{"id":3001,"date":"2020-09-09T19:14:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T23:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/?p=3001"},"modified":"2020-09-09T19:14:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T23:14:27","slug":"exemplary-teaching-making-something-to-care-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2020\/09\/exemplary-teaching-making-something-to-care-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Exemplary Teaching: Making Something to Care About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When I tell people my goal is to be a physics teacher, I get a lot of weird looks; Furrowed brows, scrunched noses, rolling eyes. They tell me \u201cgood for you, but I hated physics, I was so bad at it.\u201d I talked to one of my friends about ideas I have for my future classroom and he always needs to remind me that I have good ideas but \u201cmost of the kids in your class won\u2019t care about school or physics.\u201d He\u2019s a bit of a downer sometimes, but he\u2019s right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most kids I teach will not enter my classroom with anything even close to the enthusiasm I have for my subject. But I would wager to say of all highschool teachers. Most high schools have requirements that force their students to take a class in each of the basic subjects: english, math, science, and social studies. This means students are bound to be stuck in classes that they detest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2020\/09\/Unknown-14.jpeg?resize=641%2C342&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3005\" width=\"641\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2020\/09\/Unknown-14.jpeg?w=307&amp;ssl=1 307w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2020\/09\/Unknown-14.jpeg?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An exemplary teacher is able to get students engaged in their class even when those students walked in thinking they\u2019d hate it. An exemplary teacher helps students find this inner enthusiasm by using the world around them as their classroom. An exemplary teacher engages their students by indulging their \u201coff topic\u201d interests and questions. An exemplary teacher levels with their students by allowing themself to take the educational journey with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may not always notice an exemplary teacher the moment you walk into their classroom. In fact, I\u2019d say most exemplary teachers go unnoticed until you\u2019ve left their class and hindsight kicks in. The best teachers are like magicians. A master of card tricks is really just a master of directing your attention. They capture your eyes and mind and force them to something while they perform sleight of hand without detection. An exemplary teacher often teaches without the students even noticing. If you can capture the attention and enthusiasm of students in an interesting project, they probably won\u2019t even realize they\u2019re learning along the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Super Mario Effect - Tricking Your Brain into Learning More | Mark Rober | TEDxPenn\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9vJRopau0g0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>This guy does a great job explaining how we can use our mistakes to help us grow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So it can be tough to notice an exemplary teacher, but not impossible. Some signs of an exemplary teacher are, students are excited to come to class, students communicate and stay connected with the teacher after the year has ended, or students don\u2019t always know what to expect when they enter class that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yo! I just made a twitter specifically to tell you that I think an exemplary teacher is someone who invites curiosity, questions, critical thinking, and mistakes making into the classroom. But I bet there&#39;s a lot more than that! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sciencetaching?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sciencetaching<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EDT431?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EDT431<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tommy Daigler (@DaiglerTommy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaiglerTommy\/status\/1303829684178882560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Well What Am I Gonna Do About It?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It hit me pretty hard the first time my friend told me that most students in my classes just won\u2019t care. It made me really sit and think \u201ccrap, what am I gonna do about that?\u201d Most of my students won\u2019t grow up to be physicists, they probably won\u2019t even be scientists, and a lot of them will never need to use physics once they leave my class. After much deliberation and bouncing of ideas off various walls, I think I\u2019ve come to answer about what I\u2019m going to do to be an exemplary teacher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My students won\u2019t use physics directly outside of my classroom, but there are so many skills that they will use that you need to understand physics. Physics is tough, that\u2019s for certain, but the best part of the subject is that it makes sense. With proper physical reasoning, any interaction anywhere can be understood and analyzed. These are the skills I want to hone, reasoning, critical thinking, working with others and problem solving (and many others). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2020\/09\/critical-thinking-20200114-1024x791.png?resize=1024%2C791&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2020\/09\/critical-thinking-20200114.png?resize=1024%2C791&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2020\/09\/critical-thinking-20200114.png?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2020\/09\/critical-thinking-20200114.png?resize=768%2C593&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2020\/09\/critical-thinking-20200114.png?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I plan on focusing on these aspects of physics when I become a teacher. Whenever I ask for an answer, on a test, or in discussion, I won\u2019t accept single word answers, I\u2019ll keep prying until I get a full explanation as to how they got to that answer. Giving the answer to a question in physics means you understand that one very specific interaction, giving the reasoning behind the answer means you can expand your thinking to many other scenarios and interactions.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also plan on using real world examples that happen all around students. Making a force body diagram of a book sitting on a table is a great way to teach about forces, but you can teach the same concepts by considering how a plane takes off. The doppler effect can be taught by just explaining it, or I can take the class outside to a local road and listen to cars that pass by.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2020\/09\/Unknown.png?resize=429%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3011\" width=\"429\" height=\"264\" \/><figcaption>Sure, I could show my students this diagram and explain it, but wouldn&#8217;t you rather see (or rather hear) it happen infront of you?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I think another major thing I can do to make my classroom exemplary is to create a safe space where my students feel comfortable. I want my students to feel safe not only being themselves, but feel safe to explore concepts that catch their attention and make mistakes along the way. I will encourage my students to ask questions, get distracted by random physics related gadgets in the classroom, and talk about how this class might overlap with other classes they are taking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest thing to keep in mind as I make my way through my educational journey is that it\u2019s all a work in progress. They always say \u201ceducation is a lifelong journey,\u201d that\u2019s true, so is the fact that it will take time for me to be the kind of teacher I want to be. Much like I\u2019m going to encourage my students to make mistakes, I have to allow myself to make mistakes too. I don\u2019t want to be just an average teacher that my students see and move on. This means I\u2019m going to have to think outside the box, try things that haven\u2019t been done in most classrooms. I\u2019m going to mess up, probably a lot, but the more I mess up the better I\u2019m going to be at teaching, and that\u2019s the ultimate goal.\u00a0<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2020\/09\/tenor-1.gif?resize=474%2C266&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3008\" \/><figcaption>Yea, you&#8217;re right Jake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>When I tell people my goal is to be a physics teacher, I get a lot of weird looks; Furrowed brows, scrunched noses, rolling eyes. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2020\/09\/exemplary-teaching-making-something-to-care-about\/\" title=\"Exemplary Teaching: Making Something to Care About\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":3150,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3001"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3012,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001\/revisions\/3012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}