Teaching

IPM5324

Stage: Fourth

Classroom theoretical: (F2H2)

practical: (F2L1)

No. of Students: (27) Students

My Phiosophy in Teaching

My philosophy of teaching science is to use hands’ on activities. The only way students are really going to learn is to experience science themselves. Science is all around us and the students need to realize and understand that. They need to be engaged

and interested in what they are learning about. The best way to accomplish this is to guide them to asking questions and to try new things and ideas.

I will use the state’s standards to help me plan my units for the year. There are way too many standards to cover all of them equally so I will pick three to four specific units to focus on. In my three to four units I will have the standards I feel are most important. I will try to work as many as I successfully can into the various units. One thing I need to do is look at the standards and use them to help me plan for the year. I will also be flexible and realize lessons might not always go in the direction I plan because the students get interested or excited about something. This is a good thing if it happens and I now realize that.

Throughout the year I will use both informal and formal assessment. During the units and for most of the lessons I will use informal assessment. I will have checklists to mark specific things I see or do not see. While my students are working, I will walk around to observe them and to help them if needed. In my observations I will write down notes to remember things and use that information to help me plan for in the future. At the end of the units an sometimes for big lessons, I will use formal assessments. While I will give tests, that is not the only form of formal assessment I will use. I plan to have papers, projects, presentations, and other creative ways to fit my students’ learning needs. I plan to have a lot of hands’ on activities and with that I will have a lot of supplies and materials..