Final Reflection As I ponder over my personal professional development experiences as an educator the realization of how one has developed over time is personally satisfying. Educating children especially children with special needs is a challenge within its self. As a teacher it is important that this writer makes a positive influence with students. There are going to be certain ideas that one tries to uphold and other discriminations that one will not allow. Everyone has their own beliefs teachers
Running Head: REFLECTION PAPER Reflection Paper En Tseh Wang Lehigh University Special Education 332 (Education and Inclusion of Individuals with Special Needs) has been enlightening for me as a secondary mathematics educator. In the beginning of the semester, my feelings towards special education were those of apathy and insensitivity. I now understand that my feelings were due to my lack of knowledge and my judgment based on stereotypes. I always knew that making
Professional Reflection I am currently studying an Early Childhood Degree BA (Hons) at U.W.E Bristol. I have a passion for working with children and aiming to progress onto Primary Teaching PGCE. From as far back as I can remember, I have always wanted to be a teacher, setting up mock classrooms and playing with my younger sibling and cousins. When I was 14, I started volunteering for a Dorchester youth project which aimed to help improve facilities for young people in the area. This consisted
Unit 1 Reflection as defined by the Oxford English dictionary (2012) as the action or process of thinking deeply about a subject, involving influence from one’s life and experiences, thus a reflective journal is designed to help me think deeply about my learning, especially on issues such as: my progress in learning, the difficulties I may have encountered in the process of learning, the strategies I have taken to get around those difficulties, and my evaluation of my own performance. For the study
qualification and skills across all childcare sectors. These changes are positive for childcare as they are making steps towards childcare workers being recognised as professionals. Some of these steps being that childcare workers share similar education and skills, are being encouraged to study to a degree level, are part of a regulated workforce. More recently we have seen The Child and Young People (Scotland) Act (??, 2014) being introduced. This has brought various changes to ECEC. The change
The CEC professional ethical principles are a guideline for professional special educators. Special educators have a special purpose endowed by the community and recognized by a professional credential. As such, special educators have a responsibility to be guided by their Ethical Principles and Professional Practice Standards (cec). The bottom line is this; professional special educators pledge to these principles and practice guidelines that define their professionalism and advance not only their
Reading Reflection Assessment Assessing and Evaluating Learner Progress Upload your work using lastname_reading12.docx to CANVAS. This reflection is worth 10 points. Answers should be 1-3 sentences. USING OUTSIDE RESOURCES: 1.Go to http://udltheorypractice.cast.org/reading?2&loc=chapter5.xml_l1970058. Log in as “Student1.” Password fills in automatically – if not enter 123456]. Skim pages 73-76 (Chapter 6 : Designing for All – Assessment) and watch the corresponding teacher video clips
Unit 2-Learning Disabilities (LDs) Summary and Reflection The Unit titled “Learning Disabilities (LD)” draws attention to this particular category of special education and goes in depth about the successes and aggravation of educating these children. The unit first gives an overview of the statistics of children with LD and includes the IDEA definition of LD which is “a disorder in the processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in an imperfect
the importance of utilizing instructional strategies to support the learner’s broad understanding of key concepts and ability to apply the knowledge in various, meaningful ways. I firmly believe that implementing instructional strategies across education is one of the core foundations for both effective teaching and learning. An example of an instructional strategy that I utilized while in my placements is providing the students with strategies to connect prior knowledge and learning. More specifically
Instructional Module, candidates were to create and teach two lesson plans for both elementary and secondary instructional settings. The lessons plans were to address one or more of the goals and objectives that were written in each student’s Individual Education Program (IEP). The candidates were to describe in detail the adaptations and modification that were needed for the target students to be able to fully participate in each lesson. Additionally, each lesson plan was to incorporate some type of technology
A detailed study on the article entitled “Is Disproportionally High Minority Representation in Special Education a School Problem?” reveals the concern of the differences that are seen in the representation of minority factions in the special education agenda against that of the common core syllabus in educational institutions. The article explains how the U.S. Federal policies helps different school districts and states institute strategies to avoid this disproportionality and to initiate efforts
Course 602 Reflection #3 Last week’s class has broaden my understanding of the rules and regulations regarding the Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA). For example, IDEA has a zero reject policy, which guarantees that public schools cannot turn away a student based upon their disability. With the current demand for schools to perform well on different standardized tests, schools would easily turn away students with disability if this policy was not set in place. Another major component
MMary Zarembski SEEC 598 NAEYC Standard Three Reflection In this reflective analysis of NAEYC Standard three, Observing, Documenting, and Assessing to Support Young Children and Families, I will first reflect on my growth, as an early childhood professional, during my course of study. Secondly, I will address my strengths related to the standard and discuss areas in need of further professional development. Finally, I will outline my goals for future growth and development. Early childhood educators
have and teachers teach for guarantee the wish. Two different teacher give me their opinion why they love teaching and it was a great honor to interview them. Being a teacher is a desired that grow in inside every person that loves to teach. The special Ed teacher works for 15 years in this department and she loves it. Interviewing the teacher saw a wonderful teacher that see opportunity
In the 1997 article, “On The Uses of a Liberal Education: As a Weapon In the Hands of the Restless Poor,” published by Harper’s Magazine, the social critic Earl Shorris described how political power could be achieved by a rather non-vocational educational discipline, the humanities. He emphasizes on how the knowledge of a liberal Education can be used as a form of weapon within the lives for the poor. Shorris wanted to explore on poverty in America and write a book based on opinions on what keeps
Learning Strategies and Methods: A Reflection As I look back upon this course, and the RN-BSN completion program as a whole, I am reminded that this is a process. There will be challenges and victories. I feel that each is meant to teach me something during this journey toward furthering my nursing education. I have always thought that as nurse, it was important to keep current with evidence based research, but returning to the formal school setting was a big step. As stated by Hood (2010) “A professional
1965. The school has a long history and excellent school spirit. It pledges to provide quality “Whole Person Education” which emphasizes on cultivating students’ morality, intelligence, physical and social ability. Gifted and talented education has been included in the scope of school development plan. Besides, the school regards “to popularize and optimize gifted and talented education” as their educational concept. Thus, school teachers view each student as an unrefined gold that has tremendous
Teacher Interview Interview Question Summary 1. How has the student composition in the special classroom changed over time? Though this is not something that I personally experienced, I am aware that more students with disabilities are being educated now than forty years ago. Education systems have worked to create a better environment for these students. This environment is as free from restrictions as possible and challenges the individual. It did not use to be this way. Some disabilities were
been interested in physical education. Physical education (P.E) has always been my favorite class in school because that it has to do with physical exercise and being physically fit. The purpose of this research is to first define physical education. Then, I will explore the history of P.E. In the following section, I will compare and contrast the PE curriculum from past to present. Next, a description of the schooling requirements to become a physical education teacher will be given. Finally
Introduction The low percentage of high school students, who successfully transition to college without requiring developmental courses, supports the rationale for action research on K through 12 curriculum development ability to produce college ready students. The Pennsylvania Common Core clearly notes that curriculum standards should align college and work expectation. Unfortunately, the inability to meet the demands continue at the forefront. As a result, I chose to approach this research from