~*A Good Teacher*~

When I think of a "good" teacher the first thing that comes to mind is the mixture of someone who is caring and has a nurturing nature, along with someone proficient in their field and the delivery of lessons with respect to their students. Showing students that you care about them, I feel, is essential because it gives them support and enables an open learning environment. Proficiency is also necessary because you want to be able to answer questions and dive deeper into the background of your subject area when necessary. However, a good teacher needs to delivery the course content in a way that appeals and reaches their students. When combined, these attributes make up my version of a "good teacher".




Look Back at....
If...Then...Because... post from week 3
If you use Bloom's taxonomy to formulate questions which you ask your students, then you are better able to model for them the different steps of comprehension with respect to the classroom lessons. This is because of the nature in which the questions progressively grow from factual answers into more depth analysis of the material. 


Revised addition: 
By asking students questions we give them the chance to come to their own conclusions, as well as instilling in them the notion that they are capable of completing any task at hand. This is a way of building them up to their conclusions, rather than requesting these conclusions right off the bat which may at times be intimidating to students. When intimidated, students may not be able to perform as well as they are capable of, due to a sense of fear. Instead, leading them to the final task through a process of questioning can make students feel less pressured. Also, this enables a sense of autonomy for students because they are able to draw their thoughts together from each step of questioning. Thus, this is a great tool for building self-confidence as well. Through this directional questioning, students get a sense of autonomy and self-esteem along the way.