Class Reflective Essay

As a practicing teaching, it is responsibility to create and maintain a safe and supportive learning environment for students. Whilst on professional experience at a local school in Cairns, I taught a series of lessons (artefact 4) for a year 8 Health and Physical Education class. In order to effectively teach each lesson, I had to manage the classroom activities and challenging behaviours. I used the ten micro-skills for classroom management to not only manage students’ behaviour but also ensure inclusive student participation and engagement.

This unit does not introduce much new material. Instead, we expect you to integrate technical and theoretical knowledge acquired from study across your degree. We refer to two frameworks that may support you in carrying out this integration:

This essay is a reflective essay on my learning development from a young age through to my current position as a University Student. I will be relating my learning development back to two theories of human development, Vygotstsky’s socio-cultural theory and Marcia’s version of Erikson’s theory of identity development. I will identify and discuss the challenge I have faced with my identity and how this has impacted on my development.

Vital signs are a fundamental component of nursing care and indicate the body’s ability to maintain blood flow, regulate temperature and regulate oxygenate the body tissue. Taking vital signs are essential in revealing any sudden changes in the body, which could potentially indicate clinical deterioration of the patient.

The dreaded English 102. Could this be my final English course in my career as a student? I don’t know for sure. I still need to decide what my major will be in. There is something that I know for sure, that is, needing to take this class to move on. I am not certain how my time in this class will go, but I plan to work hard to get the best grade that I can. Hence, I have decided to get this out of the way now, I look to fine-tune my writing skills, and I expect this course to help me understand my writing style.

I was standing again; my friend shook her head at me. I didn’t care. I was in the back and the teacher didn’t mind. I sat all day and for now I would stand with excitement and worry making my mouth dry and my hands unable to stay still. Making me unable to stay still.

This course was a huge leap from what I learned in high school. One of the main differences was the types of papers I wrote. In high school, most of the papers I wrote were creative or written in first person. In college, all of the papers were analytical, structured, and in third person. Another big difference is the types of sources I used. Previously I was able to use simple, trusted websites as sources, but now I am using scholarly sources like the databases provided by Loras. My high school papers were also about three pages at max, while all of my college papers are at least three pages. Overall, I think my high school should have done a better job at preparing me for college writing. Some ways in which they could have accomplished this is by giving the students more critical research papers and making us analyse text more thoroughly. Although there was some difficulty transitioning to college writing, I didn’t have too much of a problem adapting.

During this semester, I have learned a great deal about my own writing, and writing in general. One of the main takeaways from this course for me was how to break down the intricate process of writing papers. In addition, I developed viable skills regarding going into more in-depth detail during each step of the writing process. I enjoyed having the freedom to write about a topic that I was able to choose. This allowed me to research and write about something that actually interested me immensely. Having to work with one topic for the entire semester taught me how to find reliable resources and how to pick out the essential research from each article.

One way in which I have put some of the material I have learned from this class into action is by the way I have advised my coworkers to deal with certain issues. As well as by sharing some of the federal employment laws that have been passed throughout the years. I would have not done this if it was not because of the material that I learned from the textbook, discussions, and online class lectures. My employer outsources our HR to another company so we do not really have anyone to guide us when it comes to HR issues. Most of the times they come to me concerning any HR questions. Before this class, I had basic knowledge of the employment laws and was not too confident in answering most questions. Now, I know these laws more in depth and can explain what each is, what it covers, etc.

The three main things we were taught in this class have improved for me. The writing process has changed how I write all of my essays. Before this class I wrote a rough draft then a final. My papers all include four different steps in them now. Prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing are all important steps. When we were prewriting

When it comes to my involvement at Bowling Green State University, I have been a part of a variety of different organizations. I coached youth basketball from October of 2014 until April of 2015 at St. Aloysius, located in downtown Bowling Green. Not only did this demand the completion of specific certification courses, but it required a large time commitment. As a coach, I was a part of the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO). In addition to coaching, I have been a member of the Adolescent Young Adult Association (AYAA) since I arrived here in 2014. This organization is comprised of future teachers. The organization meets monthly to help prepare students for future tests and certifications. I was also a key member in founding the Men's Club Basketball team here at BGSU. I served on the executive board from February of 2015 until January of 2016. Additionally, I am currently pledging the National Honor Fraternity of Phi Sigma Pi. This organization requires a 3.0 cumulative GPA along with an in-depth interview process in order to receive admittance. Phi Sigma Pi recognizes academic excellence through philanthropy and

Your Creative Writing class has taught me so much about being creative, confident and of course a being a better writer. Every assignment that we did was beneficial to my creativity and confidence. For example, we learned about imagery, show not tell and I was able to fully incorporate that into my writing. When the guest speaker Bindu Sharma came in to talk to our class about her experience of becoming a published author, I was able to get a feel for what the process may be like if I ever pursue the publication path. I gathered so much knowledge from the projects we did and I became more open to other genre’s and writing categories. For example, when I first found out that I loved to write I thought that the only thing I enjoyed was the fiction genre, but then in this class I discovered the raw beauty of poetry and the inspiration of non-fiction writing as well.

From taking this course I have been able to improve many of my weaknesses, but there are still some that I need to work on. Overall I am becoming better at not procrastinating as much as I used to. This class has helped me to learn to take the little steps along the way because then there will not be as much work to do towards the end. This has also made me realize that the final product of my writing will turn out better because it will have had more time to develop, which means that there would have been more opportunities to proofread. I think by learning many styles of writing, such as paraphrasing, summarizing, analyzing, and researching; it has enabled me to be able to write more broadly. By knowing how to correctly use all of these kinds of writing styles, it will help me in the future for other classes because I will have the knowledge that I need to write these types of papers. I still procrastinate sometimes, but not as much as I used to. I will be able to improve on this as time goes along because I will become more motivated by seeing the end result, which usually would be better grades.

This course has improved my writing and my knowledge about it. Before taking this course, I wasn’t inspired to write at all. I would get assigned a topic and that is what I had to write about. This semester I could choose my topics on what I knew information about or what I am passionate about. I could be really creative with my wording also. When I get to choose my own topic, it is more fun to write.

“Be a reflective teacher. Honestly look at what you do from time to time. Evaluate the purpose of your role as a teacher.” (Robert John Meenham, 2011)