Ch.6 Discussion Reflection

As an individual and a group, we exerted a lot of effort in preparing for this discussion. We met two times outside of class for extended period of time. We exerted equal amount of effort, which guided us an elaboration of all our ideas. We also exerted much effort in fostering past discussions. We focused on the positive things we must include and geared away from the negative things that we should not include. Through preparing for our chapter discussion, we also took time to rehearse what we wanted to say, which also allowed us to practice what we wanted to say.

The value of facilitating course content for my peers is important because it allows the students to express their knowledge and elaborate on certain information he or she obtained from the readings. I also think it is important to facilitate course content because sometimes, students are able to relate to someone who has to do similar experiences such as a chapter discussion. Overall, I think the main value of facilitating course content to my peers in the discussion. When discussing issues, students are able to further their knowledge on that specific topic.

Discussing course content with my peers impacts my future teaching in several ways because it shows me how I should teach and how I should not teach, also, to incorporate everyone’s needs into my classroom. Some things that I obtained through our discussion debriefing are using my teacher voice and filtering out filler words. I know that I try real hard to not use filler words, but it is hard to adapt to proper wording. A second thing that I would keep in mind for further discussion and my further classroom is considering different ways to share out, such as jigsaw. Having jigsaw groupings will allow me to expand each student’s thinking within different groups. I believe a jigsaw grouping with allow the students to incorporate their own personal side to each discussion, rather than just one discussion about one topic. Another thing that I would consider is to provide a summary of the discussion and/or lesson. Providing a summary will be an effective way to allow the students to know that the discussion or lesson is coming to an end. These are all future tips I will take into consideration for my future teaching.

Even though I enjoyed presenting discussion for chapter six, I am very thankful that it is over with. Doing a chapter discussion by promoting the discussion helped me to retain a lot more information that will be beneficial and important to know. I think the main thing that I will keep in mind for my future classroom is organization and preparation. As a group we did a lot of preparing and tried to organize discussion as much as possible. With preparation and organization a classroom will be more structured and the teacher (me) will be able to format a proper lesson and/or discussion.