Building At Its Finest

             

             For me,  constructivist approach in teaching is one of the best approaches in the teaching context. Because its not only helps students to think but also helps them to express their thoughts about a topic..(such as debates in the video).  Building something together is one of the most satisfying things if you manage to succeed. I think constructivism takes its roots from that notion,  "construct" , "build" something together.

             Working in real environment (in their mini-realia) BOOSTS the students. I think reducing the environment into four walled prison is a bad thing, and were our nightmares when we were in elementary school, high school, in constructivism, constructivism gives you an opportunity to break your shackles psychologically and thinking more freely.

             Just like the everything in this world, constructivism has negative sides as well but not that much I guess. In the small groups some of the students can be shy and hesitate to express themselves but I think that problem can be solved easily because when you do something a lot, they get used to it and I think eventually that vicious cycle crack and that student finally express him/herself.

           I would totally,certainly will use this constructivist approach as a teacher because I think it forces students to think much more and let them see the big puzzle when they bring all the pieces together themselves and also forcing them to TEAM WORK is helping them in the every aspect of this life.

All in, Or Nothing

Risks are one of the things that inevitable in our lives, the phrase "all in or nothing" is a motto that I associated myself with. People should take risks, but must be smart enough to taking stupid risks. When it comes to learning context, risks are really important to take and for my humble point of view; teachers should be smart enough to take relevant and accurate risks that encourage their students, not to discourage them. When I was in the highschool one of my teachers took risks all the time such as grouping us just like in the video about differentiated instruction. Taking smart risks not only helps us in the educational world but also it helps us in our everyday life. The key is not being too dumb to take silly risks that ruins our life. Without risks, I don't think people can get what they want.

About Collaboration

         Apart from in educational purposes, collaboration has a vital impact upon our lifes. There is a statement that I LOVE in this life, "Sharing is caring." I dont know about the majority of the people but I love sharing my ideas, thoughts , past experiences to someone and helping them. This is like a double-edged blade but not a sharper one that hurts the both sides, on the contrary its beneficial to the both sides because in terms of collaboration  you help someone and you get help in return. In my classes at METU NCC my educaters loves collaboration and giving us tasks that leading us think that makes one, collaboration makes you think and brainstorming and for me the most important thing about those tasks are sharing our ideas and help each others out and I learned a LOT of things from those group collaboration tasks. In the terms of collaboration my strenghts are I love talking, sharing my ideas and LEARNING THINGS while listening their thougts and ideas and we can correct each others mistakes which means we're filling each others inadequate parts. My weaknesses are I cannot adapt every atmosphere, if I like the people that I'm collaborating with I'm a collaboration machine but when it comes to negative groups, people I'm hesitating to express myself and being a shy person. My other weak part is that I'm impatient. I can develop my collaborating skills by collaborating more I think. The best way is practice and keeping in touch with people. I think in the classroom the worst thing is losing the attention, I think that occurs when your students get bored. I will start transfering my collaboration skills with arranging sociable environment in class.

Collaboration pushes teachers to think more !

My Superhero

     I think a super teacher should be patient, intelligent, flexible, learn from mistakes, help as more as s/he can, devoted to teaching.  I have chosen the most intelligent superhero that thinks before she moves and knows everything, because according to my teaching philosophy the more a teacher know the more a teacher can teach. I think a teacher don't need to be physically strong, because pen is actually sharper than sword.  My superhero can run fast to help people when its needed , she can travel in time in order to teach children the events visually for example when teaching the hiroshima, nagazaki atomic bomb event and its harms she take children to the time that is happened and show things like that (ofcourse without getting them killed). and a person who can travel in time is the best person that knows time's value, and according to Danielson's fraemwork timing (because planning and preperation can not be done without timing - a person without timing skills can not be professionally responsible - ) is one of the most important thing in class. She has a horn that can call someone for help at any time which means she knows that he's not the best teacher around town, even a teacher should be keep learning from others, because learning is limitless.

Personal Statement

      I want to be a teacher because education is the most important thing in someone's life,  there is a statement that "give me twins, I make one a terrorist and I make one a president" I totally agree with this idea, because the difference between those two childs is education. I want to make an impact upon someone's educational life and shape someone in a good way, being able to having that power is a unique thing.

    I worked with children in summer, its really hard but its fun. and when i become teacher, i want to take care of kids, educating them priceless.

   I want to learn how can I improve myself in teaching, because the more I know the more I can teach I believe, and the more improve myself especially in 'how to teach' the more i can be succesfull in this path.

What Am I Doing Recently?

            I believe in Karma. I am happy and angry at the same time when I play Dota. Its important to have a nice friends around that I can trust. I am interested in basketball. What no one realizes me about me is I'm not a quitter ! My destiny is being succesful.

Who Will Sefa Become?

             In my twenties I hope to achieve work for a good school. In my thirties I want to buy a house and a nice car. In my forties I want to become a father!  The goals I have include will be done! I am worried about my future because life is full of surprises. I am confident that I have a great family that supports me in every kind of problem that I will face. I feel uncertain of my graduation date :D because I'm a lazy person when it comes to study. I know for sure that I will graduate from this university.

Once Upon A Time Sefa

           When I was little I remember that my mother forcely make me to write dream diaries just after I woke up, as a child of course I hated to do this but now me and my mom reading them and now I have an evidence of what I was seeing in my dreams when I was a child, Its 'precious'. My childhood generally AWESOME because I was the only child in my humble family, because I got all the credits, presents, love ^^ I always find schoold boring, because there was nothing for me there. The best teacher I ever had was Bülent hoca, because he  made me realize that a teacher can not only teaches but also with your side just like a sincere friend. The worst teacher I have had was Zeynep hoca! She literally works in the school for salary, she even deceived our parents and give us private lectures with money. The best thing anyone has said to me "You're the best!" because I love being motivated, praised. I am proud that I am really good at basketball.

        The greatest lesson I learned was NEVER underestimate somone, I learned it when I was 11 years old. The wisest thing anyone ever told me was "Dont give them fish, teach them how to prey on a fish" thats the reason why I want to be a teacher.

Who Am I?

          Hey guys! My name is Sefacan Yeşilyaprak. I was born in one of the best historical places in the meditterian region, Tarsus / MERSİN.  I'm a Turkish citizen and I'm proud of it! I am student at METU NCC and studying TEFL program because I want to be a teacher that contributes to future. What I like about my studies is I move one step ahead everyday to my goal which is becoming a succesful teacher. What I dislike about my studies is I can't improve my English decently. I'm saving up my spare times for sports and doing exercise helps me with the stress. My home is in Mersin, and I have been living there for ten years, before Mersin, I was living in Tarsus.


        My favourite activity is playing basketball and Dota(a computer game), I love to do those things because you can completely focus on these things when you are playing, and trust me concentrate on something completely is like a therapy. I love to say  and most over-using it is"kanka" which means buddy in Turkish because thats the word that I use to my beloved friends, just like brothers. (because I dont have any brother & sister). My favorite meals involves any-kind of PROTEIN! and my favourite snack is "Hoşbeş" with cocoa flavour. The people supports me most is my friends because at the moment they are physically and mentally here for me and they're kind of like my family in this island. The best time of the day for me is sunset because I love watching the setting of the sun. My greatest inspiration is one of my best teacher Bülent Hoca. My all-time role modal is my father because he taught me to always looking from the optimistic side. I would like to be like my Bülent Hoca'm! because he's the best teacher I have ever encountered.
       

Do teachers actually make a difference to society?

         The answer is DEFINATELY yes! Education is the most important thing in this life, I don't believe that there are intelligent, super-clever people with extraordinary high IQ. In my point of view, these are all about environment and education. In history great people either educated themselves with their opportunities or educated by a person, but the ones who educated by a qualified person were more successful. Everything in this life begins with luck, even our birth. At the very first day of our lives nearly everything settled already. We could open our eyes into a wealthy family or we can feel the chilling breeze on our skin at a winter night in a suburban house without a roof. And the only miracle that can help and contributes our life is EDUCATION and who can be our luck at this point? EDUCATORS - TEACHERS. Society's material are people, actually there are no "good behaviour" or "bad behaviour" in this life. There are behaviours that society approves and there are behaviours that society does not and without behaving decently you can not shelter in that society . The decent behaviours that society approves are determined by education, but how? A human being cannot be an individual in a blink of an eye there is an essential process for this creation, and this creation starts with childhood, which means maybe the most important step in this educational journey is our first teacher. The first social environment that a child will encounter is school, no one can deny that statement "first impression is important" as a teacher candidate I think the key of acceptance in society lays in here, children do what they see , as a good teacher we have to give them an excellent scenery. By shaping this future little brains, teachers DIRECTLY make a differance in the society.