Joanna's Teaching Adventures: Teaching and Learning Styles

Introduction

Hello New Classmates!

My name is Joanna and I live in San Diego, Ca. I decided to become a high school teacher because I believe that education is one of the most important aspects within society. Helping young adults learn how to think critically about the world is something that I hold dear to my heart, and it excites me when I have helped someone learn something important.

When I was out of high school I spent a lot of time with my little brother who was still in high school. I used to help him with "common sense" things that our mom did not teach us. I helped him understand his homework assignments, and how to write well organized essays. I loved when he would ask for help. This is how I knew I wanted to teach high school. However, I was nervous because I was not the smartest kid in my high school. I officially felt confident going into this profession when my brother asked me for help several times one week, and I did not know the answers for biology or how to complete the calculus problems. With a little bit of research we were able to figure it out, and he got A's on all the assignments!

In 11th grade I took AP U.S. History and I had an incredible teacher. Although I have learned that differentiation is key to teaching a broad range of students, this teacher in particular only lectured, and would write about 5 key terms on the board each day. This worked for me specifically as a student, and I fell in love with history. I am not great at memorizing information, so when people say "Oh you're a history major? What year did Andrew Jackson take office?" I am stumped. (And yes, this very question was posed to me in a social setting once!) But, I do not let this affect me. I am great at analyzing information and drawing connections. I am confident in this, and I know that when I am researching I need to write dates and other information that is difficult for me to remember down in a place that is easily visible.

I currently wake up at 4:30am each day to substitute teach at a local high school until 3pm, and work at a restaurant each night from 5pm to midnight. I know that teaching will be hard, especially during the first year, but I am looking forward to the mental challenge and also looking forward to exiting my time working 20 hours/day - plus school.

Substitute teaching has been an invaluable experience and I suggest it for all future teachers. I have seen many classrooms and spoken with many teachers and students about how things work, what the teachers do to keep their class under control, how teachers deal with prominent cell phone use in the classroom, and things that students appreciate and do not appreciate about their classrooms.

I know this post is a bit late (had plenty of trouble with the new system) but I am sincerely looking forward to the remainder of this class with all of you!

Best,
Joanna Koppang

Monday, March 16, 2015

Teaching and Learning Styles

Teaching and Learning Styles

ACT X REF

11 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11

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SEN X INT

11 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11

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VIS X VRB

11 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11

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SEQ X GLO

11 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11

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http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSdir/styles.htm

According to this test, I am a more reflective learner than an active learner, I am slightly more intuitive than sensory, I am much more visual than verbal, and much more global than sequential.

(Grasha-Riechmann) Tests

The results of your teaching style survey are as follows:

All “high” (Expert, Formal Authority, Personal Model, Facilitator, and Delegators

Results of your Learning style are as follows:

Independent- high

Avoidant- high

Collaborative- moderate

Dependent high

Competitive- moderate

Participant- moderate

How will your teaching and learning style affect your teaching and your students' abilities to be successful?

My teaching style is “high” in all aspects: Expert, Formal Authority, Personal Model, Facilitator, and Delegator. I think that this will be a great benefit to my career. The fact that I have a consistent balance between each aspect means that I will be able to come into each situation from a relatively objective standpoint. This is incredibly important when working with parents, students, and administrators. I think that this balance will help me teach my students in a way that will work for all of them. I believe that if a student comes to me and says “I do not understand this, I wish you were teaching it the way you taught XYZ.” Then, I will work with that student to help them learn the material.

My learning style however, is fairly unique.

I learn very well from graphs and charts, I learn well alone, and I am not great with competition in learning. I know that this is not the case for each and every student. I will utilize my knowledge of my learning styles to help me with the students who learn in similar ways as I do, but I understand that I cannot limit my classroom teaching to how I learn best. Again, differentiation is very important.

Joanna's Teaching Adventures

Introduction

Monday, March 16, 2015

Teaching and Learning Styles

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