Final Reflection Blog Post

My favorite blog post was the Math Teaching Lesson Plan. I thought that it allowed me to practice lesson planning and creativity in the classroom. I thought that the feedback from my peers were really insightful and helped me see the blindspots I had in my lesson. I also enjoyed the Skemp article in the very beginning. I thought that it was a good read and helped us reflect on how we are to teach different audiences in a classroom with different styles of learning (instrumental and relational).

Overall, I felt like the class could have a heavier focus on the BC curriculum in particular. I felt unprepared to lesson plan for my short practicum, because we did not start lesson plans until the week before and the week after short practicum. I also felt like we spent too much time on the creative aspect of teaching. Yes, it is nice to be creative once in a while, but as secondary math teachers, the majority of our time consists of content teaching and classroom management.