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Some days I’d like to be a teacher of long ago (okay, I’d like to believe it’s long ago, but in fact I know there are still teachers who teach this way) who gave the same lesson to all the students each day. I am always surprised each September (why is it I forget?) how long some preparation can take. It takes longer for me not because I’m inefficient. Although I do admit my filing system leaves a lot to be desired, but that I’m willing to blame on not enough time alone in my office to file – have to blame something! It takes longer because as I get to know my students I rearrange what subjects to cover and in what way.
I work hard to keep Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences in mind as I prepare my daily lesson plans, and that can make presenting some material pretty challenging. Keep in mind that I teach at the college level. What’s interesting is that there are many students who have never experienced being asked to learn in their own style, and we spend a few classes adjusting to this. Students are a bit “weirdid out” (to use what they say although I think that’s misspelled) by my asking them to do something like talk to each other about their thinking about what they just read or I just explained to them.
It’s been a long day of meetings and preparations; it’s late and I’m not done. Could I just figure out how to give standardized lectures wth standardized quizzes? Today I’m thinking about teaching to the individual.
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