As I reflect on my learning and my future teaching practice, I can honestly say that I feel confident going forward. As I learn to apply my knowledge of what it means to be the "21st century math" teacher, I know that my only challenge is time and energy! I feel that I will be challenged when it comes to filling learning gaps and providing guided instruction to a variety of students at different levels, but I will go about rising to meet these challenges by studying the math, finding the best way to make the concepts accessible to students and ultimately to provide engaging lessons. I will endeavour to continue my reading and learning on the subject - consuming all available resources from Marian Small, to Growing Success, to Jo Boaler - and to get the most out of the expert professionals that I have at my disposal. I would focus on meticulous planning going forward to ensure that my goals for a well-rounded math environment are met, all year through. I will also strive to make sure that each level of the assessment continuum is being touched on: a key learning I took from this course was that I need to apply my knowledge of student self-assessment and teach students more about goal-setting throughout the process of learning math.
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What was I already using in my practice that illustrates some of the learning in the course?4/3/2015 What I felt most comfortable with during my course work was the topic of assessment AS learning. Here are some photos of the problem solving continuum currently on display in my classroom, on my Math Wall: Photo gallery: assessment as learningThroughout the learning I have experienced in the Math part 1 course, a theme emerged for me: focusing my teaching on student success and student-driven programming. In each module, I was asked to reflect upon the teaching and learning that is happening, and could happen in my classroom. During the first module, we explored the curriculum, implementing big ideas and new initiatives like communication and problem solving into our planning,. I came up with a poster that highlights my point of view of what the "best practices" for teaching math in today's classroom really are.
My philosophy on teaching math has not changed. I am, however, feeling more in tune with the critical pieces that make a successful mathematics teacher. This course has provided me with practical lessons about how to be "well-rounded" by incorporating things like cultural responsiveness, ecology, and how to be better at differentiating instruction, creating rich taks and 3-part problem solving lessons. Going forward, I feel excited about implementing better goal-setting lessons for students and hosting family math nights... and perhaps attempting to learn even more in Math part 2??? :) |
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