The Praxis of Pedagogy Day 43

We are on finals schedule today and only had two classes that were both 1 hour and 30 minutes long. In both my first and second period we finished up presentation and the students that fucked up royally with me I let go again and give another presentation. On these presentations I kept them up there for a while and really pressed them on information and subject matter knowledge. I enjoyed this. I really really did.

Then after that I had them get out two pieces of paper. On one paper I had them compose a letter to themselves for next year. I had them answer the following questions

• How did you do this year?
• How did you do in this class?
• What did you do well?
• What could you have done better?
• What are your goals for next year?
• What do you want for yourself in school?

Then on the second piece of paper I had them write to me about things that I could do to be a better teacher and improve my skills or lack thereof. The questions I asked them to answer were

• What can I do to improve?
• What would you like to see more of?
• What did you like about the class?
• What can I do to help make students more successful?

Just 2 more days with the students!!!