After reading “The Courage to Teach” I am taking away a new confidence in myself as a person. I feel encouraged and ready to embrace my own quirks and tendencies, especially within the classroom setting. I feel that I am aware of myself and aware that my own person is as functional an asset or tool as theory and pedagogy. Attempting to become my mentor and ignoring my own teaching style is something that can be detrimental to my wellbeing and even the effectiveness of my classroom. After having read “The Courage to Teach” I am taking away a new kind of patience…Palmer is long-winded and a bit redundant, but I have been encouraged to be myself.
This is the most beautiful blog thing you put together - I'm so impressed with your abilities. I love how your reflection about Palmer is 'patience', it made me laugh. You need to keep your blogs handy for when you teach, so that when everything is going wrong you can look back and remind yourself that you are confident, capable and talented. :-) Geri
ReplyDeleteI am for you being yourself. I like you.
ReplyDeleteGood for you. I like that you are getting this before you actually start teaching because you will have the ability to look at all the teaching strategies with the eyes of deciding if that fits you or not. And you get to say, "That is NOT me!!" yeah!!
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