Throughout this course I have learned several new things about educational psychology. There are several different approaches to the development of children and also several different classroom management techniques. There are also many different strategies to keep in mind to become an effective teacher. There are a lot of things that teachers need to keep in mind on the road to becoming a teacher. Each student in your classroom will develop differently, learn differently, and behave differently. Keeping these differences in mind is an important part of being a successful teacher. You can’t teach just one way and expect all of the students to automatically learn the lesson.
I particularly found the FAT city workshop video very informative and useful. I had never really thought about what it was like to be a child with a learning disability, and now I realize just how important it is for teachers to gain that perspective. We have to teach to all students in the classroom, and this is one of the aspects of teaching that will be difficult to master. It almost seems impossible to develop lessons that keep every child in the classroom challenged and learning, and this is a part of teaching that I want to keep learning more about. This quality will be especially important in teachers if education does move towards being more inclusive.
Overall, I feel like this class was very informative and that I gained a lot of knowledge that I will someday apply in my teaching career.
