The moment I receive the course module from the school, I was like... "Oh, Math! Will I ever make it for this module?" After reading Chapter 1, I felt that I can really identify with the teaching principle under the 6 principles and standards for school Mathematics.
I felt that the teaching principle is very important as I believe that a teacher really makes a different in a child's life. Not only does a teacher need to understand what he or she is teaching, they too need to be creative in their teaching styles or methods in order to draw the learner's (student) attention and interest in what they are teaching.
It's a curse that since primary school that I never do well in Mathematics. Since primary five, I have no idea of what the teacher is teaching me. Primary five is the year of turning point for my attitude towards Math. I can clearly remembered how Mr Tham looked like, and the exact words which he used to swear at our class (Bas*&^d, Idi#t, Sh%t). If my parents were educated back then, he would be on the headlines! That very year was the year where my Mathematic grades falls towards single digit in my entire life. That was how bad it was.
Moving on to Secondary school, Mathematics was a subject that I drag attending. All those formulars that the teacher made us memoried were meaningless to me, I remembered them for the sake of remembering. I thought that I was allergied to numbers, ironically I did well for my Principle of Accounts. Hence, I thought, I'm not that bad with numbers though.
Looking back, I believe that it is the different approach the teachers used. I am really grateful to Ms You who taught me Principle of Accounts with her creative ways and not just drilling and practising.
To sum up, I felt that this particular principle not only applies to Mathematics, it apply to any topic or subjects a teacher teaches. Let's all reflect in our teaching and get creative with our teaching to make an impact in our student's learning.
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