A. Create an environment which promotes conceptual thinking
I want to create a classroom which is full of thinking, learning and students’ improvement. I believe that the classroom is a pure safe place to gain knowledge. It may involve objectivism, and sometimes subjectivism. However, students at least experience different aspects of the world around them.
Strategies: I prefer to use strategies to promote these processes, for example, inspiring and enlightening students by leading them to think about the world independently instead of giving them the answers directly like Abba Felix did. I would use Marzano’s teaching scale strategies that I did not use in my previous classroom, for example, ask students to examine information for errors or informal fallacies such as faulty logic, attack, weak reference, and misinformation.
B: Develop methods to make learning visible.
Every student is encouraged to make their thinking and learning visible.
Strategies: I would use some strategies that I learned from Livek’s course which are SEE-THINK-WONDER, THINK-PUZZLE-EXPLORE, and HEADLINES. The attached file is the introduction to these strategies that make thinking/learning visible.
CLASSROOM STATEMENT
This is a pure safe place to gain knowledge and personal growth in our class. We will use our individual efforts and teamwork to create a classroom environment where every student is accepted, challenged, inspired and encouraged to be creative. We will do this by treating each other with respect, compassion, understanding, and by sharing great ideas.
“Pure safe classroom” occurred to me when I was considering the classroom statement. As a student, I feel insecure in the classroom, because I am afraid of being judged. I understand the importance of critical thinking, however, this is my emotional and personal experience. Maybe I have a bias at this point even though I know some people would be in opposition to me. No matter how people judge this statement, I still add “pure safe” first in my classroom statement. Actually, this classroom statement presents something related to my personal experience. As a student, I put every effort into my study, so I hope teachers can take student individual effort into account. Additionally, I enjoy cooperatively working together with classmates. Moreover, I really care about every student’s ideas, thoughts, and wonders. Students are learning to appreciate and respect each other’s comments. The classroom is full of harmony, thinking, wondering, learning, and student improvement.
I want to create a classroom which is full of thinking, learning and students’ improvement. I believe that the classroom is a pure safe place to gain knowledge. It may involve objectivism, and sometimes subjectivism. However, students at least experience different aspects of the world around them.
Strategies: I prefer to use strategies to promote these processes, for example, inspiring and enlightening students by leading them to think about the world independently instead of giving them the answers directly like Abba Felix did. I would use Marzano’s teaching scale strategies that I did not use in my previous classroom, for example, ask students to examine information for errors or informal fallacies such as faulty logic, attack, weak reference, and misinformation.
B: Develop methods to make learning visible.
Every student is encouraged to make their thinking and learning visible.
Strategies: I would use some strategies that I learned from Livek’s course which are SEE-THINK-WONDER, THINK-PUZZLE-EXPLORE, and HEADLINES. The attached file is the introduction to these strategies that make thinking/learning visible.
CLASSROOM STATEMENT
This is a pure safe place to gain knowledge and personal growth in our class. We will use our individual efforts and teamwork to create a classroom environment where every student is accepted, challenged, inspired and encouraged to be creative. We will do this by treating each other with respect, compassion, understanding, and by sharing great ideas.
“Pure safe classroom” occurred to me when I was considering the classroom statement. As a student, I feel insecure in the classroom, because I am afraid of being judged. I understand the importance of critical thinking, however, this is my emotional and personal experience. Maybe I have a bias at this point even though I know some people would be in opposition to me. No matter how people judge this statement, I still add “pure safe” first in my classroom statement. Actually, this classroom statement presents something related to my personal experience. As a student, I put every effort into my study, so I hope teachers can take student individual effort into account. Additionally, I enjoy cooperatively working together with classmates. Moreover, I really care about every student’s ideas, thoughts, and wonders. Students are learning to appreciate and respect each other’s comments. The classroom is full of harmony, thinking, wondering, learning, and student improvement.