User talk:Brobi025

Hi Brigget, my name is Rachel, I think its nice that you are going to work with young children. I have always been set on secundary ed because my specific interest but lately I have wondered if elementry would be more rewarding. I completely agree with your philosophy. The students are all that matters and their success is all that matters. I personally dispise the SOLs. I think they are a terrible way to assess children. First of all not all people can perform on standarized tests and therefore can not neccissarily detirmine their ability. I also think that they take all the personalization out teaching--students should be able to take something different from every teacher but with them all having to stick to a strict lesson plan based on the SOLs there is little room for personal touch. Rmorg011 (talk) 23:46, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikibooks, Brobi025!

Brigitt -

I agree with utilizing alternative forms of testing for students. Too much focus is often placed on paper test and SOLs. I believe that you can test students' comprehension of material through alternative methods: group activities, classroom discussion, or projects. Students learning styles vary and as educators we should differntiated instruction to accommodate for this. Also, if we are differentiating instruction than it only seems natural that we would use various forms and methods to text student's knowledge and comprehension of material. Alternative forms of testing and differentiated instruction created a more active learning enviroment that promotes learning. As educators, I feel that our goal should be to create an active, engaging, and positive learning enviroment for our students.

Kmora005 (talk) 20:37, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Brigitt -

Hey its great to see another Hokie here! Were you in the Corps? Some of my friends and fraternity brothers were also cadets. What year did you graduate?

Its good to see other teachers who think testing isn't the end-all-be-all indicator of students success. I totally agree with your statement on multiple avenues of learning. Our school system motto is "Learning for all, whatever it takes." I take that to mean certain students might need non-traditional methods if they're going to get ahead in class. We recently dropped our 'general' and 'academic' levels of science class and now all students take just plain old biology, earth science, etc. So having a wider array of students is making it a challenge but it reinforces what we believe - sometimes you have to teach in non-standard ways if the student is to succeed. Anyway, have a great year. Best of luck! --Alec

Mbaus002 (talk) 18:51, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Brigitt, I love your philosophy on teaching. I think that you have a wonderful future in teaching if you stick with your heart. I decided to comment on someones page who was writing on the same topic as me. You sound like a great person, and I am assumming that the military taught you a great deal of patience, since you are thinkin about elementary! I agree with you, that we need to teach the kids anyway that we can. --Jocelyn   Jcart046 (talk) 20:29, 15 September 2008 (UTC)