Chapter 7

Chapter 7
I really liked this chapter. It really gave me hope that I can differentiate my teaching. There were so many good quotes that I liked from the reading. The first quote that I liked was "What is essential to learners is difficult for teachers to see." I liked this quote because its so true. I really feel like in my own schooling some of my teachers don't really see what is essential. The next quote that I liked was "..effectiveness is creating a positive effect on students achievement as well as other important outcomes that have positive and lasting effects, on the lives of students." We as teachers need to realize what effectiveness really is. Its not just in the classroom and scoring good on tests, its about life long skills that will stay with our students forever. The next quote that I liked was "Virtually all learners benefit when they learn in places with high instructional ceilings and lots of ways to climb to the top." I just really liked this because I can relate to it. When I go into a classroom that the teacher knows what they want and their expectation are set high for me and they believe that I can succeed, I usually always do! I jut think that we need to believe in ourselves and know that we can do it and our students will feed off our energy and they will succeed. I liked the metaphors at the end of the chapter they put the concepts into perspective for me.