You have to plant the seeds first and make sure that the environment will help the seeds flourish - make sure it is rich soil, etc. - and then you have to take care of the seeds! You have to water and prune and protect them from storms. And you have to be patient waiting for the crops or the flowers to bloom - they won't all bloom at the same rate, but they'll get there eventually.
Just as you have to water and fertilize your crops to get them to grow, as a teacher you have to provide the most productive environment or atmosphere for the students to learn in. You need certain elements to do this like strategies, classroom managment, technology, and engagement.
Farmers have to plant a seed to get a plant to grow. As a teacher you must plant the engagment in your classroom for your students to gain interest and grow in learning.
Farmers have to watch the weather to prepare for what is coming. As a teacher you must also constantly be aware of everything that is coming up like Taks, different units, or shifts in the cultural climate of the school.
planting the seeds- teaching the information watering the seeds- practice and praising children seeing the plan bear fruit- seeing students grow and learning more information
1. The teacher creates an environment conducive to learning much like a farmer creates a positive environment to grow cotton.
2. It is important to "weed out" potentially harmful attitudes/situations/ways of thinking/etc. Intervention, like pulling weeds from crops, allows the students to grow and flourish.
3. Sometimes it's important to step back and remember that you can control children about as well as you can control cotton. A lot of factors go into the success of each and many factors have nothing to do with the control of the Teacher/Farmer.
You have to plant the seeds first and make sure that the environment will help the seeds flourish - make sure it is rich soil, etc. - and then you have to take care of the seeds! You have to water and prune and protect them from storms. And you have to be patient waiting for the crops or the flowers to bloom - they won't all bloom at the same rate, but they'll get there eventually.
ReplyDeleteOh, to be clear: the seeds are knowledge, the soil is prior knowledge, the water and pruning is actually teaching. The patience is what it is!
DeleteJust as you have to water and fertilize your crops to get them to grow, as a teacher you have to provide the most productive environment or atmosphere for the students to learn in. You need certain elements to do this like strategies, classroom managment, technology, and engagement.
ReplyDeleteFarmers have to plant a seed to get a plant to grow. As a teacher you must plant the engagment in your classroom for your students to gain interest and grow in learning.
Farmers have to watch the weather to prepare for what is coming. As a teacher you must also constantly be aware of everything that is coming up like Taks, different units, or shifts in the cultural climate of the school.
planting the seeds- teaching the information
ReplyDeletewatering the seeds- practice and praising children
seeing the plan bear fruit- seeing students grow and learning more information
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Delete1. The teacher creates an environment conducive to learning much like a farmer creates a positive environment to grow cotton.
ReplyDelete2. It is important to "weed out" potentially harmful attitudes/situations/ways of thinking/etc. Intervention, like pulling weeds from crops, allows the students to grow and flourish.
3. Sometimes it's important to step back and remember that you can control children about as well as you can control cotton. A lot of factors go into the success of each and many factors have nothing to do with the control of the Teacher/Farmer.
I really like #3 Miram--- that is so true!
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