Self-Reflection and Insight
My initial reaction to the icon presentation had me feeling sceptical and slightly anxious. Sharing something that held such significant sentimental value to me and my family was not something I had had the chance to do in any other class over the course of my university career. This pedagogical approach in which the teacher is situated at the front of class, educating other students with no written language, is very powerful. I find that listening to someone share something with you, without notes, and speaking purely from their heart, is one of the most powerful ways to receive, understand and process information, but more importantly, learn.
As I prepared for my presentation, I found it difficult to decide on what information I felt comfortable sharing with the class. I was sharing a piece of art that was once in my grandfather’s home in Poland, before he and his family were forced to leave during the Holocaust. I wanted to share my grandfather’s story; what he did, how he survived, who he lost. I knew my presentation had to be just a few minutes so I really wanted to do him and his story justice. As I reflected on my grandfather’s life, I thought about how lucky I am to have my family, my home, and to be living in a safe country. I thought about how he had lost his whole family, yet still had a positive outlook on life after the war. It helped me to appreciate the moment, the now, and not sweat the small stuff. I decided that I would tell my grandfather’s full story, maybe make the class sit a little bit longer than the average presentation, but justified it as that when something is important to you, and carries a significant amount of value to , It is important to share that value wit...
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...thods of learning. Scaffolding is a pedagogic technique based on the concepts of explicit pedagogy, which has had noteworthy success when used with indigenous students (Craven 2009).
Overall, I plan to adapt the icon approach in a few ways in my classroom, specifically, when introducing new subject or units of work. I plan to stand in front of the class and use common land links, symbols and images, and kinaesthetic or non-verbal teaching methods to provide insight and examples for both indigenous and non-indigenous students. Additionally, I will try and find a way to connect with the teaching material on a personal and significant level in order to help the students see the significance of learning. I will consider myself responsible for providing the students with opportunities to learn while acknowledging the fact that no student can be forced to learn.
We are constantly being bombarded with visual culture throughout every hour of the day, though at times it may seem overwhelming and desensitizing, it is only getting more prevalent. Paul Duncum is an art educator who is corporating these aspects of visual culture in the classroom everyday and also teaching his students to do this as well. I have talked about Paul Duncum educational history, his contributions to art education, his teaching philosophy, and how I can use his beliefs and teachings in my future as an art educator. With my new found knowledge of Paul Duncum and his teaches, I hope, as a future educator to follow in his footsteps of incorporation of our society’s importance of visual art in my classroom.
It was investigated that students enjoyed lessons that had eleven different pedagogies. The pedagogical approaches used was relationship building, facilitation of effective hands on activity work, participation in classroom discourse and connecting the science activities to the student’s experiences. Teachers reported that more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students attended class when they had SciTech activities. However, Indigenous students performed poorly on the NAPLAN test in literacy and numeracy. Poor education in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders lead to a decreased employment opportunity that cause poor health, lower life expectancy and a likelihood of problems with the law. The increase in Indigenous students participating in science hands on studies gives the impression that they are more successful in hands on crafting. This is an incentive for indigenous student to attend school and learn. While attending school they also learn literacy and numeracy skills. The purpose of the study was to engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in school and how pedagogical approaches aided in this (Hackling et al,
The first thing that caught my attention was the simple idea of an image that appears when you call someone or if that person calls you. Not only does the picture paint a clearer image in your mind of who you
Sale, C. & Osborn, S. (2013). Interdisciplinary inspirations: using visual images to enhance your teaching. Clavier Companion, 5(5), 54-62.
Over the past year I have grown as both a person and a writer. My writing has improved
Growing up in a predominantly white neighborhood as a kid sanctioned me to perpetually become aware that I was different from my neighbors. Through some social interactions with my friends in elementary schools, I quickly descried that my appearances, such as my hair, eyes, and nose was different from my peers. For instance, my hair was a lot darker than most of my peers’ hair and the texture of my hair was different from most of them. “Grow out your hair” were phrases that lingered throughout my childhood days, where I had my hair at a very short length. Throughout my childhood, I longed to try to be a part of the dominant group in society such as the Caucasians, but I did not do anything to be a part of the bigger group in society. Instead,
As a second language learner I have never expected myself to be a perfect writer throughout the semester. Even If English was my first language still, I would not be a perfect writer. It is not about first or second language, it is about how well I understand the learning objectives. Then organizing and writing with my own ideas and putting them in my paper. I am going to be honest, I am not good at English subject and English subject is my strongest weakness than the other subjects. In this paper I will discuss and analyze my own writing, reflecting on the ways that my writing has improved throughout the semester.
In 1998, Judith Rich Harris became famous since she made a point on the cause of children’s behavior, that “in some key sense, parents don’t much matter—that what’s important is not what children learn inside home but what they learn outside the home (peer influence)” (Malcolm Gladwell, 1998). This point does make sense, because children always have a need to “fit-in”, to have friendships and to gain a sense of belonging from their peer groups. Apparently, learning from their peers can make the process much easier, since people who have common hobbies and share similar values tend to stay together, and that’s usually how a peer group is formed. Considering the generation gap between parents and children, copying the behaviors and thoughts of parents can do no benefit to fulfill the need of peer relationships.
My portfolio will demonstrate the skills and writing techniques I have developed and honed while taking the course English 1010 at the University of Memphis. Some of the techniques and skills I have learned include how to write with different persuasive strategies on the audience and how to incorporate critical thinking into my work. As well as these skills I have learned how to apply an effective composing process to my writing and have fine tuned my writing abilities. Writing with different styles on different topics has improved the way I approach writing papers. These styles helped me learn quickly, therefore making me a better writer and student at the same time.
For the past seven years, I have been working across the country as a sailing coach. Whenever I’m coaching, I am always learning different things about both the people and me I am coaching. There are various aspects of coaching all of which stem from a series of traits. To coach sailing one needs to be spontaneous, aggressive, supportive, inspiring, organized but most importantly a leader. From when I first started to my most recent position, I have been in both a line position and manager position. (McCarthy). Organized chaos was the trick to the game in this situation. My job required an extensive amount of planning and research just to prepare for one day. We had daily briefings with our weather team and planned amongst our classes. The way the programs are set up is there is a total of fourteen instructors. Amongst those instructors approximately
After completing the eight self-assessments I have now learned a lot about myself and the different skills and abilities I possess, which I never noticed before, and the qualities I can contribute to my organization. In order to maximize your true potential, individuals need to understand these skill sets and on how to use them. This leads to individual success in the organization, and further contributes to organization success as well. The purpose of this paper is to examine two self-assessments, relate it to my work organization, school, and personal life, and present short research on each topic. First, this paper will discuss my first professional job with the South Asian Community Resource Office (Sacro) with Abbotsford Community Services, as their youth worker. Next this paper will look at assessing my locus of control and lastly, I will talk about the listening self-inventory.
Scaffolding is metaphorical term which refers to the process through which teachers facilitate children’s learning by enabling them achieve a level of ability beyond the child’s current capacity. Through scaffolding, teachers play an active role by interacting with children to support their development by providing structures that support them to stretch their understanding or me...
Icons lift us up to the models that they represent. They lift us up to a higher level of thought and consciousness. The people shown in the icons were at a higher level than we are in our everyday lives. When we see their icons, we recall their superior character and deeds. In doing this, we think pure thoughts and experience higher feelings. It is designed to lead us from the physical to the spiritual realm (Whiteford 1).
Throughout my bachelor of education at the University of Canberra, I have had the opportunity to also work at a high school as a learning support assistant (LSA), both opportunities have exposed me to a large range of content–based pedagogies. I have also been able to put learnt knowledge into practice, through finding best practice pedagogies for individual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Often the students that I work with are dis-engaged or feel they don’t know what is being taught in class. Through this experience I have been able to individualise my pedagogy to suit a multiple of different learning styles and ability levels with a large amount of success with many students.
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from indomitable will.” When I first started college I always knew I wanted to serve a purpose in the medical field; I didn’t have all the guidance or resources to know exactly how to accomplish that goal. Everything became a trial and error for me, I researched different occupations by doing so I was able to discover pharmacy. I was really drawn to the impact you can make in a person’s life by being their pharmacist. I never knew how much of a difference pharmacist made in health care. Soon after, my uncle became a pharmacist and that really motivated me more to go for it. I always had the will to be successful, however, circumstances that physically played a part in my life prevented me from being able to give my