Course reflection

It was interesting to look through the blogs over the course. I noticed a theme of really evaluating what are our preconceived notions are about what it means to be a teacher. We looked at this from a number of different perspectives. We looked at what influence how we teach and what we teach. We looked deeper in to what is explicitly and implicitly taught and also our strengths/weaknesses and biases that we bring to the classroom. We also looked at different pedagogies or ways of approaching Math teaching. Evaluating arbitrary vs. necessary and  instrumental vs. relational was very valuable to me and has influenced how I want to approach lessons. I enjoyed how we looked at art, outdoor learning and other creative methods to teach Math skills. I was expecting to dig into the BC Curriculum a lot more in this course and practice writing plans that incorporate competencies and content and think that could have also been valuable. I appreciated that opportunities we practiced teaching each other!