Week Three

I want to write about the different teaching styles lesson we had today.  I dont remember all the different styles that were presented but i took away from the lesson that there are many different methods of teaching because there are many different types of learners.  I keep developing this image of what my classroom is going to be like when i finally get there and how we are going to do things.  I want lots of hands on stuff and lots of fun projects with some lecture in there too just because some things need to be illustrated and discussed as a group.  I realized today that that may not do so well with all the students.  Of course some of the students might not know this about themselves so it will be impossible to just teach differently for those other students and do the regular stuff that I want to do with everyone else.  It is inevitable that I will have students that dont want to do hands on stuff and wont take part in those activities because they just dont learn like that.  That is okay.  I am going to have to have activities that play to the strengths of all the students.  I dont mean that these activities and assignments will be perfect for everyone but one activity will work with some students better while the next might be better for the other kinds of learners.  High school classes you dont generally pick so Im sure there will be kids that dont want to be in there.  This will take some thought but im sure that I can come up with stuff that engages everyone.