As master teachers, have you ever made mistakes in what you teach your students? Maybe you went through a lesson and you realized after the class that you shared information that was incorrect. If so, how have you handled it? What is your best way of dealing with such situation?
Uh, yes. The...See MoreOn 11/20/09, Joe wrote: > As master teachers, have you ever made mistakes in what you > teach your students? Maybe you went through a lesson and > you realized after the class that you shared information > that was incorrect. If so, how have you handled it? What > is your best way of dealing with such situation?
Uh, yes. The question rather floors me. Of course teachers as well as everyone else make mistakes. Perhaps even more so because teaching is very much a people profession and you work with some very energetic and sometimes highly reluctant people at that. The least mistake a teacher makes is in giving out wrong information - in what world are teachers supposed to know everything?? Thinking that a teacher is infallible - or pretending to be - would make one a pretty bad teacher.
I see legions of mistakes being made every day - some in content information, some in how teaching is approached but most often how the students are approached. Some teachers all but invite confrontation from students but a book could be written on just that one kind of mistake alone.
On 11/23/09, NY5 wrote: > Yes, YES, YES...and the kids LOVE to catch a typo on the > projector, an accidental missing comma, the DATE wrong on the > board....they love it! > I always laugh and say..."OMGoodness, thanks for pointing it > out! Where would I bee without you guys?" We all laugh. > I call them my "word detectives"... > I also make sure I tell them "See, I'm not perfect, and I > don't pretend to be!" > On 11/20/09, Joe wrote: >> As master teachers, have you ever made mistakes in what you >> teach your students? Maybe you went through a lesson and >> you realized after the class that you shared information >> that was incorrect. If so, how have you handled it? What >> is your best way of dealing with such situation?
Uh, yes. The...See More