Monday, August 21, 2006

Good Students, Class, and Teacher

Please answer each part.
What are the qualities of an effective/productive student? What are the qualities of an effective teacher? What are some of the things this class needs to have in order to have a productive learning environment?

5 Comments:

Blogger karmk said...

A student and a teacher should have a few qualities they have in mind in order to be effective. a few things a student should keep in mind is as follows. First, a student should always respect his/her teacher. Even if you don't agree with what they are teaching you should still respect them. Secondly, you should make the job a little easier for the teacher by having ALL your homework finished correctly and done with care. teachers would really appreceate it if you care about what you are doing and not just doing it to get it over with.Lastly, don't be afraid of you teacher and ask him/her a question if you really need to.
Teachers should also have a few things in mind to be an affective teacher. a couple i can think of are, First, the teacher needs to be enthusiastic with their teaching. I know i learned way better with teachers who were all gung hoe about what the were teaching. And that makes the students a lot more likely to be more enthusiastic as well. Secondly, don't pit a students ideas down. if you do that then it really makes a student hide away the rest of the class. And lastly, you doe your part as a teacher, keep your word etc. we really put trust in our teachers and we really want to kepp that.
so if we both do our parts, then it will be easier for school and for our lives now and in the long run.

5:53 PM  
Blogger Roxy S said...

An effective/productive student should be attentive in class. Eye contact and physical responses are important. They should be willing to learn for themselves and noone else. An effective teacher should have passion for the knowledge they are trying to share with students as opposed to force feeding it. They should avoid assigning busy work that dampens students excitement for the subject. A class should have hands on projects and things that students can relate to or find some interest in.

8:21 PM  
Blogger Troy B said...

There are many different qualities that make up a productive student. I think that most of it is being excited about what they are doing in school and that they want to learn the subject matter. As for teachers i think that it is a very important that they make the class fun and exciting, so that the kids want to be there and learn. Other wise it’s just another class to them. Most importantly for the class to be productive, everyone should want to be there and want to know more about what the teacher is teaching. So all around the whole class should be thought of as fun or interesting by everyone in it.

8:11 PM  
Blogger Billy N. said...

A productive student participates almost every time he has a good answer or a strong opinion. Although participation is important, a student who repeats everyone elses answer in a different form for the sake of getting participation points, will get the class nowhere. An effective teacher can bring up good topics, but does not control the discussion completely. The things our class needs is good discussion topics with good volunteers. One way to have good discussion, is have opposition in the class. The topics presented to us are so much more fun to learn with if we question their properties. Above all I think we all need to have respect for others, and their opinions. Conflict and opposition are fine as long as we are not disrespecting others in the process.

9:04 PM  
Blogger Andrew M said...

In order to have a productive learning environment there must include an equal commitment from the teacher as well as the student to learn. The effort that the teacher puts forth must be focused on expanding the student's horizon by not only teaching the required material but by also helping the students realize thier potential. The student must carry scholarly values including coming to class willing to learn and participate but they also must be genuinely devoted to learning. The final element that allows a classroom to be a very productive learning environment is that both the teacher and students respect each other and have a close relationship with everyone in the class.

9:32 PM  

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