I'm a perfectionist even though I know nobody is perfect, and with the time I have learned that things do not necessarily need to be perfect to be good or acceptable. If the beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, then I have to reconsider how I teach and how I want the thing to be developed in the classroom.
After some questions that Matthew make me think about and also after a video I watched about classroom management, both make understand that the bad behavior of my students or others students could be the result of a lack of activities in class, where students are busy learning, using their creativity, and being thinker trying to find a way to do something, without someone telling them what to do.
I have to change first, I have to understand that my way works for me but not necessarily for my students. I have to plan engaging activities where students can use the previous knowledge and build from it, learn by practice and not only repetition or copying something from the board. I have to at least try and I have faith that my student will behave better if I start letting them do things on their way.
I'm teaching a language, the class could be loud if we are singing, discussing a topic or having a conversion, I cannot expect to have a quiet classroom all time.
I think my first step should be to know what I want them to learn from a topic and then think on some activities where students can try to use as many skills as possible, also making the activity hands-on, I have to let them try and make as many mistakes as needed until they can find a way to resolve it or to achieve the objective of the activity, I have to be more an observant and give some opinion to redirect them to a better path if they are going to off of the road.
After the TTP program and the field experience, I MUST change, if not I came to nothing, and I will be the same teacher that cut the student's wing (learning opportunities, creativity, development of a critical mind, chance to learn how to resolve problem, motivation to like school and see it as a safe place to make mistakes and learn from them).
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