{"id":1018,"date":"2018-09-12T19:42:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T23:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2018-09-12T19:43:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T23:43:43","slug":"who-do-i-want-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2018\/09\/who-do-i-want-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Do I Want to Be?: Exemplary Science Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who do I want to be? How do I want to impact my student’s lives to make their experiences unforgettable? How do I make science fun? How do I create critical thinkers? How do I become an exemplary science teacher?<\/em><\/h3>\n

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These are all questions that have been running through my head since I started my science education major.<\/p>\n

It takes me back to my experiences in middle and high school. I had some great science teachers and I had some awful ones and I have some that I don’t even remember. The awful ones would just hand us a packet and have us read and answer questions throughout the entirety of the class and expect us to learn all that there is to know about a subject. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Students all learn differently and enjoy different subjects so having every student read and answer questions is not going to make a lasting impact on them and reflects poorly on you. Now, the teachers I do remember concepts from were definitely exemplary teachers; not because they were easy and I got an A, but that they were challenging and engaging and furthered the interest of all the students in the classroom.<\/p>\n

I want to be an exemplary science teacher.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Before I get into what an exemplary teacher is, let’s start with a video from Ranger Nick:<\/p>\n