What got me passionate about teaching was working with 6th-12th grade students at an academic summer camp called SuperCamp. Supercamp is not simply your ordinary summer camp, but an accelerated learning environment that uses proven techniques to help make learning more natural, and more fun for all types of students.
Supercamp is run by a company called Quantum Learning network, which also offers professional workshops for teachers, and academic workshops for students during the year.
The book Quantum Teaching has been a great resource for me while getting ready to create the engaging, innovative, successful classroom that I want to have once I become a teacher. It also talks about a lot of brain friendly approaches to learning, such as Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory, mind maps, notes TM, memory pegs, and more. My experiences with Quantum Learning have definitely shaped my teaching philosophy, and I know it will contribute to my success as a teacher in the future, as well as the success of the students in my classroom.
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