On July 4 - July 10, we viewed a video called "When I Become a Teacher".
This video is filled with some of the unfortunate opinions and ways that many teachers act in today's society. I feel that this video reflects some of the reasons why education is currently in the state of crisis that it is in. I believe that teachers are just as responsible for learning as their students are, maybe even more responsible. The fact that certain teachers are allowed to continue to teach today's children using the same teaching methods that they were using ten, twenty, thirty, even forty years ago, is ridiculous.
The word changes, information changes, technology changes, and the way students learn and react to things changes. If a teacher is going to be an effective teacher, the teacher also needs to change and adapt to everything changing around him or her.
I understand that some teachers who have been teaching for a long time may me scared or intimidated of change, especially change regarding technology that they may have no idea how to use because it did not exist when they starting teaching, but we live in a technological age and that is what most children respond to these days. Technology makes learning and teaching easier and more fun, and I believe that those who resist technology and change would benefit from attempting to accept it, and their students would definitely benefit from that change as well.
Change is a necessary part of life and though this video does make light of the situation, I agree with you that even if you are uncomfortable with making changes you need to buckle down, especially as a teacher. Teachers need to prepare students to enter a constantly changing world because of this they need to focus on two things: the changes that are being made to society and how to prepare students so they do not become too intimidated or set in their ways to change. Both tasks are daunting, but more importantly, they are necessary.
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