Sunday, September 9, 2007
Practicum Reflections
I have now been going to practicum for two weeks now. I have not been able to teach or really work with the students. My practicum teacher has not had the students work in groups at all since they have started school. In the classroom, the behavior of the student's is good some days and other days is not good at all. Like on Thursday the students were very disruptive. Since the students have not been able to interact with one another there has not been a lot of helping one another going on. They pretty much just sit in there seats for 50 minutes doing book work or working on worksheets. They are not aloud out of there seats. I hope in the next few weeks things get better and there is more peer involvment.
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A teacher I observed last semester did the same thing. Students came in, listened to a 50 minute lecture, were disruptive the entire, and then they left for their next class. Give the students that "interaction" they have been deprived of when you teach your lesson plans. The teacher i'm currently with plans for group activities and a lot of interaction and the students behave wonderfully. When they are asked to be quiet and listen they do so immediately.
I think some teachers take while to warm up to Practicum students. Maybe it's the whole trust thing. Maybe they want to make sure you have his/her students best interest in mind.
At my Admission Practicum, my Language Arts teacher very gradually allowed me to do more as the weeks progressed. I guess I can't really blame her. She was responsible for those children, and she didn't know me at all.
In my three separated Practicums thus far, I've seen all sorts of classroom managers. One, who was a sub, was a lot like a drill sergeant, while one sub simply popped in a Goonies video. The normal teacher varied nearly as much on classroom management.
Classroom management is my personal weak point, so I am stoked about this semester's teacher. My Practicum teacher is a master of classroom management, so I'm hoping to learn as much as I can. I think my classroom management short comings might be due to the fact that I tend to be a bit introverted sometimes.
When I was observed by Dr. Faulkner, last semester, I fell flat on my face on classroom management--ask me and I'll tell you the whole sorted story.
i can totally relate to you on this! in my classroom, i haven't had the opportunity to interact with the kids as well!! they will come to me and ask questions, but all they do is bookwork and sit @ their desks and become very bored, until the class becomes very disruptive!!
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