Today I had the chance to do a 15 minute micro teach lesson for my classmates. My lesson topic: KSA #7. This KSA is all about creating and maintaining environments that promote student learning and acknowledging students needs for physical, social, cultural, and psychological security.
My understanding of the KSA is that in order to create an effective classroom environment you need effective classroom management. However, classroom management is such a broad topic that could be talked about for hours, maybe even days, so I had to narrow it down to one thing because I only had 15 minutes to teach. So, I chose attention grabbers. It's quick, easy and I could make it interactive for the class. Attention grabbers are also something that we will have to use in our classrooms so it was definitely relevant to our learning.
My understanding of the KSA is that in order to create an effective classroom environment you need effective classroom management. However, classroom management is such a broad topic that could be talked about for hours, maybe even days, so I had to narrow it down to one thing because I only had 15 minutes to teach. So, I chose attention grabbers. It's quick, easy and I could make it interactive for the class. Attention grabbers are also something that we will have to use in our classrooms so it was definitely relevant to our learning.