Reflection of Myths

What was surprising and did you dismiss any myths before reading these? 

The most surprising myth was the one explaining how a teacher can not observe engagement. It seems odd that if a student is participating and wanting to do the activity that they would not be engaged in it. I had dismisses the different types of learners a couple years ago. Yes, people learn in different ways but no one can learn everything through only one method. Imagine someone who could only see things in order to learn. How are they supposed to learn about wind, magnets, or gravity? The person would have to use a different learning technique to learn. All of the articles have sound reasoning behind them.

 Do you believe all of these articles are true and had your professors ever mention using any of these methods?

I see no reason to doubt the findings of them. Many things change and opinions of different kinds of learners is just one things that gets relabeled every few years. My professors and cooperating teacher all emphasized that using different techniques is beneficial for teaching students. They never mentioned how a student can only learn one was because he/she was a kinesthetic learner. The importance of teaching is to find the best way to teach students so they get the most out of the lessons. 

What are you going to do?

I am going to continue using different methods of teaching to figure out what is best for my students and their learning. Having students come up with their own way to learn a topic can be helpful because then they are trying different ways by themselves. This allows for more options to be gone through for the student to find the most beneficial technique in their learning. 

 If someone were to try and force you to use these methods, how would you convince them against using them?

In order to persuade the decision maker, I would find articles just like these. I would type up a reflection and summary of the articles and ensure to cite each source. Decisions like this typically must go through a board of education not simply the principal. I would ensure to attend any meetings and voice my opinion and support it with facts from studies found on academic databases.