Final Reflection
During my connected lesson, I recognised that developing a lessons which is connected has successfully incorporated knowledge building among students. I learned that when planning a knowledge building lesson within your learners, its’ important to give them time to understand the topic in it’s basic element, and then build upon it throughout the other lessons. In my lessons, I started with the basics, showing students what it means to be persuasive, and giving them examples. Throughout the week, they still listen to different examples of persuasion, but also take the time to think of their own opinions to different topics, and work on persuading others the way they have seen others persuade during the beginning lessons. There
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For example, my mentor teacher pointed out how some students may feel uncomfotable or embrassed recieveing differenciated instructions. However, self- reflection was a tool I used to differenciate. I began assesing my teaching during the first period and making changes during the second period, where I would be teaching the same lesson to another group. During the lessons, I had sevral “ah ha” moments, where my opportunity to self-reflect became useful assessment information for myself and students. In a class discussion, for example, comments made by some of the students may lead me to believe that they do not understand the concept a Venn Diagram . As a result, I decides that the class will revisit the previous activity and, in the process, examine the connections between that activity and the discussion at …show more content…
The web page explains how writing is not a sigular task, in order to effectivley create a writing lesson there are various aspects a teaher needs to concider like: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, fluency, conventions, and presentaion. One detail I overlooked during the writing activity was setting “presentation” standards for the students. Although, the students were aware of the importance of organization witin the context of theie writing, students are genrally not aware of the impact the quality of there presentations actually have on their assessment. As a result, I decided to take a few minutes to address what is considered to be appropriate in terms of font choice and
Erik Erikson was heavily influenced by Freud but while Freud was an ID psychologist, Erikson was an ego psychologist. Erikson stressed that the development of the ego depended heavily on personal and social aspects. “According to Erikson, the ego develops as it successfully resolves crises that are distinctly social in nature. These involve establishing a sense of trust in others, developing a sense of identity in society, and helping the next generation prepare for the future” (McLeod, S. 1970). His theory focused on personality development through eight distinct stages. He believed that personality progressed in a stacking or pre-determined manner, this is referred to as the epigenetic principle. One must
My sixteen week class in English 111. I was really nervous about this class. Because English has never been my strong point. This class has hard, but fun all at the same time. I learn a lot from this class. Meanwhile,the first day of class you handed a paper with a question on it. “The first thing I want to say to you who are students is that you must not think of being here to receive an education; instead, you will do much better to think of being here to claim one.” Even though putting my all in what I have learned, claiming my education with hard work because using the skills of the meal plan, as we write to different audiences and learning to be a Critically thinker as I start becoming a critically-Literate Citizenship.
One reason for Reflection being used is to give practitioners the chance to change an aspect within their setting, which they feel can be improved in order to help the development of children within their practice. Reflective practice is about improving practice and coming up with theories to support the improvement (Holmes, 2011, p.7). Reflective practice using critical reflection will allow the practitioners to identify what they do well and what they need to improve on within their Early Years settings. It can also give practitioners the opportunity to develop their professional identity, and work at improving their working environment (Forde et al, 2006, p.65, 66). By allowing practitioners the chance to improve their working environment, it can have a huge influence on the children and their development within the Early Years. For example, a teacher looking back and being reflective over their lesson, will allow them to make amelioration for when they teach that lesson again, thus leading to further learning development of the
utilise a range of skills such an emphatic reflection, self-reflection and reflective communication to reflect on practice
Reflection is a key element of the human learning process. It can be used to justify aspects of practice and legitimise the knowledge gained from it, as opposed to traditional forms of learning.
As a middle school math teacher, my professional writing is limited almost to none except for some grants writing. That is usually in an application format. Reading through the learning resources, I was able to see the amount of resources that are now available at our fingertips for a better writing experience compared to when I was in school years ago. At first glance this assignment seemed overwhelming because of my lack of writing skill. I understand the relevance of the assignment and the learning resources are laid out easily to find any help needed.
...ave to agree that, “it is also important for teachers to reflect on their own teaching with their students and with other teachers.” (Darling 2003, p. 164) The fact is an educator never truly knows how good they are educating others until they are able to get feedback from their students and their fellow teachers. When an educator has “activities that encourage a reflective and strategic stance toward learning should be embedded in the regular activities of a classroom” (Darling, 2003, p. 164), students are taught from the beginning how to learn and critique themselves then as time goes on there is an easier process in learning from an educator versus the struggle of knowing what is expected by the educator in the classroom Metacognition is only as good as the one who is thinking about one’s own thinks as is a student is only as good as the educator who taught them.
The reflective dimension is the journey of self-development through a critical analysis of one’s thoughts, behaviours and values. Reflection allows you to relate your inner self to the environment around you. It encourages social responsibility and constant improvement as you learn from experience and acknowledge success. (Olckers, Gibbs & Duncan 2007: 3-4) Reflection can boost learning by stimulating awareness of our feelings and practices. This allows health professionals to cope with unfamiliar circumstances and conflicts.
This week had the biggest impact on my professional growth. During this week, I learned that meaningful reflection is " the practice or act of analyzing our actions, decisions, or products by focusing on our process of achieving them (York-Barr, Sommers, Ghere & Montie, 2006). There are many benefits of reflecting in the field of education. The most influential is the effect that reflection has on the learning that your students gain. If a teacher meaningfully reflects on their practices they will create lessons to better impact students. According to Carol Ann Tomlinson (2003), “Teacher reflection inevitably attends directly to students ' need for affirmation, contribution, power, purpose, and challenge.” Each time a teacher reflects on their work, they empower their students to learn more. Students recognize their teacher’s reflection and mimic their behavior. I feel like learning about reflection impacted me most because it showed me that I should reflect on the good and the bad. Everything that I teach should be reflected on. The more that I reflect on my work, I will be closer to becoming an expert teacher. Reflection has the biggest impact on professionalism as a teacher. If I am willing to learn from my strengths and mistakes I will impact my students to strive to the best they
As a teacher if your students can make a connection to prior knowledge they will have a better chance at remembering the information you are trying to teach. This can be achieved through teaching
... to interchange ideas and clarify doubts or issues I have. I have to contain myself for doing the most of the speaking in some of the classes, overcome laziness to analyze how well or bad an activity or class turned out and think of better ways to do things when they did not work as I thought they will . To conclude I am aware that the only responsible of my learning is me. “Teacher training or education is something that can be managed by others; Teacher development is something that can be done only by and for oneself” Wallace, 1991.
Some of us won't be able to change our teaching practices so quickly. We have been trying to implement these ideas for several years Also you won't want or need to change everything about your teaching. Just make some changes about your faults. Some of what you are doing is the best option for the current lesson. You are considered to be using good technique when you usually make effective use of wait time. If you usually ask students to justify their comments, both right and wrong, keep doing that. Look for the positive in what you do. Don't try to change everything immediately. And the more reflective you become, the more you will notice. Take it one day at a time. The greatest reward of becoming a reflective practitioner is that you become aware of how insightful and capable your students
The summer program I used to complete my observation hours for the course of the summer was a youth development program offered in Dawsonville, GA. called Next Generation. and their mission is to provide an opportunity for positive youth development as well as access to resources and opportunities many children otherwise don’t have access to. They aim to use this program to provide mentoring for the youth, tutoring for afterschool assignments, and offer many opportunities as a prevention program to the advancement of vulnerable youth. Next Generation is open year-round for students, and have a smaller program available for the summer. This is a youth program whose mission isn’t to “repair” the youth that are not excelling in academics, participating
A teacher’s ability to reflect on and assess their own classroom performance is part of being a professional and effective teacher. Professional teachers accept a commitment to lifelong learning and view teaching as calling rather than a job (Kramer as cited by Eggen & Kauchak, 2010; Whitton, Barker, Nosworthy, Sinclair & Nanlohy, 2010). Ongoing study, reading and research help teachers to stay up-to-date and informed of current developments in the fields of teaching and learning (Whitton, et al., 2010). The habit of making regular reflections will help teachers to determine when further professio...
For instance, I have learned that just simply reflecting on what I am seeing in the classroom is not enough that I have to comprehend and gain knowledge about the classroom in a more profound and meaningful way, such as relating observations to theories and psychology studies. Also I have learned to reflect more deeply on what is going on around me, not just looking at what is at the surface. I took notes during my observation. I tried to not only write what was happening, but also why it was happening and tried to convey any thoughts or feeling the students, teacher or myself had. Lastly, in my reflection, I improved my reflection skills by asking myself questions, such as, “what would I do,” “how would I do it,” and “how would I react?” Then, I would reflect back on what I had learned throughout the semester to see if I could find the most appropriate