Why is it so important to define the context and articulating beliefs what we have?
I was unsure about the concept of defining the context and articulating beliefs due to my lack of teaching experience.
Even I have not been clear enough what my target teaching level should be so far.
I have not taken it seriously because I though it may not be such an important matter.etting
But what I got impressed mostly by the text book was getting information about the context such as the needs of student , demands from the school ,teaching resources and physical setting
is the basic fator of design a structure.
Without that information it is difficult to evaluate the appropriateness or effectiveness of the produce.
The illustrations of teachers who are in diffrent context made it more clear that the constraints and resources help us to make all the decision relating to content and goals, organization, materials and assessment.
Especially, the case of Iranian teacher who is faced with esxplicit constraints showed me the more information we have about context the more we will be to make decision and to plan an
effective course.
How is it possible to have appropriate and effective course if I even do not know what my target teaching level is.
I would know what I teach, how I teach as explict as I aware about the context.
I should also know about my beliefs about teaching and learning along with defining context.
Beliefs help us make key decisions about the content and organization of our course.
I found out myself do not know what I believe about my course.
When I looked back my past learning experience according to what text book said that in order to understand where bdliefs come from we need to look at our past experience.
I realized that I may have a beliefs about liberating education .
Becase I has been recalled teacher- center class, as teacher transmit, student just listen to by past experience.
I could not be engaged and motivated in that sense.
The way my beliefs would influence the coure to be student-center class where the students are motivated.
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ReplyDeleteI just wanted to edit my comment, but I didn't know how, so I had to delete it and re-write a new comment. You are right, Soo Hyun. I also learned from the reading assignments that knowing about a content more helps to design a course in detail. I also realized that our motivation and belief could influence our teaching a curriculum. For me, even though I know my teaching target level, I still have a hard time to design a better course. I wanted to meet each student's need, but it is hard to please everybody. I guess I have to check up my motivation toward teaching again.
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