Chapter 7 deals with the issue that many teachers face on a regular day basis, teaching hard academic material. I found this chapter very insightful as a student currently enrolled in a teacher education program. All throughout high school I would always notice when a teacher had a hard time making a standard relevant to students. Tips throughout this chapter include, challenge assumptions, not sticking to the textbook, linking old material to new material.
A helpful tip comes from Maribel, “my history teacher connects many things with things today. There’s this thing with Tariff Union that I think Germany did, and he’s relating it to what Europe is doing now with euros, how they traded without tax and tariffs. That catches us” (125). With history, many students don’t see the point in it, this is something that I would get great pleasure in changing. By using the tips and opinions of students from this book, I hope I can make this goal a reality.
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