Essential Question and Guiding Questions
for International Travel
What makes a teacher great?
Supporting Questions:
- What do student/teacher relationships look like in Russia?
- Do Russian teachers wear many hats like American teachers do (mentor, guardian, teacher, role model, etc...)
- What kinds of professional development do Russian teachers receive or participate in?
- What kinds of educational backgrounds/training do Russian teachers have?
- What kind of teacher evaluation systems do they have in Russia?
- How do parents and the community view teachers? What is their relationship with schools/teachers?
Tools for Research:
- conversation with host teachers
- interviewing students/parents/community
- internet/book research
- surveys
- interview administrators
Assumptions I had prior to travel:
Russian teachers would be:
Conclusions:
My conclusions following my trip to Russia can be found in the essay below:
Supporting Questions:
- What do student/teacher relationships look like in Russia?
- Do Russian teachers wear many hats like American teachers do (mentor, guardian, teacher, role model, etc...)
- What kinds of professional development do Russian teachers receive or participate in?
- What kinds of educational backgrounds/training do Russian teachers have?
- What kind of teacher evaluation systems do they have in Russia?
- How do parents and the community view teachers? What is their relationship with schools/teachers?
Tools for Research:
- conversation with host teachers
- interviewing students/parents/community
- internet/book research
- surveys
- interview administrators
Assumptions I had prior to travel:
Russian teachers would be:
- Formal
- Rigid
- Underpaid, Underappreciated and Overworked
- Intelligent
- Have a negative view of American schools
Conclusions:
My conclusions following my trip to Russia can be found in the essay below: