I don't like blogs. I like reading them, but not so much the typing part. Just thought I'd go ahead and get that out there.
Anyway, with my first look at the syllabus, my initial thoughts were something along the lines of, "Holy crap." There is a LOT of material that we're going to end up covering, and some of it is stuff that I didn't realize was going to be a part of Educational Psychology.
After a closer look and some time to think about what we discussed in the first class, I think I am most interested in learning about assessment strategies and summarizing student achievement. I want to be able to evaluate my students to see if what I am communicating to them is coming across in a clear manner. From that, I will hopefully be able to evaluate myself and my methods, and revise them to better communicate effectively to my students.
One of my biggest fears about teaching is that I won't know how to communicate with my students and be a good teacher to them. All I want to do is teach my kids to love and appreciate music, to read it, sing it, and play it.
What I want to get from this class is simply the ability to teach and communicate effectively to whatever age students I might happen to have. I believe that the teaching projects, the constructive criticism from those projects, and the comments from the blogs will help me achieve my goal of being a good communicator, so that I might someday be a good teacher.
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