I believe that each student learns
differently, so I can’t just say that all students are behavior learners. I think that the only successful way to
ensure that each and every student absorbs what is being taught is to
incorporate as many of learning styles as possible throughout a learning
style. I always preferred changing
tactics during a lesson when I was in school.
These changes can be very subtle, if done well.
I am not a fan of standard testing by
any means. However, it remains the only
effective way of testing the majority of learners. I would love to live in a world where each
student could be tested individually and based off of a test that works best
for them, but it just isn’t feasible in overcrowded, public schools. Standard
tests have their obvious flaws, but they do moderately well with assessing
learning characteristics.
After taking a teaching inventory
test, I was named as a facilitator type of educator. This is a pretty accurate assessment, in my
opinion. When I teach, I don’t like to
be the only speaking or doing the activity.
I prefer to see my students learn together and to learn through
doing. It gets awfully boring if
students aren’t interacting or learning.
I am very willing to adapt my style to individual needs. A holistic view of teaching is important for
me to have so that can work flexibly.
Throughout this class, I am learning
that is a lot more important than I thought to incorporate technology into a
classroom. While completing the NETS
standards assignment, I also discovered how many beneficial and educational
sites are available. I think that I need
to do more research to fit technology into my students’ learning style.
My multiple intelligences strengths
and weaknesses were: linguistics and intrapersonal skills. My weakness was special relationships.
