TEACHING AS A PROFESSION

Melda N. Yildiz, Ed.D.

Secondary and Middle School EducationCollege of EducationWilliam Paterson University

yildizm@wpunj.edu

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JFK Elementary School, Paterson, NJ

April 1, 2009

EXPANSION OF THE LEARNING SPACES

School/ Classroom Computer Lab Library Museums/ Zoos/ Aquariums Hallways/ Informal meeting areas Virtual Learning Environment Internet- Cyber café Media (Books, Videos, TV) Dinning Halls Athletic Fields/ Playground Multi-use spaces Project rooms Field Trips/ Outdoors My Room WHERE DO YOU LEARN?

School Room in Wagner, Oklahoma, circa 1920.

NINE DOTS AND FOUR LINESTHE PROBLEM: WITHOUT TAKING YOUR PEN OFF THE PAPER, DRAW FOUR STRAIGHT LINES SUCH THAT ALL NINE DOTS ARE INTERSECTED.

Remember to THINK outside of the BOX To solve this problem, think outside of the

dots.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William A. Ward

WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE A TEACHER? 10 Reasons to Become a Teacher Big Bucks! Know all the answers on the test. Never a stressful moment. Practice pedagogy without fear of arrest Free apples! Massive funding for classroom supplies. Joyfully implement wise policies of marvelous

administrators, earning thanks of a grateful nation.

Discipline tomorrows U.S. leaders today. Spend leisurely summer in intensive therapy

attempting to recover strength for new term. Might have to work for a living otherwise.

TEACHER’S ROLE

Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously teachers and students.

Paulo Freire

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TEACHER’S ROLE

• Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously teachers and students.

Paulo Freire

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