Blog 5

This chapter, titled “The Essence of Understanding”, gives a prospective teacher a lot to think about. It makes one think about teaching a lesson in a way that students will not only understand but in a way that they will remember it as well. I can’t tell you how many things I have learned in school that I no longer remember. I remember them long enough to take the test and then forgot about it. As much as I hate to say it, I still do it today in college. The only things that I chose to remember were those that I actually wanted to learn about. For example I remember a lot about history and that is something that even today I enjoy learning, and it is something I remember. The author of this chapter said that she went into a school and taught the students in a different way in which they say that they learned more and actually understood it in a way that would help them to remember. Since it wasn’t that long ago since I was in high school I can’t help but question whether it was the fact that she taught the lesson in a different way or the fact that she was a guest in a classroom. I know that I was more likely to pay attention and learn from someone other than my normal teacher. I think that is something that is important to take into consideration. Overall I think that finding a way for students to understand the information is important. In high school and even now I hear numerous students say “I just learn it for the test, after that it doesn’t matter.”