Two videos about Frank McCourt contain so many valuable perspectives. They are inspiring and constructive. In the first video, one that struck me the most comes from his words as below.
" If you are teaching, and you're not learning, you will not teach it."
" I learned an awful lot from the kids in 30 years".
------------ Frank McCourt
Teaching is also a process of learning, learning from your students, learning from other teachers, and learning from failures. McCourt reveals to us that sense of critical inquiry, open-minded and empathy are necessary features for a teacher who knows the importance of learning. Furthermore, McCourt maintained this manner for 30 years. He said humorously " 30 years it nearly killed me, but I survived". I can see from this that teaching is never a easy thing, and it should never be taken for granted. What is his core motivation for teaching in such a way for so long? I think the answer is given by him, which is the " sense of responsibility".
The second video is an interview with Frank McCourt. He highlights the importance of building a connection with students. His willingness to understand and tolerate the thoughts of his students inspires me. I always want to be a caring teacher, and today I learned how to do that from McCourt. I believe that a healthy and positive relationship between teacher and students is formed on the basis of understanding and trust from the teacher.
Course notes:
These are some attitudes outlined by Borasi in her article. She objects to these ideas. I think that some of these ideas are only true in some circumstances. For example, I think that staying too much on a problem is not always a waste of time, and it depends on how you spent that time. If you spent a lot of time trying different ways to solve it, you at least proved these ways were not working.
I don't agree that ambiguity does not exist in mathematics. "Zero to the power of zero" is an ambiguity. If your math teacher tells you zero to the power of zero is undefined, but you see it is equal to 1 in computer language, please do not blame your teacher confused you.
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