Wednesday, July 29, 2015

My approach to teaching is multi-faceted, in my opinion though it may not seem so to others. I like the idea of breaking students away from traditional thought patterns. I would also have a great opportunity to get students thinking outside of the box about World War II issues as well as other controversies about the German speaking countries, such as Switzerland's role in WWII and who really started WWI. In those conversations I may not know the outcome of the conversation but I would want to encourage them to think outside the traditional text book answers. I also see teaching a foreign language as a construction, students do need to learn a new language but at the same time students need to use what they know to construct sentences. Both Biesta and Fenstermacher touch on these ideas and support opposite sides of this plus I have a plethora of other sources as mentioned in my philosophy of education paper. I do not believe a classroom needs to be quiet in order to be considered well-managed which Garrett supports in his article entitled Misconceptions and Goals of Classroom Management. 

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