Being An Engaged Learner

Active involvement by students is important as they talk about the story, ask questions, and build expectations of the text. Everyone in the group simultaneously reading and receiving support from the teacher and other students is included in active involvement. Students engaged in conversation before and after reading in a social environment implements reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills.

These competencies allow beginning social workers to gain a better understanding of what the profession entails, and how to best practice ethically and efficiently. These competencies are laid out to ensure a basic framework for the profession, and allow us to have a focus on certain aspects which are most important. It is clear these competencies interact with one another, and with the other six competencies not mentioned in this

Social work exists to provide effective social services to individuals, families, groups, communities and society so that social functioning may be enhanced and the quality of life improved. (Zastrow, 2013) Assessing my strengths and weaknesses as a social worker helps me see what I must maintain, and what I must improve on to become the kind of social worker that educates and inspires. The skills I identify with in my practice are; empathy, identifying strengths, and respect. These skill sets are vitally important to ensure clients receive the best possible outcome.

When evaluating practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities, it is necessary that Competency 2: Ethical Practice and Competency 3: Critical Thinking are taken into consideration. Competency 2 requires that social workers are able to recognize and manage personal values in a way that allows professional values to guide practice. Competency 3 requires social workers to demonstrate effective oral and written communication in working with individuals, families, groups, communities, organizations, and colleagues. By following these competency skills, a social worker is able to evaluate their experience with these different populations without being bias, and can display diversity within the profession of social work.

Engaging students in the classroom can be a difficult task. Understanding the process of how students learn can help a teacher adapt the lesson to meet the needs of all students. I will encounter students that are not intrinsically motivated so I will need to find different ways to motivate each and every student. Understanding how my students learn can provide me with insights as to how to help each student learn which will minimize classroom management problems.

Social work involves passionate individuals who are dedicated to helping others by providing services to vulnerable children, families or individuals in need, while constantly looking for ways in which we can improve society. This discipline is dedicated to helping people find solutions to their problems in order to make the world a better place. I chose this field of study, because I find the job of a social worker rewarding. I have always enjoyed helping others and knowing that I have made a difference in someone’s life. It is no secret that this is a challenging career; however, the feeling of knowing that you made the world a better place is indescribable. I have simply decided to make my passion of helping others into a career. I know that in order to make my passion a career I will need to get the best education and training possible.

I believe that there is room for self-assessment within a profession because every individual has room to grow for professional growth. An area of professional development that I plan to work on, is being able to effectively to talk to a client without showing judgement or bias. Learning generalist skills has helped myself learn that body language, tone of voice and word choice affects how a client could feel about the social worker. There have been times where I know that my tone of voice has caused individuals to perceive my words in the wrong way. Creating bias causes the client to not trust the social worker and then there is a loss of active participation within a social work setting. Another personal area of needed professional development includes working one on one with clients in a smaller setting. My desire within the social work profession is to work at a micro level, which entails direct contact with clients. In micro one on one settings, I need to be comfortable with my process recording tools. Silences can be effective within a small setting because this gives clients time to reflect on what has been said. The goal of eliminating silences between clients and myself is to know how to talk to a client individually, without hesitation or worry. Knowing that I have time to work and grow gives me hope that when I enter the social work

An additional strength as a social worker is my people-skill. People-skill is demonstrated in a personal disposition characterized by spontaneous and tolerant proceed. Subsequently, the event follows by kindness and sympathy toward another person and good humor and ability to know how to listen empathically and sensitively.

As an aspiring social worker, I believe that being able to reflect on our own strengths, weaknesses, values and assumptions is fundamental for effective practice and engagement with service users. To achieve positive and effective results one needs to have an informed knowledge base and the necessary micro interviewing skills such as skilful questioning, appropriate use of language, paraphrasing, summarising, and appropriate body language.

The interpersonal skills that I currently have to be successful in my new position are the ability to read a persons non verbal language. It is easy to distinguish how a person is feeling by the way that they react to a situation. I have learned that not making eye contact and fidgeting or playing with their clothing, hair, or hands is a good indication they are not being fully honest. I also know first hand that different people react differently when being accused of behaviors they did not partake in. This is something that being a mom has helped me achieve. I am able to tell just by simply looking at my children when confronting them in different situations whether they are telling the truth. I am also able to

This involves a learning process that engages the learners. Attention is moved from the teacher to the learners through practices such as role playing, group work and problem-based approaches, for instance. These activities put the learners in a situation where it is up to them to use available learning resources to solve problems, hence causing active learning.

Active engagement occurs in the classroom when a teacher makes the connection between teaching and learning through pedagogy. The choice of pedagogy must see fit with the content of the lesson which in return will assist the teacher in constructing a more meaningful and supportive learning environment where students’ are more willing to participate and be actively engaged. The most important skill in pedagogies is relating the learning experience to real world situations in which students’ can relate too (Churchill et al., 2011).

students are composed of many diverse groups of people together, which is a problem for teachers when providing lessons. However, engagement is best method or way for people to acquire knowledge. In schools, engagement is an important way that students acquire their education. When students and teachers are highly engaged in school, teachers are able to help students improve their learning. In the article "Student Engagement", the author pointed out that highly engagement between teachers and students help to reduce dropout rates and increased levels of student success. Also, the author believes it motivates the students keeping them interested in school and their education. (Sadker, M) The action of engagement it benefits both students and teachers. From the schools, teachers and educators point of view, it is important for teachers to engage students in the learning process, because it helps teachers to know and make sure the students are learning. In the "Teachers Engagement" article, the author explain the idea of teachers engage students in learning help students motivated and interested in school. Also, in the article, the author pointed out that most students are do not know purpose why they are in school, and teachers by engaging the students in school help students realize the purpose of education. (Kennedy, C) With those reasons, it shows that engagement it important for students and teachers in

Everyone who has gone to school knows that there are students who are livelier and more proactive than the others. We have all sat through classes where there were classmates who eagerly raised their hands to ask questions, participated in every outdoor activity, and often stayed after class to discuss with their teachers about the lesson. We also have been part of classes where there were some learners who quietly sat at their desks and simply left when classes ended. Although students often seem outwardly alike in general, the differences between active students and passive students are enormous. Each type of student has their own way to pursue their education. In addition, natural abilities and environmental factors are playing important roles in how students can become active or passive learners in schools.

My observations has taught me the importance of engaging students. I am now able to recognize when a student is not engaged. They seem distracted and are not paying attention to what the teacher is saying. Whereas an engaged student is alert, discussing the material, and asking questions