I am a graduate teacher from Deakin University. However, I am also a learner. My experience has taught me that teaching is just as important as learning.
Learning from your peers.
Learning from your experience.
Learning from your students.
My aspiration to become a teacher grew from my love of learning as a student at school. Learning is a lifelong experience, and my goal everyday as a teacher is to send my students home at the end of the day having learnt something they will remember. If they can be inspired to go home and pass on something they did at school or learned about, then that demonstrates that my love of learning is transferring onto my students, and that is true success as a teacher in my eyes.
Learning from your peers.
Learning from your experience.
Learning from your students.
My aspiration to become a teacher grew from my love of learning as a student at school. Learning is a lifelong experience, and my goal everyday as a teacher is to send my students home at the end of the day having learnt something they will remember. If they can be inspired to go home and pass on something they did at school or learned about, then that demonstrates that my love of learning is transferring onto my students, and that is true success as a teacher in my eyes.
One of the most important aspects of teaching in my eyes is the relationship I have with my students. Building a positive relationship with them allows us to have meaningful learning experiences in the classroom. This relationship is built on mutual respect and trust. I pride myself in my ability to make a quick rapport with students, and I do this by making a point of getting to know their personality. I can provide a more personalised learning experience for my students once I understand who they are, what they are interested in and how they best learn.
Some goodbye notes and pictures from my Swiss students after completing
three weeks of teaching there as part of the Global Experience Program.
three weeks of teaching there as part of the Global Experience Program.
Further reading throughout my course has allowed me to refine the kind of teacher I aspire to be and here are some things I have personally noted that encapsulate what I work towards in my teaching.
Tamara Bibby.
Education is about being the best possible role model for your students, and giving them the tools to carve out their morals, beliefs, personalities, interests and talents, and passions. Tamara Bibby embodied this in what she argued about education. Learning is largely affected by the relationship that students have with their teacher, and I take pride in my ability to create a well-balanced relationship with my students.
It is fundamental that towards a student, teachers show that they are ‘caring, look after their feelings and are empathetic’ Bibby (2009, p. 47).
Learning is ‘not only non-linear’ Bibby (2009, p. 42) but also an emotional experience, and students should be appealed to through both avenues throughout their schooling.
It is essential to create a ‘language that makes the nature and qualities of relationships visible’ Bibby (2009, p. 53) to students.
Maria Montessori.
We as teachers should be there to both teach the students, AND learn from the students. We should also foster the development of each child as a whole, not just their academic side, and promote happiness and wellbeing within each individual. Maria Montessori worked to achieve this.
Maria wanted to create a society where teachers could and ‘empower him to choose his own experiences and to think and act for himself’' O’Donnell (2013, p. 142)
“I did not invent a method of education, I simply gave some little children a chance to live" Maria Montessori.
Tamara Bibby.
Education is about being the best possible role model for your students, and giving them the tools to carve out their morals, beliefs, personalities, interests and talents, and passions. Tamara Bibby embodied this in what she argued about education. Learning is largely affected by the relationship that students have with their teacher, and I take pride in my ability to create a well-balanced relationship with my students.
It is fundamental that towards a student, teachers show that they are ‘caring, look after their feelings and are empathetic’ Bibby (2009, p. 47).
Learning is ‘not only non-linear’ Bibby (2009, p. 42) but also an emotional experience, and students should be appealed to through both avenues throughout their schooling.
It is essential to create a ‘language that makes the nature and qualities of relationships visible’ Bibby (2009, p. 53) to students.
Maria Montessori.
We as teachers should be there to both teach the students, AND learn from the students. We should also foster the development of each child as a whole, not just their academic side, and promote happiness and wellbeing within each individual. Maria Montessori worked to achieve this.
Maria wanted to create a society where teachers could and ‘empower him to choose his own experiences and to think and act for himself’' O’Donnell (2013, p. 142)
“I did not invent a method of education, I simply gave some little children a chance to live" Maria Montessori.