FiAE Chapter 2

“Tim was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant, that he bought a cow to ride on.”

The next chapter goes on to discuss what might the master of a topic exactly is, and how to tell when a student has mastered an area. The chapter tells that every teacher in any given school is likely to give you a different explanation of what they view mastery as, but there is a few general ideas that relate to mastery, for instance, the terms we have learned from UbD. It discusses way that we might go to assess mastery, and cater once again to all areas of intelligence (seems to be a pretty common theme) and make sure that the big ideas get through to all students. It talks about the stage 1-3 method that we have begun to start learning in class.
Now that I have a general idea of what exactly mastery is, and how to tell if a student has truly mastered a certain topic, it is something that I will work hard to apply in the future. I will work to make sure that all of my students can grasp the big ideas of each topic, as well as answer all of the essential questions so they can get a good grip on all areas of understanding. I will try to assess all of the students understandings of each topic in a fair and equal way, where the assessments may cater to all areas of development so I can truly see if a student has mastered the topic or not.