Conception of Teaching
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This document contains questions for a teacher reflecting on their first days at a new school called New Trier. It asks about the teacher's expectations, their relationships with students, whether their class feels like a true learning community, external influences on the class, the messages sent through their grading system, and the relationship between humility and the teacher role. It concludes by asking the teacher to consider changing one difficult class or student relationship situation.
Conception of Teaching
- 1. What synonyms / roles do you associate with the word, “teacher”?
- 2. Which of these roles have you taken in your first days at New Trier?
- 3. What has surprised you about New Trier?
- 4. What has surprised you about New Trier? Have your expectations been subverted or confirmed?
- 6. What relationships do you see developing between you and your students? What relationships do you see developing among students in your classes? Is your class truly a learning community?
- 7. What relationships do you see developing between you and your students? What relationships do you see developing among students in your classes? Is your class truly a learning community?
- 8. What are the external influences that affect your learning community?
- 9. What messages are you sending with your grading system?
- 10. What is the relationship between humility and the role of the teacher?
- 11. Think about your most difficult class or student relationship. Leaving here today, what will you change about that situation?