I found teaching Computer Applications for two weeks and Accounting for a week to be the most beneficial part of my week. The students are all responsive to my teaching style and are treating me fully as the teacher instead of sharing it with their original teacher as they did in beginning. I am also happy with getting through Accounting for the first week. I was never good at Accounting and now I find myself teaching it! It took a lot of time in the library to get caught up on the material but now I'm good to go.
If there was something I could change about the previous week it would have been to find a way to present Accounting to the students in a more captivating way. When I am teaching the material, I look at the students' faces and know they are completely bored and are thinking "why do we have to learn this", so I explained to the students again why the material was important to learn. Once I get more comfortable teaching the Accounting material, I will then find ways to make the class more exciting which will hopefully spark the students' interest in learning the material.
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I agree with you in that knowing the material first can make the class much more fun, even if the students dont know why the information is important. I am having this trouble in PowerPoint they think they know everything about it, but when I introduce something new they get excited but by the next day are asking why this is important. Im glad you are having a good time with all of your classes.
ReplyDeleteLook at the Accounting class as your challenge this semester. It will help you become a richer and more solid business education teacher.
ReplyDeleteAccounting and computer programming classes definitely can separate the "men from the boys" in business education. I have full faith in you Jonathan that you will do great!