Layout Design

I took an extra 15 minutes before class to get a feel of the lay out in the classroom. The posters hanging around, how everything is set up with chairs, cabinets, tables, etc. I saw how the teacher put a little sense of herself into her layout/design of the room. She is punctual and organized. She not only brings the room a warm classroom feel, but also a warm home touch. She keeps the room collective and charming, not to vibrant or crazy. The layout of a classroom and the contents in the classroom have a major stability on how the classroom with flow and work with the students in and out of the classroom all day.

Teaching

There are so many different ways to teach! I is astonishing how many techniques there are to incorporate teaching. Examples would be visual, verbal, informative, hands on, chants, stories, written/books, movies, music, and experience. Teaching has many different ways; however a teacher get to choose their style of teaching and layout. This is where the philosophies and styles of teaching will come into play when learning how you feel best teaching; for instance I discovered in my American Foundations class that I am a progressivism teaching style:

Progressivism views the learner as an experiencing, thinking, exploring individual. Its goal is to expose the learner to the subject matter of social experiences, social studies, projects, problems, and experiments that , when studied by the scientific method, will result in functional knowledge from all subjects. Progressivisms regard books as tools to be used in learning rather than as sources of indisputable knowledge.” FREEDOM and ORGANIZED! “Organized freedom permits each member of the school society to take part in decisions, and all must share their experiences to ensure that the decisions are meaningful” (American Foundation, chapter 5).

My number one advice and reminder to anybody perusing a career in teaching is PATIENCE! Does not matter the grade level, PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE!

HARMONY, PEACE, LOVE, JOY, ACCEPTANCE, LEARN, CREATIVITY, ENERGETIC  RESPECT, CHANT.

Question

I am sure that it is scientific proven that children have different levels and focusing levels on the certain weekdays for school such as Monday and Friday would be the low end days; however, do you think that seasons have a difference on students attitude toward school/comprehensive level? This question then can lead into the discussion nine months of school or year round school, along with five days a week or four days a week.