How much do you want to know about your student in order to be helpful to them?

Answer 1

1. You want to know what they know. You can get this by looking at last year grades, pre-testing, IEP's etc. But if you have an idea of what they should know, then you know where to start your next lesson.

2. You might want to know what interests or experiences they have had, or not had. You can do an interest survey or just get to know your students on a personal level by talking. Once you know their interests you can incorporate this into your lesson plans, and the students will be more interested in the subject matter.

3. You want to know if your student has any special needs. (speech, learning disability, etc)

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Good luck

Answer 2

I've always thought that the more you know about a student the better qualified you are to help them reach their full potential.
1) What do they all ready know? For example...It does not make sense to teach about Columbus Day in 3rd grade when it was covered in depth in 1st and 2nd grade.
2) What are the needs of each student? A disability (learning, hearing, speech etc...) will greatly impact the ability to learn in the classroom. All students have the ability to learn, many just need different approaches to teaching a topic
3) What is the home life of the student like? If a student is worried about Dad losing his job, Mom being sick, not eating dinner at night etc... that will certainly impact the school day.

Answer 3

Rule in teaching profession remains the same till date, i hope they will be helpful to reach out to your students

1. You need to have passion for Teaching, it should show in the way you talk, walk, move and do anything.

2.Never put your expectation towards students. You migth be puzzled, what my real point is, if you expect students to be totally involved in ur effort or reciprocate, what happens is it just back fires, so we need to accept the students as they are.It also helps you to relax, because when u do not expect there is no disapointment, you can always do and strive for your best of ability.

3.Don't be Rigid be Flexible & friendly, always use humanistic approach and consideration during your interaction, this will rise the confidence in the students mind, it just reinforces the relationship.

4.Just do home work about all needs, interact with them to know their background, because everyone comes from different background, so the teaching needs to flexbile, general as well as specific to students.

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Answer 4

Let me give you an alternative perspective- the adult student!
I don't want my professors to get to know me, and I don't want to get to know them. I want them to reemain completely objective when it comes to my work! If I turn in a paper that's written poorly I want to get a "C", becuase that's what happens in real life. If my professor know that my husband is on chemo and I have a new baby at home, he will probably excuse some of my laziness and give me a "B". In real life, we don't get that kind of slack. So I feel the less personal the better!
What you DO need to know is what their learning style is. Are they auditory, readers, or do-er's? That will let you know where to start with your student. Other than that keep the personal stuff out and remain objective. That will make you most useful in the long run!