Week 5 Final Assignment

This week in reading Chapter 3 I learned a lot about the different behaviors of children and actually what makes up these behaviors. I got some good information reading all the postings on discussion 1. In my opinion it takes a special person to become a teacher because of all the different types of students that you are faced with in a career as a teacher. It is all trial and error in my book. You have to come up with ways to earn the respect of all your students so that you can work well with them. It is important for your students to know just how much you really do care about them and their feelings. Children come from such different backgrounds that it is crucial that you learn how to relate to them. I learned a lot about being a Constructivist Teacher. This chapter taught me things that I had never really thought about before. I never really realized that how something is learned is sometimes more important than what is learned. This goes back to again knowing your students and what they are capable of when they enter your classroom. This helps the teacher know which direction to take the students. Group working here is helpful because as some students are ready to move on to another subject they can while others can stay on the same subject until they are more confident and are ready to move forward.