Thursday, February 26, 2009

Educational Psychology- Board of Educators

Three teachers within their first couple years of teaching spoke to the Educational Psychology classes about the first couple years of experience they have and what to expect. All three of them were Luther grads and originally from Decorah area and were now teaching in Decorah or the area. One of the teachers was a P.E. teacher, one was a special ed teacher, and the last was a fourth grade teacher. None of the teachers were involved with high school students or even shared a school with high school students. Secondary education is the area which I plan to be involved in, and I would also like to be in a large school district with a lot of diversity. I felt this group pf educators was very narrow.
Some of the things I could take from these new teachers was the idea of technology all around us. They talked about the problem of students having cell phones and lab tops every free second they had, which could be a very difficult problem to address. Something else useful that they talked about was the commitment can at times, especially within the first years, can become very overwhelming.
None of them really talked about problems within the student body or conflicts amongst themselves. The conversation was mostly focused on how things have changed from when they were students to students right now. I wish they would have addressed more problems they have encountered and specifically how they dealt with them.

1 comment:

  1. I agree. The only major problem they seemed to address was the technology issue- and on that they sort of went back and forth. I want to teach in a larger school district too, so a slightly broader panel would have been nice.

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