Essays on Teaching

Students of English as a second language differentiate according to age, level, aptitudes, individual psychological features, motivation, disabilities and many others. Teachers should take into consideration the fact that they do not just teach a class, they shape different identities, so they have to wave themselves on different personalities each class. Age of learners dictate how a teacher chooses methodology and techniques, since young learners acquire language through play, while adults ...

The physics teacher was explaining “diffusion” for the 7th grade. Students had one class. He started by brainstorming and asking direct questions while students answered. Then on the table in front of him he made an experiment by adding ink to a bottle of water. All of the students were gathered around him. Then he explained new words related to the lesson and the experiment. At the end, the teacher gave the students a worksheet to work on individually to analyze and think of what happened, ...

  Collaboration with Families Families Strategies to Improve Communication with Families Important Skills of an Educator Conclusion One of the worst actions a teacher can take in the classroom is to not collaborate with his or her students’ families. Parents are the first teachers in a child’s life. A parent understands more about their child than a teacher does. Teaching is not just done by teachers, but by parents as well. To have a student ...

Teaching English nowadays has become challenging than before. English teacher should always keep searching attractive sources in order to help the learners’ mastery (increase the proficiency) of language skills. English teachers can also use the technology such as computer, video, movie, CD, radio, etc. to help in teaching learning process. It is used in order to help the English learners, especially English Young Learners (EYL) to master English skills, especially writing skill. Technology is ...

Growing up, education is one of the most important aspects of a child’s life. Education teaches children not only how to read and write, but other important life lessons too, like listening, cooperating with others, and even how to respect one another. Some people think that teaching is an easy profession, but I think it requires many advanced skills. This is why teachers must work to the best of their ability, to ensure that they are good role models. But what is a role model? According to ...

The authors of the article make clear the point of identity in general before they go further into discussing the definition, function and construction of teacher identity. As mentioned above, because identity is said to be a dynamic construct (Pennington and Richards, p. 2), teachers of learners of different ages will have different identity. What can be applied when a teacher is in a class for young learners is unlikely to be used in one for teenagers or adult learners. Moreover, identity ...

It’s 7:00 am, and you’re late for work. The kids are just now ready for school, and no one has had time to think about breakfast. Oh, well, they’re not hungry anyway, and neither are you. We’ll just skip breakfast. You instruct them to eat good at lunch when they’re at school, and everybody’s off. Lunchtime arrives and you’re just not that hungry. Maybe a quick snack bar, a diet soda, and back to work. Do you ever wonder what your kids are eating for lunch?Have they come to the same ...

With my own passion for learning being nurtured by my own teachers, I understand the importance of a teacher’s ability to make a difference in shaping young minds and encouraging growth within children. Becoming a teacher not only involves the encouragement of a positive relationship with learning, it is a role that enables you to help shape a child’s life by inspiring a confidence within them that will allow them to fulfil their full potential.I believe that teaching at secondary school level ...

When one decides on a career path he will venture in life, it is important that the choice be based on criteria that reflect his personal values, experiences and skills. My choice of teaching as a profession was not a mere coincidence; it was the result of a process of reflection about what I wanted to do with my life and my education. There are a few forms of motivations that played a role in my choice of teaching, a nation-building vocation. Firstly, from my late teenage years I have been ...

In a fast-growing world, where technology plays a vital role in people’s lives, the role played by networking in building confidence that lead to professional development is undisputable. A teacher, a doctor, a tutor, a boss will likely agree that networking plays undeniable role in career development and in building strong professional relationships. At the beginning of my experience as a teacher, confident of myself and abilities, I looked at networking as daunting and time consuming. It ...

When discussing differing teaching styles, we are given the spectrum of examples from a montessori school setting, where education is saturated with project-based learning and due dates are reliant upon a child’s motivation, and the strict scholarly setting, where there is a rigid rubric and deadline. One advocates for creativity, while one advocates for obedience. The former option of the two is supported in the book, Deep Learning: Transforming Schools Using Common Core Standards, ...

In Nepal, there are about 29 thousands government schools (now they are called community schools) all over the country. There are more than 203 thousands teachers working in these schools. Government has invested millions of rupees in these schools. In comparison to investment, community schools are not able to provide quality education. Various studies have shown that the educational efficiency of school level is not satisfactory which affects negatively in quality education. Regarding low ...

What does it mean to become a Spanish professor? Being a professor means you are a teacher but for the higher rank of students who are at a community college or university. Foreign language professors are extremely important because nowadays every job pays more if you know more than one language. Becoming a teacher of any subject requires a lot of patience, compassion, strength, communication and listening skills, friendliness, a strong work ethic, etc. Teachers/ Professors are the reason we ...

In my leadership journey, the moment when I defining leadership was once when I was in junior high school as a leader. At that time, the school organized a literary activity. I was as a civic committee member in the class, I was ordered by the class tutor to be the main event leader. Next, I will be responsible for and arrange a literary program as a program for our class. I was surprised to think about this moment. In addition to the urgency of time, what is even more troublesome is that I am ...

This assignment will look at teaching an individual to accurately measure and record a manual blood pressure. Blood pressure is defined as “pressure exerted laterally on the walls of blood vessels”. Manual blood pressure was chosen as this is an activity that I feel most confident to teach. This assignment will encompass a reflective account. A reflective account is defined as thinking about an activity or incident that allows consideration to the positive or challenging aspects and if ...