Who are you?
For today’s science teacher there are just too many resources, too many good ideas, too many things that work well. So which one is best for you? How in the world do you/can you sort through all those things and find something useful for you? Or, put differently, why do some things work well for one teacher but fail for you?
We’re all different, and that includes our strengths. And the key to figuring out which of those vast resources are right for you is for you to take a long look inward and figure out who you are as a teacher. Which days are your best? Your worst? What energizes you? Drains you? If you’re still figuring this out (it took me about 10 years), then go ahead and sample a number of kinds of lessons. Like…
- Different kinds of hands-on (keeping students in their seats, at lab tables, up and around the room)
- With detailed instructions, without as much
You get the idea. Some you’ll enjoy, others you won’t. But you’ll learn who you are. And that will benefit you as well as your students.
Wewe ni nani? Kwa mwalimu wa sayansi wa leo kuna rasilimali nyingi sana, mawazo mengi sana mazuri, mambo mengi sana yanayofanya kazi vizuri. Kwa hiyo ni ipi iliyo bora zaidi kwako? Jinsi gani katika ulimwengu unaweza kuchagua kati ya mambo hayo yote na kupata kitu muhimu kwa ajili yenu? Au kwa maneno mengine, kwa nini mambo fulani yanafanya kazi vizuri kwa mwalimu mmoja lakini hayana matokeo kwa wewe? Sisi sote ni tofauti, na hilo latia ndani nguvu zetu. Na ufunguo wa kujua ni ipi kati ya rasilimali hizo kubwa ni sahihi kwa wewe ni kwa wewe kuchukua kuangalia kwa muda mrefu ndani na kujua wewe ni nani kama mwalimu. Ni siku zipi zenye kupendeza zaidi? Je, ni mbaya zaidi? Ni nini kinachokuchochea? Je, inakuondoa nguvu? Kama bado ni kufikiri hii nje (ilichukua mimi kuhusu miaka 10), basi kwenda mbele na sampuli idadi ya aina ya masomo. Kama... - Aina tofauti za mikono-juu (kuweka wanafunzi katika viti vyao, katika meza za maabara, juu na kuzunguka chumba) - Pamoja na maelekezo ya kina, bila kama sana Una kupata wazo. Baadhi ya utafurahia, wengine huwezi. Lakini utajifunza wewe ni nani. Hilo litakufaidi wewe na wanafunzi wako pia.