•What problems in your classroom might point you to your driving question?
•What will you “Need to Know” to answer that question?
•What do you already know (from your own experience and from reading about)?
EDU790: Blog for September 5th, 2018
A problem as a Reading Specialist as a TOSA is the drive and motivation to want to become better. The enthusiasm to want to strive, practice and become the best reader they can be. Reading, decoding and comprehension is clearly not their strong suit and pushing through the limits of something they have always struggled with is hard to overcome to change the mind set that they arrive with, even if they are only in the 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade.
My question, as of this point in my journey, is what is the most effective way to inspire a student to strive and do their best? Does positive talk and positive energy change the mind set of a child and motivate them to strive or does changing the sub conscience mind and the way they think change their mind set to grow beyond possibilities? I would like to explore what makes learners tick most effectively.
I already know that the students that I work with are below grade level when it comes to reading, decoding, and comprehension. I already know that this is not their strength yet. I already know that some are more motivated than others intrinsically for various reasons.
What I need to know is what methods have the biggest impact each day to change a child's learning and motivational path? Is it the teacher's enthusiasm of the subject matter? The personal connection to each student and their knowledge about their family and life activities? Is it the way the teacher interacts with the student each day? Is it the one-on-one personal attention and goals that inspire and motivate a student to work hard for you (the teacher)? And then, are they working for that particular teacher or do they intrinsically want to strive to be their best self for themselves and does it last as a part of their self motivation?
Will daily impact for 10 months change the path for the rest of their lives or only be temporary.
A problem as a Reading Specialist as a TOSA is the drive and motivation to want to become better. The enthusiasm to want to strive, practice and become the best reader they can be. Reading, decoding and comprehension is clearly not their strong suit and pushing through the limits of something they have always struggled with is hard to overcome to change the mind set that they arrive with, even if they are only in the 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade.
My question, as of this point in my journey, is what is the most effective way to inspire a student to strive and do their best? Does positive talk and positive energy change the mind set of a child and motivate them to strive or does changing the sub conscience mind and the way they think change their mind set to grow beyond possibilities? I would like to explore what makes learners tick most effectively.
I already know that the students that I work with are below grade level when it comes to reading, decoding, and comprehension. I already know that this is not their strength yet. I already know that some are more motivated than others intrinsically for various reasons.
What I need to know is what methods have the biggest impact each day to change a child's learning and motivational path? Is it the teacher's enthusiasm of the subject matter? The personal connection to each student and their knowledge about their family and life activities? Is it the way the teacher interacts with the student each day? Is it the one-on-one personal attention and goals that inspire and motivate a student to work hard for you (the teacher)? And then, are they working for that particular teacher or do they intrinsically want to strive to be their best self for themselves and does it last as a part of their self motivation?
Will daily impact for 10 months change the path for the rest of their lives or only be temporary.