In an identified video in ATLAS (Case #876), the language arts teacher did a great job in assessing her students. In this video, the students were analyzing the mental images in the poem “Loo-Wit”. The language arts teacher learning goal for the instruction was to allow the students to hear each other’s viewpoints about the poem. The students should be able to offer their own ideas with evidence so that other students can clarify and help the group’s progress. The teacher assessed the students by having a whole-group discussion. She allowed different students to share their perspectives about the poem based on the questions she asked. She assessed them on multiple-level questions about text to aid comprehension. The main assessment was seeing …show more content…
In the video, you can tell that the assessment was appropriate because the students were 100% engaged in the instruction. The teacher was able to create an assessment that allowed her to receive full feedback on how well her students comprehended the poem “Loo-Wit”. One way I would adapt this assessment is allowing the students to choose a poem they would like to discuss about. This acknowledges the student’s interest and I am sure the students will be even more involved in the whole-class discussion.
2. In an identified video in ATLAS (Case #1583), the language arts teacher did a great job in using instructional strategies in her instruction. In the video, the students were comparing two different poems. The two poems were “The Barred Owl and “The History Teacher”. In the video, the main instructional
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Every video I watched displayed tools that I could use in my own classroom. The instructional strategies and models used in the classrooms were great. My current teaching philosophy about instructional strategies and models would be that they are great to use. As a teacher, looking for ways to help teach certain lessons is a must. Every teacher found different ways to teach the materials to their students. It is always great to have resources in the classroom to look back on. Students love to have resources to guide them. In the video (Case #1112), I would emulate their strategy by letting my students use a textbook. I feel that textbooks are reliable sources and can be used to validate certain materials. In the video, you can tell that the students were using the textbook as a tool to prove their discussion with each other. In the video (Case #876), I would avoid assessing my students in whole-group discussion. I would have my student in groups to see how they communicate with each t=other about our discussion. Seeing my students evaluating each other’s opinions would be a great way into assessing their knowledge about the lesson. A classroom environment I would like to teach in would be with students who are ready to ask questions. Students who are not afraid to express their thoughts about the instruction. It would be easier for me to assess my students if that were
Fountas, I., C., & Pinnel, G. S., (2009). When readers struggle: Teaching that works. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Cloud Atlas is a very complex movie that involves rotating and revolving characters and story lines which paint a past, present, and future of the Earth. All of these are interconnected and influenced by one another with a continuing constant theme. This is very interesting as it directly relates to some of the greatest philosophers in recent history. Not only in their beliefs, but in how they arrive at their beliefs. With Aristotle, we see that the main character analyses and arrives at the truth in a similar fashion to his most famous arguments. When it comes to the shaken beliefs of futuristic portrayals of civilization, it is clear that in the film they follow an attitude similar to a combination of Nietzsche and Pope. It is even possible to see a connection between Descartes and the main characters definitions of God. Cloud Atlas is very interesting in its cosmological portrayals and their comparisons to great philosophers.
Moreover, I learned the act of administering an assessment of this nature in a one-on-one setting. As a future teacher, I will need to assess my students informally, formally, and quite frequently. This particular assessment was great practice. Something to consider is completing running records in a
Stiggins, R.J., Arter, J., Chappuis, J., & Chappuis, S. (2004). Classroom assessment for student learning: doing it right-using it well. Portland, OR: Assessment Training Institute.
Evans, D. N., & Lang, H. R. (2006). Models, strategies, and methods for effective teaching. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Cloud atlas is a very interesting novel, I believe cruelty plays a role in The pacific journals of Adam Ewing. The reason I selected this segment of Cloud Atlas is because of the cannibalism that takes place and racism. The way cannibalism is discussed as seems to be relatively normal conversations same goes for using the dead's parts. Slavery, and abuse is also acquired with in this journal. There also appears to be a lot of stereotyping and false accusations made on the other “races” even restricting them from discovery. Cruelty is and will always be apart of man, we all can work and strive to be at peace but no matter how hard we trie there will always be cruelty.
Likewise, the use of this peer observation will allow students to have an insight the techniques they are displaying that are improper and offer advice on how to correct these errors. The use of these learning theories and research based instructional strategies increases the probability of successful student learning within this instructional unit.
As a teacher, I have numerous personal goals. Mainly, my goal is to provide students with the opportunity and encouragement to succeed in life and to develop as free-thinking individuals in society. I consider myself a progressive and an essentialist, according to theory. I feel that students need to be given multiple opportunities to explore many different life skills that sometimes are overlooked in the education system. Testing, rote memorization, and lecture, in my opinion, do not promote students' own inquiry and does not give students opportunities to tap into their own source of knowledge that they each bring with them to the classroom. As a teacher, I hope to leave my students able to set and accomplish goals through the use of these life skills. Some teachers I have had while in hi...
It is important that teachers give children a fair chance to show their knowledge when assessing. “The purpose of assessment is to provide feedback that can be used to improve student performance” (Orange 2000). Teachers assess children to ensure that they are understanding the material, and to make sure they are learning. For young children, tests should never be the only criteria for assessment. Instructors should always make sure that their assessment is fair.
Now that I have seen three different classrooms as part of my practicum observations, I still believe that there are several acceptable approaches and no universally correct teaching methods. However, my thinking has changed because I have seen that everything done ...
Stiggins, R., Arter, J., Chappuis, J., Chappuis, S., (2007). Classroom assessment for student learning: Doing it right -- using it well. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Pearson.
Some of the formative assessments I used included asking students questions and observing how they were working and discussing the information needed for their videos with their partner. Other forms of formative assessments included providing feedback and generating whole group discussions. I found myself using observations and feedback more frequently throughout my lesson. As I walked around the classroom, I noticed the students
The biggest challenge before a teacher is the presentation of a lesson. If a lesson presentation is effective, students can reach the goals of life by acquisition of knowledge; and if the teacher is unsuccessful in his presentation, it is impossible to achieve the educational objectives. The method of teaching is directly related to the presentation of the lesson. The method of teaching depends on the nature of the subject, and the tact of the teacher. This essay is aimed at assessing teaching methods and strategies used in schools and discuss innovations that should take place to make them more effective and learner centred. Brandes and Ginnis (1996:167) acknowledge that the movement from established well-known ground to explore new teaching strategies is a tough challenge to teachers.
Through classroom observation I was exposed to the different methods of teaching a lesson. The methods of teaching depends on how will the teacher execute the lesson well. I learned that modern learners today needs both modern and traditional way of teaching as for them to fully learned the lesson in a meaningful way.
The one belief I had about teaching that has changed since I began this unit, is that all teachers, more or less, taught in the same way. Perhaps this is a belief that I had formed from my own time at school, where all my teachers taught in the same way; some were more or less effective, but I wasn’t aware of them using theories or methods as such, more that they were or weren’t kind people. This belief has changed and it has really opened my ideas to the many creative models, and instructional methods a teacher can use.