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During the course of your field experience you will focus on the classroom teacher's practice. You will write in each week's journal about the following overall question:  Why, whom, and how does my supervising teacher teach? It is important that you experience the life and responsibilities of the teacher in order to assist you with your decision to become a professional educator. We urge you to schedule time with your supervising teacher to discuss some of the suggested questions. Be sure to include your own observations of this teacher's teaching.

Why did you decide to become a teacher?

·        What was school (elementary/middle/high) like for you?

·        Why did you decide to teach at this level and/or this subject?

Whom do you teach?

·        What age level do you prefer to teach? Explain.

·        Do any of your students have learning problems?

·        How do you help them learn?

·        Is there a district program for students with learning problems?

·        Do you have students who are gifted learners?

·        How do you help them learn?

·        What is the socio-economic diversity of this school? Your classes?

·        What is the racial diversity of this school? Your classroom?

·        Are there tensions between students of different socio-economic levels? Or racial groups?

·        How do you deal with these tensions?

·        Do gender issues arise in your school/class?

·        What tensions arise from these?

How do you teach?

·        How do you plan your daily lessons?

·        How flexible are your lesson plans?

·        Are you required to hand-in lesson plans?

·        Do you ever change what you have planned? Why?

·        Is there a district curriculum guide for this course?

·        How do you use it?

·        Where do you get new ideas about how to teach something?

·        What types of technology do you use in instruction and how do you integrate technology into your lessons?

·        What do you do when students' attention shifts?

·        Who decides on classroom rules?

 

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