From my observations week by week I have noticed the teacher differentiates learning to help her students engage using their personal interest and attitudes towards school. For example one of the students Darian is not asked to sit on the rug like the rest of the students as he is more focused when he is sitting in a desk rather than on the rug. Because Ms. Diaz has had this specific student for the second year she understands that he functions better in his seat than he does on the rug. I also realized the teacher sets goals for her students giving them the sense of feelings that they have control over their learning and what is being taught in their classrooms. Because Ms. Diaz is a big supporter on peers helping one another, the students …show more content…
Something I observed during my field visit at the classroom was when Ms. Diaz was introducing the reading “Stellaluna” by Janell Cannon, the teacher asked the students to create a classroom list of what they knew about bats and another list of what they wanted to learn about bats. Another concept were Ms. Diaz asked the students to use prior knowledge was community workers, she read aloud a list of community workers and asked the students to draw or write about what they think these workers do such as mail …show more content…
During the course of my observations I have noticed humanist existing when the teacher gives the students options. This theory suggest that students will learn what they need and what they want and like I mentioned previously for Darian, learning happens in his seat on his time rather than on the rug during group reading or group work. As for existentialism this is noticeable in the classroom when the students exercise freedom of choice, usually Ms. Diaz gives her student’s choices like write about what we read or draw about what we read, giving the students a feeling of independence and partnership with regards to their education. The students usually start their days by setting classroom goals on a daily basis, which again allows the students to make choices. Behaviorism is another theory I explore in this classroom, because Ms. Diaz is very intuitive she makes many changes and is not afraid to change up her lesson plan or activities when they seem to be failing or lacking. One observation of this I noted was during the week of Halloween, Ms. Diaz asked Ms. Warm to read the students a book about Halloween, as Ms. Warm began to read the students became very talkative and were distracted. Ms. Diaz quickly realized the book was not age appropriate and therefore, instead of the book being enjoyable it was causing confusion and
The humanistic theory ties into the humanistic perspective. This was first thought of my Abraham Maslow. Unlike the behaviorists, humanistic psychologists believe that humans are not solely the product of their environment. Rather humanistic psychologists study human meanings, understandings, and experiences involved in growing, teaching, and learning. They emphasize characteristics that are shared by all human beings such as love, grief, caring, and self-worth. Humanistic psychologists study how people are influenced by their self-perceptions and the personal meanings attached to their experiences. Humanistic psychologists are not primarily concerned with instinctual drives, responses to external stimuli, or past experiences. Rather, they consider conscious choices, responses to internal needs, and current circumstances to be important in shaping human
The teacher does make sure the children are capable in saying vocabulary words correctly. Most of the students learn from her by imitating the way she moves her lips, when saying a word. The student seems to be doing very well in the classroom, by always interacting in the lesson, and actually paying attention on what the teacher is saying. The student is receiving an appropriate education in the classroom, in her appropriate grade level. I just feel that the student would be more engage, if they can interact with their classmates more. The work in the classroom should be less worksheets, more active involvement, like activities on the smart board or group
The Humanistic approach is a psychological perspective which studies the whole person and each individual’s uniqueness (McLeod, 2007). Humanistic psychology began in the 1940s and 1950s by a group of prominent psychologists such as Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow, and Charlotte Buhler, who felt that behaviorism and psychoanalysis had many limitations and that a person’s behavior is connected to his inner feelings and self-image (Frye, 2015). They believed in the human capacity for choice and growth and that individuals have free will and make conscious choices (Frye, 2015). The humanistic approach emphasizes that behavior is influenced by a person’s environment and that social interactions greatly influence the development of a person (Frye, 2015).
I listen to my students. I allow time for their individual impute in what they are learning, and adjust accordingly. I really believe that is why students can be so into the idea of being taught, because they are all encouraged to lead the discussion and projects before them as it relates to the curriculum. I try to learn from my students by listening to their interpretation. I am learning what interest them, and feed off of it in the work that needs to be performed. Work towards a positive social society, with this education does takes place for our students, teachers, and community, all for a better future, one that is full of knowledge and acceptance. What could be any
Field Experience Description (Preamble/Introduction/Background): the following field experience observation took place at Plainfield Connecticut’s Shepard Hill Elementary School, 234 Shepard Hill Rd, Plainfield, CT 06374, herein S.H.E., during the fall of 2017, and was conducted by Sacred Heart University M.Ed. candidate Peter Scott Harmyk, Esq. Because of confidentiality requirements per request of the interviewees, specifically the classroom teacher and the special education teacher, herein “Ms. Teacher” and “Ms. Special Ed” the two students observed for the purpose of this essay shall also remain anonymous; further, this candidate was respectfully denied access to the appropriate IEP and 504 documentation corresponding to the two first-grade
...cle was involved with her class. It makes the learning process fun and exciting for the students. The teachers make all the difference in the world. A student can learn memorize anything that a teacher lectures on. But the information is only stored temporally. If you make it fun and exciting the student not only learns but the memory lasts a life time.
The first question that I asked my host teacher during the interview was “What does it mean to you to differentiate your mathematics instruction?” She stated that she will begin by teaching the lesson as a whole group and when she is finished make sure the students understand before they leave to do anything independently. She will pull groups of students who she knows are not going to understand the material and gives students options. She will give them them the option to either stick around and work with her on the lesson being presented or go work independently. But, she will pull the students that she knows has trouble and forces them to stay with her to work on the lesson that is being taught. She says that often when having the students work independently she can see who understands the material and who does not. The last thing that she said about this topic is that she would rather get to the students before they wor...
A. Behaviorism, constructivism and cognitivism are relatively common theories used in the classroom as ways to approach student learning. Behaviorism focuses on observable behavior, such as students answering questions correctly, or being able to follow directions to complete a task as instructed. Characteristics of a classroom that uses behaviorism might be memorization of facts, writing vocabulary words, or a token reward system to inspire the desired behavior and decrease undesired behaviors. Constructivism, as indicated by the root word “construct,” focuses on the construction of new ideas, or expanding on what is already known. Students in a classroom using constructivism as a means for learning might seem more actively engaged in the learning process; they often learn something new through applying what they already know about the content area, and exploring new matter to further their understanding. This type of classroom often uses hands on manipulatives to allow students to actually build, create, or experiment with what they are learning. A cognitivism approach to learning might be explained by the minds capacity to process information – such as how a learner might remember something, retrieve information, or store new concepts. Learning through this method often depends on how the student processes what the teacher is presenting. Classrooms using this approach might incorporate learning strategies that help students categorize and sequence information to assist with processing. Like constructivism, it can be an active style of learning.
The roots and inspiration of the Humanistic approach lie partly in the existential movement (of art and philosophy).
Teachers observe how the peer leaders grab the attention of the students and how they connect, so they can do a better job on enhancing the learning of the students. As the author, Fiske, says,“‘First, teachers should be encouraged to move beyond describing what they see and experience and to analyzing what is happening in their classrooms. Second, teachers should be encouraged to think about problems from an alternative perspective, particularly their student’.” For example, Mrs. James has students in her classroom that struggle with her Grammar assignments. Mrs. James continues to try and find different and unique ways for her students to actually get her lessons. She encourages her highest grade student to re-teach her lesson on Grammar. As the student, Marissa is re teaching the class this information, Mrs. James goes around the class with the role and her notebook. She’s taking notes of how each student is taking their own notes over the lesson, and she puts them all into categories. The categories are based on what kind of learner the students are: Auditory, Kinesthetic, or Visual learners. Mrs. James creates a whole new plan on how she can get reach her students on a different level for their understanding. Teachers have to learn how to deal with specific students in their classroom. Reading a curriculum and instructions aren’t going to
Jaime Escalante, a great educator, once said, “The teacher gives us the desire to learn, the desire to be Somebody.” As a teacher, my goal will be to show students that each of them can be whatever they want to be, and not only are they capable of being good at what they do, they can be the best. To reach this goal, I must be an effective teacher, which I believe can best be accomplished by teaching in a way that is comfortable for me. Therefore, I will not base my classroom around one single philosophy; I am going to seek comfort by utilizing certain aspects of different educational philosophies, namely essentialism, existentialism, progressivism, and social reconstructionism.
For myself, I am a combination of Idealism and Existentialism. The role of the teacher varies significantly between the two. In existentialism, the role of the teacher is to help a student find himself or herself. “In the existentialist world, the role of the teacher is to provide diversification within the curriculum to the individual learners.” (Existentialism, Martinez, para. 6) The teacher helps each student instead of working as a whole collect group. “Each child as an individual has a unique way of learning. When discussing types of teaching methods to be used, one size does not fit all learners.” (Existentialism, Martinez, para. 6) As a teacher in an existentialistic classroom, a person has to be able to help students no matter what learning style they have. Existentialism teachers focus on having the students answer the question in life instead of just a lesson. On the other hand, the role of the teacher in idealism is to be the rule maker, a moral guide. “The teacher’s role is to be a skillful questioner who encourages students to think and ask more questions in an environment that is suitable for learning” (Idealism, Martinez, para. 14). The teacher decides the lesson for the day based on the common core. The student must follow even if it may not be something he or she wants to learn at that moment. “Teaching connects ideas together when teaching the students” (Darrin para. 2). Teachers in idealism believe that their job is to teach the students how to act in and out of a classroom setting. I believe it is not only my job to allow the students to find themselves. Also, to be the moral guide they can look up to and model their lives
As far as my supervising teacher’s methods for helping students keep up in class she has many. She talked to me all about multiple intelligences and how each student learns differently. She tries to provide a wide variety of options to her students to better help them learn. She also likes open discussion with her class. When she learns about their interests she does her best to incorporate the things they like into their school work. She provides them with a variety of non-fiction and fiction reading material too. She keeps writing topics open as well. Mrs. Lemons reminded me that all students are different and that it’s important to teach with an open mind and never with just one method. I wholly agree with her opinion and I see her put her thoughts into successful actions every morning.
Teaching children I would incorporate all of these philosophies such as; perennialism, progressivism, behaviorism, essentialism, existentialism, and social reconstructionism in my instructional curriculum. For example, including perennialism in which, it is necessary to teach elementary students morals, such as; sharing, not cheating, and even playing fair (like in sports). Progressivism will be used in my instruction because cooperative learning activities will take place. I will use reinforcement rewards with computers, stickers, and candy; which will display the philosophy of behaviorism reflected in my classroom. I will encourage free-will in my students by letting them make choices such as; the book they want to read or letting them decide whether or not they want to do extra credit; which would demonstrate a small part of the existentialism philosophy I support.
The process of educating children may seem like a clear-cut, straight-forward process to some people; however, this is far from the case. There are five philosophies of education (essentialism, perennialism, progressivism, social reconstructionism, and existentialism) that vary in their educational approaches. These philosophies can be grouped into two categories: ...