I am getting my Masters of Arts in Teaching because basically it would provide me with more freedom to pursue an education career that would be fulfilling. Without an advanced degree it is more likely that my career might stagnate. I don't have to have a degree to do things but with a MAT I will have more freedom to do what I love.
My expectations coming into the Master of Arts in Teaching program is to strengthen my abilities in how to engage and help students develop their minds, teach them content in a way that they understand why it is important for them to learn it, and for them to enjoy learning it.
The areas that I would like to improve on are my abilities to communicate effectively, how to teach facts so that my students' know why they are important, and how my student's can be creative in applying the facts that they learned.
The things that I have learned during the first course of the Master of Arts in Teaching program, Introduction to Inquiry, is to fully understand the course content and an effort needs to be made to continue to grow in my understanding of what I teach. Never stop improving and questioning and the best examples are from teachers that have made mistakes and how they learned from them and I will learn this by reading research articles and through the group discussions that will be had during the course. I will also do this by attending seminars and conferences, talking with other teachers, continue attending college courses when time permits, and reading educational journals.
As I proceed through this program I would hope to see further examples of what students problems in understanding are and the best ways to address them.
What I want to know is not only what works but what didn't work.
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