User talk:Malwa002

I am originally from Vermont, a transfer student from Champlain College in Burlington Vermont. My focus of study is Earth Science Education. In the future I will teach ninth grade Earth Science. Nature is my nurturer. I enjoy everything that has to do with being in nature and respecting nature. I hope to pass on to my students and others that I encounter in my life the importance of studying and learning about our natural world, because treating our earth with the same respect that we should all treat each other is just as important and imperative. “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”!!! “Protect, Respect, Affect”!!!

Education should be beneficial and enjoyable for both teachers and students alike. The learning environment should be supportive and encouraging, for both support and encouragement foster motivation and active learning.

Teachers and students should set long and short-term goals that will aid in developing and honing personal growth and knowledge. Teachers should guide student’s individual long and short-term goals to achieve successful learning by encouraging and motivating students to take advantage of the many learning resources readily available to them.

I believe that teachers should be not only educators but advisors and mentors as well. Students should feel at ease in their relationships with their teachers. Teachers need to be approachable and readily available so that students feel comfortable in all aspects of learning.

All students are unique and vary in their individual learning styles and developmental stages. Teachers should be able to understand and recognize specific individual needs by developing individual relationships and providing individual attention. Teachers should incorporate different instructional approaches that accommodate all learning styles and promote curiosity. For example, I think that teachers should implement group interaction and independent thought to foster social and mental development both in and out of the classroom by using real world examples and problems.

Constant improvement and change to teaching styles and methods is important for the professional growth of the teacher and the personal growth of the student.

Both teachers and students alike are lifetime learners that should apply what they learn in the classroom and from each other in all aspects of life, both in and out of the classroom. A teacher can learn just as much from their students as students can learn just as much from their teachers. Malwa002 (talk) 21:47, 18 October 2008 (UTC)