Learning from Teaching-Based Movies: THE RON CLARK STORY

“New York public schools are desperate for good teachers. Newspaper says they're begging for them. Dad, every year I tell my students to go for what they want in life - dream big, take risks. It's time I start living up to my own words.”

A person who has a great passion in teaching is named Ron Clark. Has the ability to transform others by using different methods and effective strategies. A teacher who imposes his rules for his student to be disciplined. An instructor who teaches good manners who want his students to dream big and take risk. And also a lover who is very sincere and serious to the girl that he loved.

What can we learn from this movie?

The inclusion of Educational Technology.
In his teaching profession he uses different techniques and strategies for the learners to absorb it. He even uses a camera to record his lessons so that even if he is in a bad condition and could not attend in school the students can still gain knowledge from him.

He also includes rules to be followed in different motivations and activities to catch the student attention.

Rule #1 "We are Family"

Which tells that every student should consider his/her classmates has brother and sisters and also the teacher to be the second parent in school they should help one another and show respect. As a teacher the respect should starts from you to be imitated in the class.

Before starting to teach Mr. Clark go to meet first the parents of his students for him to know them better. Which we think all teachers should do before the school year starts.

When they trash his classroom, he shows to his students that he is not affected. This scene inspires us to have a very long patience when it comes to the student

How do Ron Clark motivate his students in teaching grammar?
He uses chocolate milk to catch the attention of his students to focus on the lesson that every 15 seconds, he will drink it which motivates them to listen attentively.

The students teach him a game called Double Dutch or jumping rope wherein they enjoy it. Mr. Clark is really amazing it makes us realize to get involved with students activities and have a time to play with them so that the students will become closer to us.