Week 2 Writing Assignment

long-term and short-term vision

another my weak point, future vision
I can't really think of my future, but I'm sort of interested in becoming a teacher, so let's say I am a teacher of mathematics and in charge of one class of a junior-high school.　and I will post my ideal class here.

the long-term vision of my class is that a class with students self-motivated.
humans basically act along their interests.
and they can do well if they like it (好きこそものの上手なれ, a japanese proverb).
at the same time, I learned in educational psychology that by receiving something good for their work, their self-motivation goes down, which means the teacher can make them unmotivated to their favorites.
this is really difficult because I cannot force students to like something, but just let them do so.


there will be many small steps for this vision.

first of all I have to become a teacher. lol
I don't mean a person who has a certificate for it, but who keeps seeking what students need.

before that ....
I need to know what children at the students' age like to know.
I need to catch students' interest since there are things that they HAVE TO learn.
That's teacher's job to let those be enjoyable.
at the same time, I need to FOLLOW them in a way.
For them to be able to adapt their interest to what they learn or do, it's never enough to make curriculum only among teachers.

uummm I have this view from long ago, but I can't really think of small, concrete steps. I need to think of this more...