The joys and challenges of the teaching experience, covered in Sections 1.4 through 1.6 of your text, reveal the demands of the teaching profession and the need for reflection. Please choose ONE of the following questions and provide a thoughtful response. Please indicate which question you chose in your subject line.
Which areas in your life or parts of your past could be problematic for you as a beginning teacher? (my answer: I had spinal surgery two years ago and im still in pain. The doctors don't know what to do stop my pain. Stress and over working builds my pain even more.)
Consider the "changing landscape of teaching" and discuss the changes that you feel will impact you most as a prospective educator, using evidence from your text to support your views. How do you plan to address the "Four C's (Creativity, Collaboration, Communication, and Critical Thinking) in your own classroom? Provide one classroom-based example for each of the Four C's and provide rationale for your choices.
How do your beliefs, attitudes, values and experiences influence your personal philosophy of education? Examine how these four components will influence your views on teaching and learning. When you consider your role in the classroom, what is your personal metaphor for teaching? Do you see yourself in the role of conductor, coach, mother hen, etc? How will this influence the way you educate young learners? Provide at least two examples of how your philosophy will be exhibited in the classroom.