‘Dear Teacher: Heartfelt Advice for Teachers from Students with Autism’
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‘Dear Teacher: Heartfelt Advice for Teachers from Students with Autism’
Our brain works differently from one person to another. As a teacher, whether teaching Sunday school, boarding school, or day school, you should understand that kids don’t behave the same. Some kids may find it hard to stand still; it seems like they are not looking at you or like they are not paying attention. However, from the video “Dear Teacher: Heartfelt Advice for Teachers from Students,” different children who have autism and other disorders share their experience on how their brains work. They continue to share how their teachers can help them understand while learning. The above video should be shared with teachers who work with autistic students and teachers of “diverse” classrooms.
The video “Dear Teacher: Heartfelt Advice for Teachers from Students” should not be shared with teachers that work with autistic students but also with teachers of a “diverse” classroom. In a classroom, approximately more than 10% of all mathematical disabilities fall under the students’ category with mastery of cognitive disabilities or difficulty acquiring content (Dyscalculia, 2020). This idea means that all teachers should know how to deal with some of these problems in most classes. For such a long time, some Dyscalculia disability has been confused with math anxiety. All teachers should be taught the difference and learn how to handle them for students to understand some basic concepts in class. Also, all teachers watch this video; they can understand the behavior recommendation that is effective on every group of students they teach at an early stage to boost their confidence (Gabrieli, 2009).
The aspect of the video that impacted me the most is when one student believed that teachers should learn that he pays attention when looking at the chair but not the teacher. Forcing him to look at the teacher makes him lose all the concentration hence understanding nothing throughout the lesson. The best thing the teacher can help a student is through understanding their behavior. Therefore, one can know when the student is focused or not after the student has shared his/her problem.
In conclusion, the “Dear Teacher: Heartfelt Advice for Teachers from Students” video should be one of the teaching guides to both teachers of “diverse” classrooms. This will help them know different groups of students they teach and deal with their problems (Dyscalculia, 2020). If the teachers can understand their students’ behavior, they would have a good working relationship, which would boost their understanding.
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- Dyscalculia: Causes, Symptoms, and Prevalence – Dopa | Guide To Psychological Disorders. (2020). Retrieved
Dyscalculia.org. (2020). Retrieved April 29, 2020, from https://www.dyscalculia.org/
from https://dopasolution.com/dyscalculia
Gabrieli, J. (2009). Dyslexia: A New Synergy between Education and Cognitive Neuroscience. Science, 325(5938), new series, 280-283. Retrieved February 17, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20536638