I have identified student's challenging behaviour through various theories such as the VARK theory of multiple intelligences (Gardner, 2011) and have applied different strategies incorporated into the learning activities to enable student to have an equal learning with peers and challenge them to achieve greater. Being able to support and work on her strengths and challenge her with extension activities will prompt her to use her giftedness and achieve her full potential.

As a teacher, being respectful to other colleagues and hearing their solution and decisions can make greatly improve one’s teaching pedagogy. Teachers often reflect and provide critical feedback into areas where improvement may be needed. It is easier for someone else to observe mistakes than to see my own mistake.

Other strategies that help to improve teaching pedagogy include cross marking to ensure consistent and fair judgements on student’s assessments. During my practical placement, while on professional development, teachers of the same faculty gather together to ensure what constitutes a certain grade for the students.

Team teaching with other colleagues can provide greater collaborations within the classroom and enhance student learning activities.

I this essay, I used my knowledge of a combination of theorist’s strategies to identify and approach a certain student with behaviour problems. Glasser and Rogers democratic approaches states to build communication with parents/carers and the student to come to an agreeable, fair and explicit set of rules and achievements to foster positive behaviour in the student. Teachers must understand the student’s background and what their parents/carers do as well as the parents/carers must be aware of student’s performance grades and behaviour in school to enhance learning for the student.

As a preservice teacher, I used to work as an Animator which contributes greatly to my two teaching areas of Visual Arts and ICT. Animation consists of visual arts practices using digital systems to create. Having professional disciplinary experience, enables me to think about equipping students for the future with the correct strategies, mediums, and software that will be implemented into my lesson plans. I have experience working with children as a teacher in my Church which has helped me to relate with young people easier. Having curriculum knowledge, effective pedagogy, behavior management and building relationships are all key factors to becoming a teacher.

Looking through the 7 standards focusing on the Graduate level will guide me to be aware of areas in which I will need improvement and have accomplished. To become a registered teacher, graduates must be able to show evidence of all standards through practice or at least have knowledge on what must be done to improve.

My role as a teacher is to provide a safe learning environment in which all students can be a part where they can grow, mature and engage in learning. I believe that students can absorb knowledge and learn best when they are young. Education is always changing due to the high demands of curriculum, jobs and technology. The complexities for teachers are huge and demanding, therefore I must equip myself fully, constantly going through professional developments to reflect and improve myself.

I believe that students are a reflection of the teacher and setting a good role model for their behavior and learning will enable them to grow, mature and learn to be contributors to the society in the future.

The classroom environment is always different and filled with students from a range of diverse backgrounds. Therefore, traditional methods of teaching may not always apply to the current context in the classroom. Teachers can constantly improve their knowledge of research strategies and become action researchers themselves in which they are constantly reflecting on their practice to improve teaching.