How would you currently describe your overall approach to teaching in your classroom: traditional, process mastery, or constructivist? What works well in your approach? What needs improvement?

[Austin]

My approach is traditional and process mastery with a little of constructivism. I believe that traditional and process mastery works well but the traditional can use a little improvement.

[Austin]

I would describe my approach as primarily traditional and process mastery…. and just a flair of constructivism when opportunities arise. I’m not sure what works well in my approach. We will see how this year goes, and I will make adjustments as necessary. Sometimes giving students too much freedom of choice can lead to more confusion, so we will see….

[Austin]

I honestly think that my overall approach to teaching in my classroom is a mixture of the different approaches. My students are held to certain requirements, but they have a chance to select how they would like to demonstrate mastery. I think by combining the benefits of each approach the students will have a better experience.

[Austin]

I teach history and science. For history, I use mostly a traditional approach but for science I use a more constructivist approach. To be honest, my history lessons could use more variety. I plan to push myself to do more project with the students. My science lessons could use more structure, and I plan to incorporate more vocabulary review and activities.

[Austin]

I am currently in line with a traditional and process mastery approach but I build in activities every day that allow students to make selections on what they would like to do. One of the areas that I need improvement on is allowing for more flexibility in my classroom. I tend to be overly structured at times.