I just finished up this project because the spring baseball season started so I cant tutor after school anymore. I'm very happy with how this activity went. My goal was to better understand Bio, and I really think I did especially the electron transport chain which I've never fully understood and explaining to someone else really solidified in my mind. A second goal was to help other kids with the subject. I really think this went well too, one girl I tutored told me that she understood the genetics part of the course, and she did very well on the test. My third goal was to improve my dealings with people in different situations. Because tutoring presents a fairly common teacher-student dynamic which im often on the student side of I thought it would be good to get some practice as a teacher and better understand the relationship. I thought this went well, it took me a little while to get better at not coming off as condescending, but I'm sure thats something most people struggle with. I thought this activity met both my proposed outcomes, "increased awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth" and "undetaking new challenges". The first outcome was met by understanding my limitations both as a teacher and in Biology as a subject. There were things that I was really good at explaining and then other parts such as the organelles of a cell that I had a harder time with. The second outcome was met because it was a new challenge being in this kind of situation where I was the tutor and I had to adjust to the new role.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
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