challenges

Initially I think of a challenge as something to overcome. In teaching, the challenge to me is adapting my teaching style to accommodate the various student's learning styles as well and the complexity of the information. I also think that I should challenge a students perceptions and world paradim. I also think that the challenge is to do more with less funding, especially in the public school. As for testing... challenge takes on a different meaning. I think that challengeing students into learning something or accomplishing something has much more merit then just shoving facts and figures in their face and hoping that they can remember some percentage of the information on some test. However, imparting useful knowledge doesn't seem to fill the tests score requirements. I think the real challenge is to find that perfect balance of instruction, testing and fun.