An Individual Written Reflection On A Lesson Or Series Of Lessons That You Have Taught

The wider community believe that teaching falls under a simple banner of ‘basic pedagogy’ that involves the giving of information by the teacher, who then tests their students’ knowledge through questioning, homework and exams. Many do not know the full range of pedagogical options that can be utilised by teachers to engage students in their education. There is nothing wrong with the activities that make up the ‘basic pedagogy’ and any of

This assignment will critically reflect and analyse a microteaching session I presented to my peers in a clinical placement regarding Nursing management of chest drains. I will define reflection; teaching, learning and the rationale for choosing this topic will be clearly outlined in this paper. The preparation, planning, implementation and evaluation will also be incorporated. This assignment will be structured using Gibbs (1988) reflective model cited in Modular Training Course, 2003 because of its simplicity. Analysis will permeate through each stage of the Gibbs reflective model. Finally I will conclude by reflecting on my role as a joint practitioner outlining areas of personal, professional growth, identifying my strength, weakness

The information on the New York City Department of Education website on the school’s 2014-2015 School Quality Snapshot shows the school has a 74% rate of graduation in 4 years and 74% rate of graduation in 6 years. The student achievement level is 3 out of 4 on the New York City Department of Education rating scale. The report shows the students in the school earn 81% of enough credits to be on track for graduation and 80% of the students by 10th grade earn enough credits to be on track to graduation. The students in this school’s ability to pass the regents exam the students in this school in English, Mathematics and Science are 3 out of 4 levels and in Social Studies they are 4 out of 4 levels or at full proficiency to pass the social studies regents exam. In this school, 44% of the students have successfully completed an approved college or career preparatory courses and

The school’s website presents itself in a very positive and clear way in my opinion. The pictures on the front page of the website make it look like they are very happy and creative at this school. As I was browsing, I think that the school lunches

Since my time at Sparks Elementary I have only been able to observe two routines that my mentor teacher has done with the other 3rd grade teacher’s. To start off the morning, Mr.Locklear meets his class in the cafeteria to greet them before the day get’s started. The teachers then instruct the student’s to set their backpack’s in their designated area and take the materials needed for their first rotation of class. When the student’s have set there belonging’s down, the teacher’s line up the students in the middle of the common area, where the student’s will be lead to their special’s classes like Music, P.E and Art. While the student’s part take in special’s, Mr. Locklear takes care of any last minute assignment’s or note’s he need’s before he start’s teaching his first class. He also take’s part in a weekly meeting the 3rd grade teacher’s conduct to go over any announcement’s or strategies. Once the student’s come back from special’s, Mr.Locklear starts off his math lesson with Mrs. Sanchez classroom. As soon as the student’s enter the class, they are instructed to take out their journal’s and engage with what the teacher is teaching for the first 10 minutes of class. In those first few minutes of class Mr. Locklear introduces the topic or objective that the students will be learning and engages them to participate in the examples he places on the permithian board. He then has the student’s break up into group’s to do their daily math station’s. While some student’s do

This situation does not present itself as an ‘open response’ environment where children are able to bring their own experiences to the table, which in this situation, could be costly to both student and the educator. Every student has different ways of learning and according to Gardner (1999) there are nine types of intelligences. They are Verbal-linguistic, Logical-mathematical, Spatial-visual, Bodily-kinaesthetic, Musical intelligences, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalist and Existential intelligence. The activity mentioned above only foster for the verbal-linguistic learning

At first, I went to the website greatschools.org and my school Hilldale Elementary. Shockingly to my surprise the school was rated a “B”. It was surprising to me that the rating for the school was so high. Only one grade out of the school passed the standardized test out of third grade to fifth grade. Thinking to myself, I felt like that report had to be based off the parent’s perspective of the school. Observations such as those from parents are fine, I just don’t think that they depict schools well enough. I decided to go to schoolreportcard.org instead to get a more detail background of the school. This school alone has 774 students and only about 47 teachers. The school has 42% English Language Learners in it because school’s area is predominantly

Helping pupils to review their own progress – children should be encouraged to think about what they

The school is located in a safe middle class neighborhood that resides on a particularly steep hill leading to a dead-end so it does not garner much attention from neighboring communities. It is a small close-knit community predominantly consisting of Hispanic and Filipino people. Many of the people are first and second generation immigrants who are bilingual. These two groups share the same cultural value of the importance of family so there are many children in the area.

Famous Author, Agatha Christie once said, “I suppose it is because nearly all children go to school nowadays, and have things arranged for them, that they seem so forlornly unable to produce their own ideas” (Great Educational Quotes). This is a common assumption of many; moreover, teachers should be aware and guard-against the concept of “spoon-feeding” information to students. Although I did not realize it at the time, many of my high school teachers participated in this task. Of course, no students would complain; however, it absolutely did not benefit them in their future educational journeys. Additionally, it is possible for this type of teaching to be evident in elementary and middle school classrooms as well. While spending time at Concrete Primary School to gain field experience, I was able to observe and practice many different teaching techniques which led me to develop my philosophy of education.

Analysis of the three identified stages stated on the lesson planner shall take place within this assignment. Links will be shown between the teaching methods that were incorporated in this lesson planner which met particular learning characteristics, traits and needs of the group or an individual(s) and relevant educational and theoretical principles. The lesson planner has been placed in the appendices, as a referral resource, for this assignment.

My educational experience is one amazing thing I would never forget. My parents gave me an experience of a lifetime that I would never let go and continue to expand. It was a gift of a great education I could have tossed away but instead I took advantage of it and it expanded my intellect and made me more independent. As a young girl my parents always told me, they wanted a great educational experience for me. They said no matter what it took to get me into good schools, to have a great education they will do it. My parents worked very hard to give me the opportunity to be in private school my whole life since pre-school. They always told me to work hard, be bright and be bold. The educational level I had being in private school my whole life was amazing. What was amazing about my education level is that I was able to take all college prep. classes, I took an AP Spanish class, my teachers were always on top of us to hand in work in time, essays in my English class were based on a college level writing. It was amazing because my school expanded my mind more on a college based level.

According to the teachers’ standards (DfE, 2012) “teachers make the education of their learners their first concern, keep their knowledge up to date and are self-critical.” Therefore, this reflection practice will guide me towards the improvement on my lesson planning strategies and delivery. In addition, it will also make an enormous difference in my teaching and learning practice which is vital for teacher training.

“It has been said: not all learning takes place in classroom. Compare and contrast knowledge gained from personal experience with knowledge gained from classroom instruction. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?“

Learning is best for students whenever their teacher applies emotion, gives them the requisite support and challenges them. It is through such process that students gain in-depth learning and thus discover their values, abilities, passions as well as responsibilities in learning situations that provide adventure. In most school lessons, students undertake tasks that require them to use their creativity, self-discipline and craftsmanship. It is thus the work of the teacher to assist the students discover their hidden abilities and overcome their fears in applying their knowledge to classroom and job problems through in-depth teaching practice.