By Michelle Venuti
EDI 17 Psychology and Development of Adolescent Students
College of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
Long Island University, C. W. Post
September , 2010
The first two classes of Education 17 have been the best. I really feel like the entire class is comfortable and open with one another. The Name Game broke the ice and gave us the opportunity to meet one another in a great way. Today Professor Boyanton set up an activity called Community of Respect. It allowed the students to inform one another of what we expect from each other. The activity answered questions like, “what do we expect from our professors/teachers?”, “what do we expect from one another?”, “what are our pet peeves, and what will we not tolerate?”. I felt that this exercise was great because it allowed us to talk not only as students, but as human beings. There are a lot of professors that do not care about what the students expect from them and I never believed that was fair.
This exercise made me feel like Professor Boyanton really cares about what we expect from her class as well as the respect that we deserve. She took down all of our answers and made us, as a class, feel very important. When I become a teacher, I will use this exercise because it will make my students more comfortable knowing that their feelings and expectations are taken into consideration. It will not make me look like an intimidating teacher, I think that this exercise will actually make me look like a caring individual and that will allow me to gain my students’ respect.
Through the first two classes, and the two great activities, I am becoming more and more confident about this class. The workload seems like it is going to be heavy and demanding, but I believe that the class will be fun and worth it. I have not yet decided which research topic I am going to be focusing on, however, I am looking over all of them carefully with great thought.
The first two classes of Education 17 have been the best. I really feel like the entire class is comfortable and open with one another. The Name Game broke the ice and gave us the opportunity to meet one another in a great way. Today Professor Boyanton set up an activity called Community of Respect. It allowed the students to inform one another of what we expect from each other. The activity answered questions like, “what do we expect from our professors/teachers?”, “what do we expect from one another?”, “what are our pet peeves, and what will we not tolerate?”. I felt that this exercise was great because it allowed us to talk not only as students, but as human beings. There are a lot of professors that do not care about what the students expect from them and I never believed that was fair.
This exercise made me feel like Professor Boyanton really cares about what we expect from her class as well as the respect that we deserve. She took down all of our answers and made us, as a class, feel very important. When I become a teacher, I will use this exercise because it will make my students more comfortable knowing that their feelings and expectations are taken into consideration. It will not make me look like an intimidating teacher, I think that this exercise will actually make me look like a caring individual and that will allow me to gain my students’ respect.
Through the first two classes, and the two great activities, I am becoming more and more confident about this class. The workload seems like it is going to be heavy and demanding, but I believe that the class will be fun and worth it. I have not yet decided which research topic I am going to be focusing on, however, I am looking over all of them carefully with great thought.
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