With teaching, comes a lot of different techniques. Every teacher seems to teach in a slightly different way. Some teachers seem to befriend their students while others seem to make sure every student in their class fears them to a certain extent. Both techniques definitely work from my own personal experiences, but I would eventually like to figure out which one is actually best.
Using Reflections on Learning, which talks about the many ways in which children learn I learned some interesting facts. Two learning approaches it talks about is behaviorism and cognitive. The behavioral approach the idea that behavior should be explained observable experiences. The cognitive approach depends more on thought. These are two ways that might help someone know how to approach a student teaching them something new.
Other facts about being a teacher, such as salary is that most feel as if they are under paid, but obviously they feel as if it is worth and love their job, which is all the matters to me. As long as I am enjoying myself in whatever I do, I am beyond happy.
I think that it is so important for a teacher to love what they do. I know that most teachers do not get paid half of what they should, but the fact that they stay and teach kids the knowledge they can carry for years to come is amazing. Best of luck!
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