39 Pounds of Love Refection

On November 22 of this year, I witnessed firsthand my grandfather’s birth to eternal life. After a fall knocked James Berka unconscious, emergency responders arrived; my grandpa had been oxygen deprived for only a few short minutes but was ultimately declared brain dead. As my family and I spent our final moments with him before he would be removed from life support, many tears were shed. However, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of relief and closure for my grandpa. As he lay in the hospital bed totally oblivious to life, he was immune to the side effects of Parkinson’s, a disease he had battled for many years towards the end of his life. At that moment, my grandpa was not swaying uncontrollably nor struggling to articulate a single sentence.

One of the most important components of successful science teaching is the use of effective questioning (Clough, 2007). Abraham and Schlitt (1973) argue that, “Teaching requires continuous analysis of both student and teacher behaviors and subsequent modificationof classroom performance.” They also say teachers must be their own critics if continuous analysis is to occur (Abraham & Schlitt, 1973). The topic that I chose to focus on analyzing are the interactions, such as questioning and responding, that take place between teachers and their students. Given the topic, this

Jon Owens was born on March 1, 1960. Jon’s parents feared of having a child with mental retardation. Jon family members are, mom is a psychotherapist and dad is a psychiatrist. Jon had two sisters Jennifer and Jennice and a brother Charlton. Jennifer is a filmmaker. Jennifer says Jon is a spiritual teacher. Jennice is a keynote speaker. Charlton is a lawyer and a doctor. When Jon was born, a pedestrian told his parents he would never reach age 5. Jon’s parents spoke with a fellow friend and doctor who had a brother with Downs’s syndrome. The family friend expressed the grief of putting brother in an institution and how it ruined his family lives. Jon’s parents thought it would best to put him in a nursing home. Jon was in a crib all his life. Jon lived in a nursing home for 6 ½ years until his caregiver died. Jon’s parents had received a call to make decisions about Jon’s care. Jon was diagnosed with having Down’s syndrome. Jon was more than a little slow, but mentally retarded. Jon had limited intellectual and physical abilities.

Education theory can either be descriptive like the sciences or normative like in philosophy. Education theory postulates what education processes are supposed to consist of; it sets the standards, norms, and goals in carrying out an education process. The scientific education theory gives a set of hypotheses, which have to be experimented and verified. The two approaches have produced two broad categories of education theories, which are the functionalist’s theory of education

You are in a “classroom” observing and observe the following behaviors from students. You are to respond to each of the questions regarding each student scenario.

In my own teaching experience, I work hard to see past the outer surface of each student that enters my

This case study describes the difficult decisions and agony that Frank and Anita had to face in August of 2000 when their daughter Chanou was born with an extremely rare, incurable metabolic disorder. Because of the disorder, Chanou had an abnormal bone development that brought about a constant pain that prevented her parents from even touching her without causing increased pain.

Participant observation is a key way to immerse oneself into a community to gain an understanding of a culture. Participant observation, surprisingly, makes use of

Johnson's book also confronts the untimely predictions of her death that she and other children with neuromuscular diseases hear, especially from the telethons. She writes about "being a little girl who knows she will die" and right from kindergarten pursues an educated, engaged life as she accepts that knowledge. That she lived, as her title reminds us, decades beyond childhood--she died at age fifty in 2008-suggests the value of her engagements. Harriet McBryde Johnson offers an important account of the experience of living with a disability. Her personal stories argue urgently for social justice and remind medical caregivers that her interpretation of the experience of being human matters.

Observation is very important in young children because that is how you get to know a child better. While observing how a child interacts with their peers, adults, and how they behave in different settings, you are getting to know the child without speaking to them.

Do you see a value in collaborative learning, pursuing knowledge through peer engagement and feedback? Do you see a difference in how deeply you explore a topic when you are alone vs. when you're working in a group?

On July 25th, 1995 a 5-pound baby boy was born at Rose Medical Hospital in Denver, Colorado. His name was William. He was born with a disease called mitochondrial myopathy, which is when the mitochondria in your cells do not form properly, resulting in weak muscles and a curved spine. This baby fought many setbacks as an infant, and was in the hospital many times for different medical concerns. William tried various walkers and braces to help him walk, but his muscles were too weak and he was forced into a wheelchair at a young age. He has always been small, weighing only 75 pounds at 20 years old today. He does not have a big appetite, and this was very hard on his mother when he was sick during infancy. Life went

Reflection-in-action is used more by teachers with existing knowledge of teaching and experience of the learning process and is used to assess the student participation, knowledge, understanding and learning during the lesson (Howells, 2014). A third process of reflection is a proactive reflection known as reflection-for-action (Collier, 1999, p. 174). Howells (2014) uses this third process of reflection, before-action, which allows her to consider her lesson before it takes place. This process of reflection allows the teacher to be in a position to consider what will be taught, how it will be taught and he or she can develop an inner attitude of gratitude that will positively influence the attitude of the learners.

Though human behavior is complex, and qualitative research can generate multiple interpretations and realities, the words of participants provide the meaning to life that is often missing with quantitative data. Hearing instructors’ voices allows others to understand their experiences from a social, cultural, and educational context.

Throughout the walk of everyday life, we may find ourselves within the personal lives of others, giving us the option to either turn the other way and pay no attention, or to observe, and learn something about those individuals’ lives. The observation of others can not only bring a whole new understanding to the many forms of communication, but it can also provide a new perspective into something we have never taken the time to explore and analyze. One can learn a multitude of new things by observing family, friends, or even just strangers.