4.3 Shows recognition of your own potential prejudices & projections, noting ways you hope to overcome them
Before attending this subject about literacy and numeracy i had no idea that mathematical concepts existed everywhere and that our life is incomplete without them and i also considered maths to be a very boring subject which only involved logical reasoning and therefore i was feeling a bit nervous and anxious, because i had never thought that teaching mathematics could be creative and fun. It was all because my previous experience about mathematics was not good and i had always thought maths just consisted of rules and that it couldn't be creative and interesting but after my experience in placement and in this class i came to a conclusion that teaching maths to young children could be interesting and creative, but for that as a teacher we have to be confident about our mathematical abilities, and also we should be able to make mathematical experience positive for our future students so that they could build on those positive experiences and feel confident and happy in their applications of the arithmatic concepts. I had a wonderful experience while teaching at kindergarten and i learned that we could incidentally teach maths to the children as i counted number of blocks with the children and read stories about" Five little ducks" which i thought was a wonderful and creative way to teach to young children and which also made me feel good about myself that i am able to involve children in numeracy and children also seemed more engaged when we try to build their interest by teaching them creatively. After enrolling in this i am feeling competent in teaching maths to young children as i have learn that math exist every where around us by making maths real by teaching it in the context of
preschoolers' everyday lives and that Math doesn't exist only on paper or a whiteboard;
preschoolers learn math best by doing hands-on projects and activities
and being reminded how the math they're learning is part of
their everyday live.
Another strategy that i can use is by teaching maths across the curriculum, rather than just as an isolated subject and by blending maths concepts into language arts, music, art, and science projects.
Another strategy that i can use is by teaching maths across the curriculum, rather than just as an isolated subject and by blending maths concepts into language arts, music, art, and science projects.
It's great to read about your growing confidence in teaching numeracy and maths, and that you recognise how your feelings about these learning areas can affect how the children in your care approach them, too. It can be hard to undo such negative feelings (and quickly), so I wonder if you have any specific strategies for overcoming your identified feelings, over time?
ReplyDeleteYes, i do feel much more competent in mathematics as i am enrolled in a subject called "Thinking and working mathematically" i have started to learn that mathematics can be made fun and creative rather than doing it in a boring dull manner, I think as a teacher we should first be aware of and fully understand the mathematical concept that we are going to teach young children and that could be done by feeling confident and fully understanding that concept.
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