At the start of this program and at the start of this course, I was definitely unsure if I had what it takes to be a teacher. However, I feel I've grown some confidence in myself throughout the semester. One article that stuck out to me was the one about being a reflective teacher and how things won't go right the first, second, third, or tenth time (or so on) teaching, and that's ok as long as we don't give up and learn from it. I've kept in mind to being reflective about situations that occur that I've even started up a journal for myself to record incidents that happened (during my practicum school visits) that didn't go as well as I had hoped. I use it to reflect back on what happened and how I could have handled it better for next time.
Other things I thought were interesting and I took away was the topic of marks and grades on students' learning in school. As a student myself, I always knew grades and marks gave students a lot of stress and took the fun out of learning, so the idea of removing marks and changing up how students are assessed was a very entertaining idea, especially how it links with my inquiry project on the Thinking Classroom. The inquiry project was a great way to delve deeper into a teaching method/idea that I was interested in and I would not have had the chance to witness it firsthand and gotten real world feedback on it without this course to open up the opportunity. Being able to learn more about the Thinking Classroom, I will definitely be incorporating it into my own teaching to try and see how it goes.
Thank you for the fun experiences throughout the course and happy holidays!
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