Abstract:
Chapter four of DI/UbD focused on how teachers can make their students successful. Teachers are a catalyst for powerful learning and students with the proper guidance can become skilled and committed to the process of learning. When trying to compile a curriculum, it is important to understand what really matters in each discipline so that we can teach it in a way the students understand rather than trying to cover too many different areas while not going very deep into any. The chapter presented nine different skills and attitudes that should be practiced by a successful teacher, including: establishing clarity, accepting responsibility for learner success, developing respect, building awareness, setting up routines, helping students achieve, developing flexibility, expanding instructional strategies and reflecting on progress. The better we are at addressing these points, the better we will be as teachers and the better our students will be as learners.
Reflection:
This chapter was very useful in presenting information on how teachers can become proactive toward learner success; the skill presented will be essential to think about in the classroom. With all of the knowledge on the different subject areas, it is important for the teacher to guide the student into what is important and essential for them to learn. If a student is not growing than the teacher is not effectively teaching that student. As a teacher, it should be our goal to live out the essential elements better today than yesterday. “There’s no such thing as the perfect lesson, the perfect day…or even the perfect teacher. For teachers and students alike, the goal is not perfection but persistence in the pursuit of understanding important things” (56).
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