazy, but let me take you further. (In the program, we talk a lot on the timing and the type of questions asked in class because it can be useful or useless, even worse, distracting or confusing to students. So we use the concepts under Bloom's Taxonomy wherein teachers can tap to the different levels of understanding.) She used Jesus as an example--well, I don't think He''s labeled the Greatest Teacher for nothing, don't you think?--Jesus taught the best lessons to the thousands during the Sermon on the Mount and to curious individuals like Nicodemus. In addition, he also posed the perfect questions at the right time to the right people for a specific purpose. (I love that!) He used questions to make people think about their thinking (metacognition) so they are able to articulate their thoughts and validate their own reasoning; he used it to provoke people to reconsider their actions and inner heart motives; he used it to bring people at a higher level of understanding of Himself and of God's Kingdom Principles. All this and much, much more I'm learning. Let's hope that when the times comes when I need to apply these concepts in a way that helps my students maximize their potential, helps me help my students and most importantly, bring honor to God.
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