Design instruction to meet students' needs

Q: What and how do teachers work together to design instruction to meet the needs of a variety of learners. 

Every student has different learning styles because everyone has different abilities to receive information, understanding the information and express the formation. As a result, teachers need to observe every student and make sure that every student understands what you have taught in the class, what they need to do, and how can they do these things. As a foundation, you have to make sure that every student is keeping engaged with class and you because when they keep engaged, it means they are thinking and receiving the information that you are teaching. In my opinion, there are some steps that teachers need to know when they are trying to design instructions.

First, you have to make sure that you know students' learning style because it will help you to know what kind of teaching style that you can use to support your students. Second, you need to making your class to be interesting which will make students to be more easy to keep engaged. Third, you also need to lead your students to involve the class step by step because it will help students know what is happening and what they should do. Moreover, you have to provide enough time for students to think especially for the ELL because when they think the questions, they need additional time to understand what the question asks. Besides, you should encourage students to discuss with others because it will help them make connections with others or exchange their different viewpoints.

Educators have to treat every student equally, but before it, you have to make sure that you know every student well because it will help you know how can you support each student who has different abilities.

YA Entry

Our PLC group finally decided to choose these two YA books: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
and All American Boys by Jason Reynolds.

Fun Home is a family tragicomic which talks about a young girl's (Alison Bechdel) life experience from a young girl to young adult as she realized her own lesbian sexuality.  Her father Bruce almost suicide and he also has secret homosexuality or bisexuality that he kept hidden throughout his life. I think this book is interesting because I want to know more about Lesbian which I am not familiar with. Additionally,  I am also interested in the relationship between the girl Alison Bechdel,  and her father, Bruce.

All American Boys is related to different races in school. I think I really need to read about this because I had never experienced an environment which involved many different races, background, and culture before I came to American. As a result, this topic makes me want to read more and learn more about what should I notice and what I should not do when I am in this diversity environment. Besides, It also involves some violence between the boys in school which is always an issue in school.

Because of my culture and education experiences, I lack knowledge of LGBT and races issue in this world, especially which happen in school. I also think a "good teacher" need to know about these issues to know what could happen to students.

Performance Criterion 1.1: Learning Theory.
Candidates use understanding of learning theory
(in areas such as cognitive, linguistic, social emotional or physical)
to design appropriate learning experiences.

Performance Criterion 1.2: Developmental Theory.
Candidates use understanding of developmental theory
(in areas such as cognitive, linguistic, social emotional or physical)
to design appropriate learning experiences.

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