Teacher Expectation Reflection

I have selected to enroll in the Learning Environment as my MOOC concentration. My reason for this selection was to gather further insights and gain new knowledge of resources that assist me to fulfill the goal of instilling in my students a love for learning. After engaging with the three modules and its activities, my reflection on the takeaways is many-fold. The Teacher Expectation Module left a deep impression and transformed my thinking. I knew about the importance of having high expectations for my students but so very often these expectations are influenced by subjective and bias dimensions such as the students’ social economic status, ethnicity, cognitive ability and even gender. Through the readings and reflections of these

The classroom is a “family” where all thoughts, words, and actions involve and influences one another’s: teacher enthusiasm motivates students’ willingness and excitement to learn; students’ achievements motivate the teacher to challenge the students’ ambitions to aim high. Henceforth, the classroom culture is defined and created from the interrelated collaboration of both teachers and students: the teacher may set the rules and procedures but the students comply or reject; the teacher plans lessons but students learn or ignore it; the teacher has expectations but students strive to meet or resist them. Therefore, in my Kindergarten classroom, I desire to cultivate and nurture an interrelation and interaction between myself and my students form a positive, engaging and enthusiastic learning culture by considering their interest, aspirations, and co-operation in order for them to increase their autonomy that this class is OUR class.

One of the advantages of taking this course is the flexibility of working at my own pace and timeline. Although one must commit many hours for each module to complete the required activities, the absence of a specific time restraint to either do one activity at a time or tackle them all at once is at the discrepancy of each student and learner. The presentation and format of the modules are well organized and clear with objectives concise, instructions detailed, deliverables constructive, and rubrics informative. I also enjoyed the rich variety of content, materials, and resources used for the