Describe: Last class, Dr. Bond talked about how important it was to preassess your students. This helps you as a teacher determine what your students know and don’t know before study begins. This also can include things you can find out about your students. As a teacher I will have lots of students, and being able to remember certain things about them shows that I care. Dr. Bond gave us many examples of ways that we can preassess our students whether it be for academic reasons or personal.
Analysis: I learned many ways that I would like to try and preassess my students. Getting to know your students’ interests can help you with your classroom instruction. Students learn different ways and they like different things. With this information you wont waste time re-teaching objectives your students already know, or if you need to teach on a higher level thinking. This could be different in each class as well. It can also allow you to incorporate cross-curriculum so that you can keep your students focus, even if the topic may not be the most interesting to your students.
Reflection: In the future, it will be important for me to spend time getting to know each one of my students. I say this not only at the beginning of the semester, but all the way throughout it. I would hand out a survey or do a fun activity or both on the first day. If I notice I have a class full of art students, I will try and incorporate art in my health classes. The same goes for athletes, musicians, etc. Keeping students interested helps them learn and will help them remember the information for a long time, which is critical in health.
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