The Teaching Profession: My Journal

            As a student who aspires to be a teacher, I want to exude the qualities I expect from my instructors if I continue my pedagogical career. I want a  fun, engaging teaching style, a compassionate yet just demeanor, and technical competency.  What I love most about my teachers is how engaging they are in class and how much information I learn from that class; hence, I want my students to remember me by my unique teaching style. I also wish to be a benevolent instructor, such that I will not be a tyrant who churns students so hard that they end up hating me, but I also want to be just such that they will respect my boundaries. I also want to be technologically competent to use relevant computer applications for effective instruction.            I want my students to learn to think, exemplified by the  “Learning to Know”  pillar. I want them to be able to teach them how to think critically i...

          Becoming a 21st-century teacher means adapting to the 4th Industrial Revolution, which means navigating various technologies while retaining traditional classroom characteristics.               The first characteristic I plan to employ is  technological proficiency . This proficiency entails that I must be able to navigate desktop and browser applications needed in the online classroom. One does not have to be a master of every technology out there but must be proficient in those necessary for teaching. I want to be able to answer whatever questions my students will have for me in terms of technology.         The following characteristics I want to embody are being  compassionate yet fair.  Students experience different types of adversity, which differ in quantity and intensity. And I must also understand that every student has different resiliency quotients. Some...