Work less to think more. Think more to be a better teacher. Today I bring these questions that I have formulated for you and that are not the result of productivity, but of reflection. Prepared? Ready?
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50 Questions for teachers. Which one is your favorite?
- Why am I a teacher?
- Do I see myself as a teacher throughout my working life?
- What would you do if you didn’t do it as a teacher?
- What do I feel minutes before entering a classroom?
- How do I want my students to remember me tomorrow?
- Do I feel free when I teach?
- Am I happy when I teach?
- What percentage of the textbook do I not use during the course?
- How many photocopies of bonus material do I give my students having a textbook?
- Is there a lot of distance between the record that I use in class and that of my students?
- Am I clear on the difference between discipline and punishment?
- Would you be able to understand what I am going to explain today if I were the age of my students?
- How many minutes have my students talked in class today?
- How many students do I think will be able to understand what I am going to explain to them today?
- Why have my students not heard me for several minutes?
- What application does what I am teaching my students have for real life?
- Why is class today so slow?
- What benefits does arriving to class on time bring me?
- How many courses have I been explaining the same thing in the same way?
- How do I teach what I don’t like to teach about my subject?
- What degree of passion and enthusiasm am I able to convey while teaching?
- What have I learned from my students today?
- What position do I occupy in the classroom to capture the attention of my students?
- How long do I speak uninterruptedly?
- How long does it take to learn the names of my students?
- How do I manage the mistake my students make?
- When was the last time I laughed with my students in class?
- Am I the same person outside as inside the classroom?
- Do I constantly look at the clock during a class session?
- Do I usually look my students in the eye and attend exclusively to my students when they address me?
- Do I consider myself an empathetic teacher?
- What do I pursue in my classes, perfection or excellence?
- What type of questions predominate in my classes, closed or open?
- Why do I teach what my students could learn on their own?
- How much time do I spend thinking about what a lesson session will be like?
- Am I bored in class today?
- What do I usually value most about my classes, the process or the result?
- Do I teach the same way in all groups?
- Do I spend more time explaining than teaching?
- Am I a better teacher thanks to New Technologies?
- Do I encourage imagination and creativity in the classroom?
- How do I imagine myself in five or ten years?
- What do I understand by being productive in my work?
- What do I understand by having authority?
- How much choice do my students have about what I teach?
- What do I teach when I’m not teaching? [/ Sociallocker]
- Do I usually leave for the next academic year what I could do in this one?
- How important is inclusive education in the classroom to me?
- Do I keep the promises I make to my students?
- Do I love being a teacher?
These are my 50 questions that I have chosen for you. Do you dare to reach 100?