After introducing schedules on Tuesday, and learning how to describe the order of our classes, we moved onto time on Wednesday. Though a bit complex in Spanish, time tends to be a particularly fun subject, as we get do to things like play with foam clocks and draw. Today we had a short quiz to do a quick check on the information that has been introduced over the past few days and allow me to get a better understanding of the students comprehension. I reviewed these this evening and was pleased to see that most of the kids seem to be doing pretty well, though there were a few apparent areas of concern which I will be sure to clear up as we further develop these concepts next week. The kids that struggled with the quizzes will be given the opportunity to meet with me in individual tutoring sessions and then retake their quizzes if they desire, which serves to make tests a means of formative evaluating learning and aiding in the educational process, rather than a sort of punitive summative evaluation. I tend to frame education in such a was as to assume that if my students are not learning, it is likely because I am not teaching them properly, as teaching is necessarily defined as the production of learning. I do feel that students must play a significant role in the process by exerting effort, but I am willing to meet them more than half way in attempt to cultivate in them a love for learning which will hopefully continue to grow after they have completed my course. Accordingly, all students will be given the opportunity to meet with me personally so that I can tailor education specifically to their individual needs, allowing the whole class to move forward together in the educational endeavor. I only hope that the students will take me up on this offer.
Next week we will learn how to say at what time events occur, specifically classes, keeping on with the theme of schedules, and we will have another short evaluation at the end of the week. On Friday I am planning a more realized educational day in which will explore the issue of immigration through poetry, music and music videos.
Overall things have been going very well, and I am very excited to continue working with my amazing students.
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