Presentation
To the right is my presentation to my relevant group.
Click here for the PowerPoint used in the presentation:
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More Thoughts from Students
From the videos as well as the recorded responses from students, it is obvious to see that a pattern developed. I asked the following three questions to each student: 1) What makes you want to do well in school? 2) Why do you do the work or homework that Mrs. Reeves gives you? 3) What are some of your favorite activities that Mrs. Reeves does in class that you always pay attention to? Prior to asking this, I expected the typical replies to be something along the lines of "So I can get a prize", "Because I don't want to get in trouble", or simply "Games". Although some of the students gave answers similar to that nature, I was surprised that a good-sized group of the class gave some different feedback. Feedback that correlated just to what my mentor mentioned during her interview. When asked the first and second questions, several kids said that want to do well in school and/or do their work because they want to learn. Keep in mind that these are first graders, having no outside influence upon their answers during their interviews, saying that they WANT to learn. With so many six to seven year-old kids saying that they want to learn, it automatically made me wonder just why they would have that drive in them and how I could make other kids have that same passion. Let's think back to the interview with my mentor, specifically the last question I asked (my essential question): How do you create a desire in students to grow intellectually? "By exampling and modeling. If I show them that I want them to learn, and also expect them to learn, then they are more likely to do so. Sometimes you have to be strict about this and sometimes you can have fun, but the bottom line is that you have to show them that they have to learn." Read that again. "If I show them that I want them to learn, and also expect them to learn, then they are more likely to do so." Mrs. Reeves students obviously want to learn. She has created a desire in her students to grow intellectually by showing them that she wants them the learn and that they have to learn. They are encouraged by their teacher to learn, and they know that they have to learn, so that makes them want to. This is the backbone answer to essential question.