How to Answer: What have you learned in the process of teaching a sensitive topic?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Biology Teacher job interview.
27. What have you learned in the process of teaching a sensitive topic?
How to Answer
Biology has its sensitive moments where educators teach something that can be unnerving. An interviewer wants to see your professionalism in these situations. Share what you have learned and how your handled the same topic differently another time.
Written by Shane Reinhard on April 9th, 2021
Answer Example
"I was first teaching about dissection a decade ago. When I was bringing up the anatomy of a frog, some students thought they would have some fun with the subject matter. The next year, before we dissected something, we talked first about the maturity of this project and how every student needed to be on their best behavior. If not, they would not be a part of this special occasion. It was safe to say that things were better the second time around."
Written by Shane Reinhard on April 9th, 2021