Week Four

A good student is one who is actively involved and paying attention. When student’s are engaged you can see how interested they are in the lesson/topics which can create great discussions/debates. A student can be considered “good” by even just showing or expressing that they are paying attention versus resting their heads on their desk. I find the student’s who are more privileged are the one’s who are actively asking the teacher questions when they ask, because then the class is not in silence. I think teachers need to make their lessons interesting in order to get students to participate. Usually group work can be powerful to engage all learners. It is hard to engage in class discussions if you do not understand what is going on. Teachers need to be able to “act on their feet” and know if their lesson is not working so they can adapt it to suite all student’s.