Teaching Strategies
Book Review
What did you guys think of this book?
It may be the first textbook that I have read through. Still need to finish up the last chapter in this one and the last 2 in my book review, but hey that's close. I had high hopes with reading this Teaching Strategies book. I thought it was going to teach me everything that I needed to know about teaching!! However, after reading it I found that there is a lot to cover!
I think it tried to cover a lot of ground. Since this is one of my first official teaching classes, it did not include enough information in a lot of areas. I was left with not knowing exactly what they are talking about. I did highlight in this book as I read as well as the UbD book so I will be able to go back and skim the important parts.
The book offered a good framework for introducing the field of teaching. I would say if offered a good base of knowledge. I left with a lot more questions and feeling like, "man, I have a lot to learn!" But that is what they say happens the more you know.
I was a little frustrated with the way that the book taught through a lens. It definitely had it's perspective on the methods that the author thought was best and the modern methods of today. It was biased in a lot of areas rather than plead the case of all methods. I would have rather had the facts and the methods just stated without any biased.
What do you think?
Philip Russell
Hi Phillip,
ReplyDeleteI also read this book from cover to cover. I have not done that since college. I did enjoy the book, but I got more out of our discussions to the questions about the chapters. I will say that I took some of the methods with a grain of salt. Some of them work well with some students, but not all. I liked reading how different teachers would take a method and mold it to fit their students. That is what I will take out from the text, use each method as a base and mold it to fit you students.