First Week Impressions

One of the most interesting aspects of Bio30 so far is that what we are learning regarding teaching is very general rather than specific to teaching biology. I was expecting to learn the more general teaching aspects, such as class management, in the general courses like Psychology and to learn specifically how to teach Biology in Bio30. However, I have found our reflections on how we view curriculum and our personal curriculum 'orientation' to be useful in clarifying my thoughts on these important topics. I have done a great deal of thinking about what my goals as a teacher are/will be and was therefore not at all suprised by the result of my curriculum orientation profile, but I found it very useful to think of the separate statements and will definitely find them useful in articulating my views on education (in a job interview for example!).