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Elementary Student’s Descriptions of a “Good Teacher”

Elementary Student’s Descriptions of a “Good Teacher”.

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Elementary Student’s Descriptions of a “Good Teacher”

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  1. Elementary Student’s Descriptions of a “Good Teacher” The Purpose of this study is to determine if elementary students in grades kindergarten through second grade have consistent criteria to define a “good teacher”. Through this study I hope to provide teachers with an insight to their students and information that will help them to become more effective.

  2. Literature Review Introduction Teacher Education Characteristics of Good Teachers Student Definitions of Good Teachers Conclusions References

  3. Important Studies The article compared teaching learners to taking care of an old pick-up truck, like putting oil in, having some leak out so you continue putting more in Get attention Activate prior learning, use stories Select the essentials Walsh, F. (2003). Lessons on teaching, learning, and forgetting from a 1966 Dodge pickup. Clearing House: A Journal Of Educational Strategies, Issues And Ideas, 77(1), 34-38. Focus on meaningfulness Debenham, P., & Lee, M. (2005). Teaching backwards: reflections on an unacknowledged teaching practice. Journal Of Dance Education, 5(4), 135-137. Prepare for the magical teaching moments Importance of identifying strategies, skills and practices that support the classroom journey Student focused learning Fill in missing pieces Put in concepts and skills needed to do new lesson Teacher intuition

  4. Methods First I will send invitation/consent forms to two classes each of kindergarten through second grade classes. The invitation/consents will be numbered. The participants will be chosen by random assignment. The participants will be a systematic sampling because I will choose every third number on the returned invitation/consent forms. The interviews will take place during the school day at a time that has been deemed appropriate by the classroom teacher. The interview will take place in a classroom. I will ask the interview questions. I will scribe the participant’s responses to the interview questions. The data will be analyzed for trends to look for consistent remarks.

  5. Questions on the Interview What do you think a good teacher is? Why do you think this is important? What do you expect from teachers? What advice would you give to new teachers?

  6. Conclusion I hope to find useful information that can help teachers understand their students better. I found lots of studies involving older students and college students, but not younger elementary students. I am hoping I can get more from the students than “nice”. I would like to do more research to compare how teachers would answer the same questions I would like to do more research to see if the answers have anything to do with gender , or race of the students and of their teachers.

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