Philosophy of teaching

My philosophy of teaching has been refurnished a little bit since the beginning of my observations in the school and my first few days teaching. First, I had this vision that I would go in and blow the students away with the "amazing" lessons I had planned. Visioning teaching and physically teaching are two entirely different things. I have learned thus far to keep it simple at times, simply to keep student interest. I have also learned that students will tell you what direction to take your next lesson. You can have a rough idea of when and how you want to cover things over the semester, but sometimes you have to adapt, adjust, and retool your next lesson. Therefore, my philosophy of teaching has become one that says you have to handle things as they come to you. You can never know one week from a particular Monday what you will be doing on the next Monday.

In order to match my vision that I would be able to spark student interest and have a very participation-oriented class, I will need to find alternative methods for how I present the material to students. I hate to say this about students, but a good majority of them simply do not care about what it is I have to say, nor what any teachers have to say for that matter on any particular subject. There are a few in my classes that participate regularly and show a vested interest, but I do not want those students to be the only ones I hear from.

I will keep testing these alternative methods of presenting my information to students. I think the method of trial and error is my only option right now. I have to find what works for the majority of the students that I teach. I know that if I do find what works best for the students, student teaching should begin to sail by much faster, and I will feel more confidence that teaching is something I can do for my career.