Category: Writing

Do you accept the view that achievement in school
learning is the product of creative inquiry through social interaction with the
students as active participants in that inquiry? Explain why you do or do not
agree.
1. From your current observations and fieldwork related
to this teacher preparation program, clearly identify one specific example of
educational practice that seems contradictory to exemplary practice or theory
presented in this chapter. Present your explanation for the discrepancy.
2. Is problem solving a teaching strategy or a way of
thinking? Explain.
3. Describe any prior concepts you held that changed as a
result of the experiences of this chapter. Describe the changes.

Why do you remember this particular direct experience?
1. What did you experience?
2. How could the experience have been better?
3. Which learning modalities were embedded in the direct
experience? Explain how the various sensory preferences were addressed.

Describe any prior concepts you held that changed as a
result of the experiences of this chapter. Describe the changes.
1. Explain why teaching is considered to be a profession.
Explain when, if ever, it is not a profession.

From your current observations and fieldwork related to
your teacher preparation program, clearly identify one specific example of
educational practice that seems contradictory to exemplary practice or theory
presented in this chapter. Present your explanation for the discrepancy.

Explain why you agree or disagree that classroom
observations and theory courses in education should precede the
student-teaching experience in teacher preparation.
1. Identify and define the categories by which teacher
effectiveness is determined.

Identify and explain three ways that you can prepare
yourself to be successful in your job-seeking endeavors and get hired as a
classroom teacher.
1. Explain what the benefits are to joining a
professional organization in your teaching field.
2. Identify five ways you plan to continue to grow
professionally

During your student teaching, suppose you should try out
a new teaching technique and it fails miserably for you. Describe what you
should do.
1. Identify three danger signals that a cooperating
teacher needs to be alert for to try to prevent a student teacher from getting
into serious teaching trouble.