Thoughts from Don’t Shoot the Teacher about Teachers that we still experience today. by

Thoughts from Don’t Shoot the Teacher about Teachers that we still experience today.

jholmes20 — 2024-10-07 14:31:08 UTC

still teaching different levels

2024-10-07 19:43:11 UTC

Lesson Delivery

2024-10-07 19:46:11 UTC

This film highlights the pressure on Max Brown to deliver lessons in a resource-limited setting, with little room for creativity or innovation.

teacher still leads and sets the expectations of the classroom

2024-10-07 19:47:19 UTC

compulsory education for students

2024-10-07 19:48:16 UTC

New Teachers

2024-10-07 19:48:39 UTC

It is still common for new teachers/ younger teachers to feel a little intimidated when having a new class which is how the teacher in the film acted.

Students sit at desks. All surfaces are even and at the ideal level for students. Primary writing utensil was chalk and chalkboard.

2024-10-07 19:49:43 UTC

Thoughts From the Film "Don't Shoot the Teacher"

2024-10-07 19:49:45 UTC

School day begins with lord's prayer (catholic boards) and national anthem

-Jessica M, Joanne D, Jennifer P

Different personalities

2024-10-07 19:49:59 UTC

There are still many children like in the film with different personality. Some kids are timid, kids are out spoken and some kids try to follow the crowd.

2024-10-07 19:50:54 UTC

Our group (Camille, Chadwin, and Regin), discussed how in this film we still see students do attendance. We do the introdutory ritual at the start of class, however we see the shift from the lords prayer to the national anthem and now as well land acknowledgements.

We also saw in the film, Don't Shoot the Teacher, that kids were more grouped by grade due to the lack of teachers and partially due to students absences impacting grade advancement, we now see students grouped by grade.

Taking attendance within the classroom

2024-10-07 19:51:03 UTC

Teachers are still required to take attendace for every class.

Teachers are expected to adjust to their students

2024-10-07 19:51:09 UTC

Students come in with various levels of prior knowledge and skills. We have to account for that in a similar way to the teacher working with students in all grades.

Authoritative Roles

2024-10-07 19:52:12 UTC

Mr. Brown presents himself as an authoritative figure in the classroom, however, instead of using harsh disciplinary methods, he uses a more relaxed approach