Dr. Rivera brought up the word, engaging in our session today, and it reminded me of how this word is mirrored in all the courses that I've taken thus far. Teachers cannot just assume that learning is taking place by merely imparting information to students. Teachers need to ask themselves if they are teaching in ways that motivate and peak their students' interests so that they participate in active as opposed to passive learning. By listening to everyone's strategies and techniques in working with our students, I feel that we are doing our part to promote active learning. The mere fact that progress is being achieved, however small or large, speaks volumes of the effort that we put into our work.
If at times, when we feel that we haven't accomplished as much as we want to with our students, or if we're feeling frustrated because nothing seems to be going our way, here's a quote that I find inspirational and motivating:
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
Benjamin Franklin
Your boy is surely engaged! He really loves to be with you, and it shows. Taking pictures of him and from what little I see, I can tell that he's so proud of himself. He's sincerely involved and it will bear out in his improvement.
ReplyDeleteGosh Geri, your words from your blog are surely deep. You're right on the dot! Motivation and engaging are two important words in this course.
ReplyDeleteYou've got a good thing goin' with the token box, and thing that's got him engaged quite a bit. I couldn't agree more that students need to be engaged, psychologists call it "flow", us laypeople call "time flying", but when we've done that for our students, we know they've had fun, will want more, and will learn more as a result.
ReplyDeleteGeri,
ReplyDeleteyou've got "engaging" down pretty well!! I beleive you're the only one who has the incentive program, where your student is motivated because he knows at the end of the day when his chips are collected, he gets the prize! Yes, I know you've had you "tough" days but that's what Team MAGEC is here for, love and support for each other! You go Geri, because in the end, we'll get our prize too!!