My name is Drew Patterson and I am pursuing a degree in Physical Education, with a minor in Health, and an Adaptive Physical Education license. As I move along further in my major I have realized that I do not mind what age level I teach, I just want to be able to impact and influence students to do what they want. Ultimately my dream career would be to find a spot as a physical education teacher at a high school and be able to help coach some of the sports teams. I would like to do this as a career because of those who allowed education and school to be a good environment for me. I have had many teachers that have been such an influence to me. They all have made the classroom a fun, energetic, and open space that people and myself felt comfortable in. To this day my favorite teacher was my 7th grade social studies teacher. I remember doing multiple reenactments in his class. This allowed for the information he was teaching become more fun to learn. I felt this teaching style made the information become more relevant to the students and help us retain the information being taught. What I can take from these experiences that will help me in my future career is using these same techniques in my own classroom. What I believe makes a good teacher is being able to allow each student in your classroom to reach their full potential each day. Allow them to be presented the information being taught in the best way you can deliver it to them. Make them see education and learning in a different way, and challenge them to become better than they were the day before.
When reviewing the video clips it was easy to pick out what teaching style was more effective for the classes. Teaching clip 1 was more effective because the teacher was able to keep the class engage with the content being taught. He was able to make the class laugh and enjoy the time being spent in the classroom. He also challenged them when they stepped on the desk, he challenged them to see the world and writings from a different perspective and make it their own. In the teaching clip 2 the teacher was very monotone and did not seem to be enjoying the material he was teaching. He was spewing out facts at the class hoping that they would retain them. What I learned from those clips is, if the teacher is not engaged and enjoying what is being taught, then the students most likely are not engaged and enjoying what is being taught.
