Certainly, sometimes we all know a teacher who can resist, argue and even stop talking to one of his students, an attitude that leaves much to be desired. There are also those who enter the classroom and read the program of a book without explaining anything, or those who always seem in a hurry and keep saying “We will not have time to see all the contents of the material”.
The dynamics are the same. A teacher may have better or worse relationships with students, their only duty is to complete the teaching program, give the content of the material, focus on the notes that students get and send an excessive amount of exercises as a task, with the aim of having students consolidate their knowledge and learnings Not missing something in all this?
“Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, I get involved and I learn. “Anonymous?
This concern to give the content of the material, to achieve the objectives, or by it?The end? The book ends up ruining all the creativity of young people who, instead of learning, are trying to figure out how they can handle all the information they need. The problem is, the next year they won’t remember almost anything.
This is something a lot of teachers complain about. However, few are encouraged to check if their procedure is correct. The importance of the notes, the lack of empathy offered to the student, especially the adolescent, and the extent to which the teacher influences learning are subjects that almost no one seems to want. Ask.
It seems that when they enter the classroom, some teachers forget the most human part of the whole process, especially when it comes to delicate ages like adolescence. Unsurprisingly, when it comes to it, teachers get scared and exclaim with surprise, “We hadn’t noticed!?It’s quite natural, especially when students are indifferent to them. “
However, even though there are a number of teachers who cannot inspire and convey the passion they should feel for their work to their students, many can.
A student may take an interest in mathematics and end up listening to or loving them, depending on the teacher he or she has, another student can give up his or her writing dream, which he is passionate about, because he had a literature teacher who was a negative critic of Teachers influence the self-esteem of his students.
Just as the choice of positive or negative reinforcement influences the behavior of children at home, the same is true in the classroom, if a teacher does not believe and transmit to their students, if they are unable to motivate them, it is clear that the situation will not improve on its own, so there is no point complaining. The educator has a power he doesn’t want to use or simply doesn’t know.
All this, I can affirm based on my own personal experience, I was not only a student (which many teachers forget), but I was also a teenage teacher during an internship. With my own eyes, I saw my internship mentor get angry and say the following words about a student: “With this, there is nothing to do, not even open the book. “
My mentor only saw rebellious teenagers, some better than others, but the vast majority were distracted and some “children. “This view did not coincide at all with mine, because, without even knowing them, I observed how much most of them I felt insecure, unmotivated, lacking in self-esteem and, without even asking them, I assumed that they had problems in the house.
Interestingly, when I took the course for 2 months, this particular student, who didn’t even want to open the book, ended up doing it, I never ignored it and didn’t say anything wrong to him. ask him to do something he didn’t want to do; something just happened.
The way I taught, the passion I conveyed that made students want to come, including writing on the board and speaking in front of the class, instructed this student how his classmates worked with pleasure, then gladly opened his book and notebook, and I did the exercise I had asked for: an essay.
My mentor ran out of speech. He said he had achieved something impossible, however, I thought only of this student, whose writing I was able to prove: I lived in a struggling family.
Unfortunately I could not continue because my internship ended, however, I realized that it is the teacher who generates a change in the attitude of the student.
“The mediocre teacher speaks. The good teacher explains. The senior professor proves. Does the great teacher inspire?. ? William A. Ward?
My mentor told me that allowing students to write on the board and do group exercises was positive. However, in the long run, it took a long time to deliver the content of the story. I asked myself, “What is more important?the student learns by having fun, expressing himself, exposing himself in front of his peers and doing a teaching activity, or repressing it only to give more content than only a small part of them will understand ??
A class change is required. Although there are already schools that implement the Montessori method, and others where there are no individual tables and the emphasis is on promoting collaborative learning and emotional, social and philosophical education, most institutions are still governed by the traditional model. A model that doesn’t work for everyone because, although the content of the story is an important part, that’s not all.