How do you teach the student without judging their beliefs? I struggle with judging others. I want to make excuses for judging others. For example, I am insecure and so if I think poorly of others, that lifts me up and makes me better. I think my beliefs are right and their beliefs are wrong. I am just being honest because this is something that I continually need to work on. We are all human and we all deserve to be treated equally, without being judged. It is so easy for me to judge the students based on their behaviors and I tend to forget that middle schoolers sometimes forget to think ahead before they act. Am I judging their beliefs because of this? Do actions stem from beliefs? Or do beliefs stem from actions? I guess in my teaching I need to be conscientious of all students. We all are raised with different belief systems. In lieu of reading the chapter, I need to be aware of institutional racism so that I am working to break down those walls that have been built up. I heard the term white privilege a few years ago and I never really realized that it existed. When I learned about it, it made me sad that I was white and I automatically had privileges over other people. It made me not want to be white and I felt sorry for people of color. Regretting that I am white and feeling bad for people of color is not going to solve any of the problems of institutional racism in America. I can be a part of the solution by working effectively with all of my students. By caring about who they are, by listening to their stories and incorporating their interests into science teaching, it will make the material relevant for them. I work with a large population of low-income students. No matter what students I am working with, I try to provide the best education for them. It seems like lower-income schools are losing good teachers , sometimes because of NCLB. Low-income students deserve just as good of an education as middle and upper class families, so I am not going to give up.
November already and did you realize there are only 4 weeks left to this semester? Looking forward to reading your blogs on Chapter 8 and the video.
ReplyDeleteHow do you teach the student without judging their beliefs?
ReplyDeleteI struggle with judging others. I want to make excuses for judging others. For example, I am insecure and so if I think poorly of others, that lifts me up and makes me better. I think my beliefs are right and their beliefs are wrong. I am just being honest because this is something that I continually need to work on. We are all human and we all deserve to be treated equally, without being judged. It is so easy for me to judge the students based on their behaviors and I tend to forget that middle schoolers sometimes forget to think ahead before they act. Am I judging their beliefs because of this? Do actions stem from beliefs? Or do beliefs stem from actions? I guess in my teaching I need to be conscientious of all students. We all are raised with different belief systems. In lieu of reading the chapter, I need to be aware of institutional racism so that I am working to break down those walls that have been built up. I heard the term white privilege a few years ago and I never really realized that it existed. When I learned about it, it made me sad that I was white and I automatically had privileges over other people. It made me not want to be white and I felt sorry for people of color. Regretting that I am white and feeling bad for people of color is not going to solve any of the problems of institutional racism in America. I can be a part of the solution by working effectively with all of my students. By caring about who they are, by listening to their stories and incorporating their interests into science teaching, it will make the material relevant for them. I work with a large population of low-income students. No matter what students I am working with, I try to provide the best education for them. It seems like lower-income schools are losing good teachers , sometimes because of NCLB. Low-income students deserve just as good of an education as middle and upper class families, so I am not going to give up.