Entry: TPI Results

Here are my results:

  I was pleased to see that my nurturing attribute tested highly, and I'm quite certain that it was a result of my previous work experience. When I taught EFL in Taiwan, I was charged with teaching critical thinking and self-growth above all else, and the thought process was that their English would naturally strengthen due to the environment they were in.

   My transmission score was a bit low, but that was not too surprising. I have never made a lesson plan for secondary mathematics and had lots of trouble answering the survey questions on this topic, as they were hard to predict (due to the fact that I'm not actually teaching, but only thinking of how I would teach it). I believe that you need to have a strong grasp of the material in order to be able to teach it, but beyond that I am not sure. As a side note, I'm not sure why it says I have little intention to focus on transmission, yet I take strong action to use it.

   Social Reform is the one that I would have guessed would be the lowest, and I was not far off. When I decided I wanted to become a teacher it was because I liked to share my knowledge and help people understand things they struggle with, as well as to help people grow as an individual (ie. confidence, happiness, enthusiasm). I have never put much emphasis on social reform, because I felt that it would become a by-product of teaching self-growth and critical thinking. By challenging what they know about themselves and their ideas, they would use that to rethink their role in society.

   I am curious to see how these will change as I step into the classroom and take on the role as a real math teacher. I look forward to retaking the test and think it will be more accurate when I am not assuming what my actions would be.