EDRG 3321 Chapter 1 Blog

In Chapter 1, the book tells of the importance of how the teacher’s beliefs and actions impact the students currently and in the long run. The teacher’s reactions influence the students to behave a certain way, paving the road for how they are going to perform later on in life. In our society today, some teachers believe that some students are incapable of learning so they direct most of their attention and help to the other students who are advancing and comprehending at a faster rate. This is definitely not good teaching beliefs. First of all, all students deserve an equal education. Showing favoritism towards a certain group can seriously damage those who aren’t in that group. Their egos will be harmed and will decline because if they are not encouraged, they are not going to succeed like the other students. They will tend to lose interest in school, homework, and inevitably themselves. These students are the ones that go through their school years and don’t care about their education and tend to drop out before they graduate high school. If a teacher doesn’t believe in the student, the student isn’t going to believe in themselves. Their chances for success were stripped from them, so it is vital that we as teachers are sure to believe in the success in every student.

As a teacher, we must have a true passion for reading and it needs to be obvious to the students so that they may observe and perhaps imitate you. The teacher of a student can be a very influential role model in a child’s life and our actions are crucial to the students. Students need a stable example to follow. Showing your passion for reading, could be very contagious in a learning environment.

Most students that are enrolled in school don’t have the passion to read. Some even resent it. There is a huge push on teachers to teach curriculum that is based around the TAKS testing and preparation. Teachers are stressed to make the curriculum solely involved around testing to improve the school’s achievement results. This isn’t beneficial to anyone. The students are deprived from any creative curriculum. It reduces the number of students to make their full potential. The TAKS testing requires that students read certain kinds of books, while students don’t take interest in those kinds, without the student’s preference on what they want to read.
All of these are considerations that every teacher needs to bring into their classrooms. All of these essentials are components to a great, influential learning environment