Recently we viewed the video, The Water is Wide, in my principles of education and training class.You wild find my responses to the blog prompt below.
In what ways has education changed since the 1960s? The way it change due to a hard teaching ways, they used to try the children's learn, but they don't learn that way.
In what ways has it stayed the same since the 1960s? The teachers keep having the same ways to teach some things.
Describe a teacher you know or knew who is or was very conventional and is or was tied to doing things the way they have or always had been done. (Do not use real names.) My teacher from last year schools she don't let us took in others language.
Describe three ways that Mr. Conroy inspired his children to learn that were unconventional. A] Make the children's trust on theirs self. B] He let them participate in class. C] Bean friendly and teach them the way that the kids would learn.
How did he get the community to support the school? He make others trust to hem, and bean confident.
A] What roadblocks did he encounter with the children? The y don't know anything, some of then don't know how to get the pencil to wrote. B] What roadblocks did he encounter with his coworker? She was trying to convince hem to teach the way she does. C] What roadblocks did he encounter with the community? They don't want the kids know about the opportunities they can have out of the community.
What attributes did Mr. Conroy have that were characteristics found in most effective teachers? (List at least 5 and explain with example from the movie.) A] Friendly, He play with the kids. B] Successful, always was looking for betters ways to teach. C] Passion to teach, he dedicate the time to be teaching and take the time to explain. D] Patient, He never yell to the kids no matter if they wrong. E] He never give up, always fight to bean a good teacher, and no teach with violence.
- What idea thought do you carry away from this movie that you will apply to your future career? I will apply many of these characters to go thought my career, and bean a successful teaching.
