How would you address a wide range of skills and abilities in your classroom?

Education

• Two questions: l.-Describe the skills or attributes you believe are necessary to be an outstanding teacher. 2.- How would you address a wide range of skills in your classroom?

• Answer:

  josemiguel-ga, 1. The attributes you need to be an outstanding teacher are a love of children, patience and an understanding that each child is at a different level (ages and stages), and that each child learns in different ways. You should know how to communicate effectively to the children and the parents. You should be able to refer or give outside sources of help to the parents when needed. You should also be able to devote a great deal of time without expecting a huge salary in return-- only the gratification that comes from seeing the child learn. 2. To address a wide range of skills in your classroom, first each child has to be assessed through naturalistic, informal or structured activities. Once you assess the child you will know what is referred to by psychologist Lev Vyhotsky as the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). Teachers use the ZPD to know where the child is and then you can decide what steps can be taken to assist that child to the next level through different activities. In the classroom you want to use Gardner?s Theory of Multiple Intelligences because each child has a different learning style. Gardner identified eight intelligences. The following Education Central website lists many qualities of successful teachers: http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~dnewby/tchqualities.html The following website is concerned with Dr. Gardener?s Theory of multiple Intelligences: http://www.lmsaonline.org/MITheory.htm Google search strategy: Keywords, ?successful teaching qualities?: ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=successful+teaching+qualities ?successful teaching attributes?: ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=successful+teaching+attributes&btnG=Google+Search I hope this helps. Good luck in continuing your inquiries! Sincerely, omniscientbeing-ga Google Answers Researcher