Ch. 8 Let your students create

Ch. 9 Continuous improvement through practice and sharing

This week, I learned numerous of things to present…. starting with encouraged students to be creative “as part of their formal learning” (Prensky, 2010, p.149). So as a partnering teacher, I should to enhance their creativity to give them the opportunity to show their knowledge. Also, teacher should be understood to their students’ ways of thinking and their expected of having class with more variety of teaching style, Prensky mentions that teachers should “understand that what today’s students want to create, and can create, is not the stuff of the past” (p. 150).  

Also, I learned about “Slackers” students and what I should do to understand their needs because they are really smart but some of them feel boredom of the teacher teaching style. Prensky said “slackers always have a reason for their behavior” (p.156) and teacher job is to know their reason and find their passion to enhance it.

Moreover, I learned the importance of learning a new tools and technique to use in my classroom. Using variety of teaching methods in class would enhance my partnering teaching. This learning could come from sharing your knowledge with colleagues and learn from their experiences.

Furthermore, I learn the importance of continuing improve my partnering teaching through practicing. These days I practice action research to enhance the reading motivation in the students learning skills. This helps me a lot to enhance my teaching methods by observing my teaching technique and work to improve it.

  Norah Alsana