Mrs. Kallas has inquired us to think about us,
as future educators, having the opportunity to
influence the direction that education takes.
Like she states in her post, this is a task that
takes vision and determination.
She directed us to take a look at 8 Things to Look for in Todays Classroom visual and give our own inputs on the matter. One of the things that I resonate with most I would have to say is the concept of Critical Thinkers. Critical thinking is that mode of thinking about any subject, content, or problem, in which the thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skillfully analyzing, assessing, and reconstructing it. However, the one thing on the diagram that I feel most uncomfortable with is perhaps the Reflection. Based on my own way of learning, I do not feel that writing down a reflection over what it is u have learned helps in any way for the student other than giving them another grade in the grade book. Again, this is just my opinion for how I learn and experience I have had in the past.
Throughout my education a few of the items on the list that were seemingly omitted on my past teachers' lists have been letting the students have a voice, letting them be critical thinkers, and connected learning. In my future classrooms I plan to be everything and more for my kids. To do all the things that my own teachers didn't.
