LKR+Chapter+9

(1) Think of a time in high school when you were frustrated, angry, or upset, for a long period of time (days or weeks). a. During this time, were you interested in being noticed? In NOT being noticed? b. Did you skip school? c. How did your teachers respond to you? Did their responses help, hurt, or neither? d. Who were the most influential adults in your life at the time (for better or for worse)?
 * Chapter 9: When Things Go Wrong**

(2) Think of a time in your life that was difficult, in terms of your own feelings of self-efficacy. How did you get through it? Can you generalize any of these experiences to teaching (a profession in which there WILL be difficult times)?

//“If you do not at times feel inadequate, then you are probably not doing your job right”// (From an NCTM publication for first-year middle school math teachers)


 * Summary: Chapter 9, “Fires in the Bathroom”**
 * When things go wrong for students
 * Feeling overwhelmed and faceless
 * Sometimes they WANT to be anonymous – don’t want to be noticed
 * Getting a bad grade can be devastating
 * Skipping – becomes a vicious cycle
 * Teacher response to these situations is critical (sarcasm, understanding)
 * Write a questionnaire to help understand how students are feeling about the material – do they understand it? How could they learn it better?
 * When things go wrong for students teachers
 * Don’t be afraid to apologize
 * Reexamine your teaching approach
 * Don’t take a bad day too hard
 * Don’t judge success by whether you are liked – you are not there to be students’ friend (setting FIRES IN THE BATHROOM)
 * Don’t try to be a superhero
 * Don’t give up on students