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By Shelbi, April 5, 2011 9:03 pm

Prompt:

Describe your mentor teacher’s style of classroom management and communication.  Do you feel it is effective?  What is it that gives you this impression?  What aspect of your mentor teacher’s style would you include in your own classroom, and what aspect would you eliminate?  Give a rationale. Watch your mentor teacher’s style of communication for 20-30 minutes: voice tone, facial expression, body language, hand gestures, eye contact, etc.  How did the students react to the teacher’s style?  Was there any particular aspect of the style that was more effective than another? What aspect of communication do you need to develop in order to assure student attentiveness?

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By Shelbi, October 20, 2010 12:45 pm

I feel that my participation in this class is above average. I participate and contribute better than most students, but not quite at the optimum level that I could. At the same time, the amount of time I spend preparing for this course is appropriate for the amount of hours a week as well as its relevance to my major. I consider myself someone who participates in lectures. Although not quite necessarily the first person to volunteer, I share my opinions and try to lend a unique perspective to the class. This is also something I try to bring to the online discussion forum, although I don’t know that it translates quite as well.

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