Hi! My name is Rebecca Nutt. Soon to be Rebecca McDonald. I will be getting married in a few weeks and I have one beautiful 2 year old daughter and another baby on the way! I live in Bridgeport West Virginia, but I am from all over Maryland and West Virginia. I am in the Secondary Education program at Fairmont State and plan to teach middle school Social Studies.
The teachers that I always learn the most from are the ones who allow the students to figure things out for themselves. I believe there is a link between discovery and learning. This is why I am a big advocate of hands on learning. When a child reads something from a text book they are being told the information. They aren't discovering it. When a child is given a hands on project or activity that fosters them to think about the subject they begin to discover and when a child learns something on their own, they tend to be more interested in continuing to learn. For example, a student who is learning anatomy who is asked to participate in virtual surgery rather than read about body parts in a book will be more interested in what they are leaning! They will ask questions because they want to learn more and I believe this is the absolute best way children can learn anything. By doing.
As a teacher I hope to foster that natural curiosity and wonder children have and give them valuable and permanent knowledge. When a child is interested in what they are learning, they will always retain greater knowledge.
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