Who do I plan to interview?
I want to start with interviewing Mrs. Thinnes and Mr. Hedman. Afterwards I want to interview more than just math teachers so I can understand their teaching methodology so that I can apply it to my topic. This way, I can effectively communicate and present my material in the most organized and professional manner possible.
What do I plan to ask?
In addition to the five default questions, I want to get into the minds of teachers and get their opinions on various techniques. Specific questions I plan on asking are, "why did you go into teaching? What is your main style of teaching? What did you think of your teachers? How do you get students to apply what they learned in your class?"
Why?
Teachers have experience in the field of application and obviously teaching. If I can understand how and why they do what they do, I will be one step closer to being able to perform at the level of and possibly outdo my predecessors (those being my teachers).
I really like the idea of you doing your project on teaching math. So many people are so scared. You are not allowed to interview people from I-Poly, so think of a good math teacher you had in junior high (or maybe ask a friend to tell you about one...or maybe Hedman or Thinnes could give you some contact info). Make sure to get on this via email this weekend. Schedule as early in the week as you can so that you can get the interview in on time. Please check in with me early this week so I know you are making progress.
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The one thing I'd say about your additional questions is that they seem to pertain more to teaching in general than math teaching specifically (which has its own special set of problems). You may want to think about how you could better focus them if you are most interested in how to specifically teach math!
Where is your research from Friday?
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