Reflecting on my development as an Educator

Recently I have been trying to think back on how I have developed as an educator. The biggest way I feel I have changed is realizing how important it is to keep students actively engaged in their learning. In my beginning years, I felt I had to do most of the work. Now I realize if the students don’t work with the material and make sense of it for themselves, they are unlikely to retain the information or concept. Now I know I am doing my job well when I see the students analyzing information and collaborating with their peers to make sense of it.

My development as an educator has been gradual, so it is challenging to pick out the most substantial changes. I think this is like to frog in gradually warming water. They don’t realize the water is hot because of the gradual change. I will continue to reflect.

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