In my CI 3850 class, we have been learning about Discourse. Our teacher asked us a question that I feel everyone should think about as they are planning their classrooms and teaching styles.
QUESTION:
What is Discourse of your specific content area? This means what do you plan for you speech, emotions, feelings, mannerisms, values, language, environment (class set up, ect.), dress, views, and pedagogies for the area you plan to teach? (You don’t have to answer all them, only a few will be fine)
To help you better understand the question, I will answer it. With the dress, I feel that I should dress professionally and appropriately. With Speech, I want to talk in a way that the whole class will be able to understand me. The values I want to have are straight rows of desks. I want to have a lot of student work up around the room. I only want a few things of bought materials up. I want to have some group work, but also individual work. I want each student to be able to show off his or her individual talent. I want to be able to do a lot of hands on work. I want to have centers for different things, especially reading. I want my class to be accepting of different cultures and to know about them. Mainly, I want my class to be like a family.