December - January Issue / The Effective Educator
What makes one classroom more effective than the rest?
Answer - (1st) Get students to reason and solve problems. (2nd) Try to get all students to achieve this outcome.
Understand this...teaching is complicated. We are required to share what we know well to those, so they can digest it clearly. Easier said than done.
Teaching is unnatural; how? - it demands you take apart what comes easily so others can understand it. It also requires you to help others SEE what they do not SEE. We must discern how to reach them before this can be accomplished.
Noticing the differences of how students learn is the challenge.
To be an effective teacher we are called to continually learn how to teach effectively. "Knowing" and "Doing"teaching are two different animals. It takes classroom experience, constant adapting and using what is proven to be effective.
KEY - Ask good questions!
We challenge the minds more when we respond to what students say - we engage...not just speak to.
When you get an answer - ASK WHY.
We adapt, we tweak, we constantly grow to be more effective...we TEACH!
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