In my Education class we
have been told that we need to make our own metaphor for teaching. I have been struggling through this semester
on what to make my metaphor be. I was
having a hard time picking it out because I was having a hard time with my
choice of major, I was not sure if education is what I wanted to do anymore, so
I guess I was not giving my metaphor the thought that it needed at first. Andrew took this class and seemed to have
done really well in it, so I talked to him and he has helped me start to build
a good one. In the metaphor we need to
put doctrines, principles and applications.
As of right now the visual
that I use for my metaphor is a garden.
My doctrines would be the seeds that are planted into the ground. My principles are the actual plant a flower
or vegetable or whatever it may be.
Finally, the application is the gardener who waters and fertilizes the
plants to make them continue to grow.
Here is a list of my
doctrines, principles and application.
They are far from done, I know that throughout my life these will
continue to grow on a daily basis. This
is what I have now, I would love
feedback and thoughts from anyone of you who look at this good or bad, it will
only help me improve this..
1.) Agency
i.) Homework / Class Work
a.) Assign my students homework and class work on a regular basis and expect them to do it and get it done and handed in on time. When they do not I would provide the appropriate consequences.
ii.) Students sharing what they have learned
b.) a) In most of my classes at BYU Idaho there is a time at least once a semester when one student has to share something that they have learned by doing a little extra studying or searching, as a teacher I would like to have every student do that. For example a book report or something along those lines. Again, it would be a part of their grade and there would be consequences if they chose not to do it.
2.) Sacrifice
i.) Time
a.) This would be for both the student and myself as a teacher. For the student I believe that they will need to sacrifice some of their time outside of school to make sure that they complete the assigned work. I would ask of them to put at least an hour or two aside for homework and studying, depending on how much work we had.
b.) For myself as a teacher I will need to sacrifice a lot of my time outside of school to make my teaching mean something to my students and to let them know that I do care about what they learn and that I do care about them as students.
3.) Building Good Relationships
i.) Getting to know each other
a.) I believe that it is important for the students in my class to know each other and to be friends with each other. I know that I tend to learn better and am more open to learning if I have friends in the class as a student. I would like to do something at the beginning of every class to get the students talking with each other and getting to know each other so that they can build good relationships with each other and feel more comfortable with each other.
ii.) Building a student / teacher relationship
a.) I believe that a student can and will learn better if they have a good relationship with their teacher. When a teacher is boring and seems to not care about the students it usually makes the class hard for the student to be interested in. I believe that the teacher should get to know every student and them all by name and show that they do care about the students.
Okay, so as I said I still have much more to do. I am constantly thinking about this and I know that it is only going to grow. Once again, I would love to hear your thoughts about this!
1.) Agency
i.) Homework / Class Work
a.) Assign my students homework and class work on a regular basis and expect them to do it and get it done and handed in on time. When they do not I would provide the appropriate consequences.
ii.) Students sharing what they have learned
b.) a) In most of my classes at BYU Idaho there is a time at least once a semester when one student has to share something that they have learned by doing a little extra studying or searching, as a teacher I would like to have every student do that. For example a book report or something along those lines. Again, it would be a part of their grade and there would be consequences if they chose not to do it.
2.) Sacrifice
i.) Time
a.) This would be for both the student and myself as a teacher. For the student I believe that they will need to sacrifice some of their time outside of school to make sure that they complete the assigned work. I would ask of them to put at least an hour or two aside for homework and studying, depending on how much work we had.
b.) For myself as a teacher I will need to sacrifice a lot of my time outside of school to make my teaching mean something to my students and to let them know that I do care about what they learn and that I do care about them as students.
3.) Building Good Relationships
i.) Getting to know each other
a.) I believe that it is important for the students in my class to know each other and to be friends with each other. I know that I tend to learn better and am more open to learning if I have friends in the class as a student. I would like to do something at the beginning of every class to get the students talking with each other and getting to know each other so that they can build good relationships with each other and feel more comfortable with each other.
ii.) Building a student / teacher relationship
a.) I believe that a student can and will learn better if they have a good relationship with their teacher. When a teacher is boring and seems to not care about the students it usually makes the class hard for the student to be interested in. I believe that the teacher should get to know every student and them all by name and show that they do care about the students.
Okay, so as I said I still have much more to do. I am constantly thinking about this and I know that it is only going to grow. Once again, I would love to hear your thoughts about this!
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