First week/Video Reaction

The video was very interesting to me mainly because of how many people had misconceptions about the seasons of the earth. The beginning was especially surprising to me because Harvard graduates had difficulty answering the question correctly. It just shows me that people are not going to remember information that is not particularly important to them. I am sure that many of those students had learned about it at some point in their lives, but simply forgot it. Because I took SME last year, I know much more than I would know had I not taken it. I am assuming that most of the students never took a class like that during college, which was a pretty intense experience, so that is why they did not remember this information. Next, I also thought it was good to see how students in an actual classroom respond to a question such as this. The one girl who did very well in the classroom was the one that stood out to me the most. She started off creating her own reasoning for the seasons. When she was told the correct reasons, she corrected her answer, but only partially. It was very interesting to see how she took the correct answer, and, in a way, combined it with her incorrect answer. She could explain many of the correct reasons, but once she had doubts about her description, she reverted right back to her own thoughts on why the seasons occurred. The video talks about how she never let go of her own personal theory, and this is something that I believe will be a huge deal when teaching students in any subject. Correcting their own methods that they come up with, or modifying them to make them more correct, is going to be crucial. This will be difficult as well because there are going to many different types of learners in the classroom, so as a teacher, I will have to use many different methods and teaching styles to get across to all of my students successfully. I would have liked to see more of the students who were not as successful in the classroom to see how they changed ideas. The classroom that I am in for placement right now has many struggling students, so seeing more of these kids would have been more helpful.

So far we have not anything with science in the classroom, but I will see more this upcoming week. However, science projects are coming up very soon, and I have talked to my CT about that. The students will be doing some of their work in the classroom, but a majority of it will be done at home. It will be interesting to see what types of projects the students choose to do, and how they go about doing it.