Chapter 7: Teaching Difficult Academic Material

I feel as though most of the material that I read about in this chapter was talked about in prior chapters. It talked about how a teacher, when introducing new and challenging material to the students, needs to relate the material to something that the students can relate to. If the teacher is talking about disease prevention then have the students make a family tree and describe their relatives health history in the family. The students love talking about their lives because that is something they know most about, their family. A teacher needs to find others ways as well to explain the newer, harder material to the student. Whether the student is a visual learner or a kinesthetic learner, find ways to attract both learners to the main idea. Being open about the ways you teach outside of the textbook is also a great way to help kids learn. When using tools such as movies and clips, don't get to focused on the movie part. Stop the movie and have discussions about the subjects needed to cover. Don't just watch a movie to watch it. Have it there for the students that has trouble understanding the readings or other linguistic learners.