Chapter 2a

In this section, the authors discuss professional responsibilities that the teachers of young adolescents have. The book describes the planning and pre-active phase, which is the time teachers take to plan and establish the type of things they want to go on in their classroom before they see the students and get started. Next, the teaching or interactive phase is the phase where the teachers have to make sure their class is engaged and intrigued by the lessons. The reflection phase is where the teacher takes time to reflect on the things that worked and did not work, so that they can improve. Lastly, the application phase, which is applying what you have decided based on your planning, teaching, and reflecting. I am noticing myself going through these phases in my student teaching. I am only in second grade, but every teacher goes through these. If I teach a middle school class one day, I think the most important parts of these phases are the interactive phase, and the reflective phase. Adolescents have so much going on in their lives, with peers and hormones, they need lessons that help them to be engaged and excited to learn. It is also important to reflect so that you can improve as a teacher.