Inquiry Portfolio Analysis

Portfolios that are reviewed to gain greater understanding of a professional’s personal growth and development in his or her field can lend further insight to the understanding of philosophies and foundations in said field. Professionals who practice in a way that adheres to theoretical rationales can be believed to practice more thoroughly than those who do not understand the reasoning for what they do. A portfolio

Growth and progress rely on continuous effort. As a student of eighth grade English, I have accomplished and achieved many goals that I set from previous years. As the end of middle school approaches, I would like to briefly go over all the growth and strengths that I have managed to attain throughout my experience in English class. Before I walked into this class and started school at Jordan Middle School, I knew little about how little I knew in the field of literature, writing, and speech. However, my incomplete skill set started to be filled in as the lessons increased. I have started to be proficient in the issues that I used to struggle with, and I have matured tremendously. Many have told me that academic expansion is like

Through the creation of my e portfolio I am given the opportunity to reflect upon my professional goals which I established while taking the first class of the Master of Education with a concentration in Advanced Special Education back in the summer of 2014. After reviewing the goals I realize that my goals were very general and lacked detail. It was also evident that from the wording of my goals was very repetitive and I had a difficulty narrowing down on what I hoped to obtain form the M.ED. Program. The goals were to expand my knowledge and my professional experiences in my role as an educator for students with disabilities being serviced through the Special Education Program, to promote higher self-expectation for my students and myself and help others comprehend the need to keep high expectations for students with disabilities, and to collaborate with various coworkers like speech, physical and occupational therapist, schools psychologist, general education teachers, administration and especially parents among many other people to advocate for the special population issues. These goals were the base from which I drove my ambitions

It was a pleasure reading your post. Your post was well-written and to the point. In your first paragraph, you have mentioned that the benefits of a professional portfolio is to provide a space in which learners can plan and reflect in depth of the practice, and identify their strengths and building on them. I support this statement, when a person can identify his or her weaknesses, he or she is most likely can work toward that goal or enhance that area in need. According to Collins (2001), "the more organization has the discipline to stay within its three circles, the more it will have attractive opportunities for growth" (p. 136). In other words, if the learners can identify their challenges and weaknesses, they can create a culture of discipline

I learned that while I do a good job in self managing my time in class and at school for my projects, I could work on better communication with my art teacher. Throughout the trimester I realized that it’s okay to ask for help and advice when I’m unsure about my work, even though I think I might not need to. In additon, time management in terms of balancing time for art projects and academics outside of school is another challenging area where I could work on practicing. Before Independent art, I never felt like I was challenged enough with the art classes in my older school. I never considered (to the point that I do now) the importance of time management in the process of creating art because I considered many of the assigned projects to be small and easy. Even outside of school, I rarely work on a deadline for any paintings or drawings. I hope that I can take what I learned and practiced it so I can apply it to future art classes or future career paths that I many

The human mind gradually develops over time into new and more complex stages, especially when people apply critical thinking in order to complete strenuous tasks. The ability to think at high-levels about interpretations, questions, or evidence, contributes to students building success with opportunities. The process of becoming a critical thinker does not happen over night, but those with self-efficacy are able to reach the highest ability of critical thinking. Many statistical studies have helped prove that supporting critical thinking in educational institutions has increased overall student success. Maximum strength of critical thinking is an achievement for all students in both academics and beyond their university.

Engaging students in critical thinking is an essential component of education. As a teacher, my goal will be to teach students how to assess information for credibility and use it to create new knowledge. By using research-based practice for teaching critical thinking, such as Bloom’s Taxonomy, I will ensure I am targeting, analyzing, evaluating, and creating skills within my students. This happens seamlessly throughout the day by integrating Higher Order Thinking (HOT) questions during instruction, reading, and class discussion. For example, questions such as: “How are A and B alike; how are they different?”, “Is there a better solution to the problem?”, “Which do you think is better: A or B, and why?”, “What do you think will happen next?”, and “What would happen if…”, all employ critical thinking skills in children. I will also integrate collaborative and individual activities that guide the students to utilize critical higher order thinking skills. For instance, using Venn diagrams, writing persuasive speeches, creating new

It is now three months since I joined the class of Critical Thinking therefore, it’s time to get prepared for the final exams since it is the second last week of the semester. Critical thinking is the subject I choose to register although I didn’t know what it entails. It takes place twice a week, for example, Monday and Wednesday. I joined a class of Twenty students as Mr. Julian Beltran is the leader of the class as my Instructor.

They defined “Critical Thinking” as awareness of a set of interrelated questions, an ability to pose and answer critical questions at appropriate time and a desire to actively use the critical questions”(p.2). Although the definition they provide has some similarities in the same trend with the precedent definitions, their emphasis has been placed on questions (Cited by Feng, 2013).

First, I believe all students should learn and leave the academic setting armed with the ability to think independently. Critical thinking is an invaluable skill which is necessary for success in a broad spectrum of occupations. Thus, a cornerstone of my teaching philosophy and personal teaching goal is to help students develop their critical thinking. The most important first step to help students acquire that skill is to create a positive learning environment by respecting and promoting intellectual diversity. This not only sets an example for students to

After only a few days into school, we quickly dove into the purpose and use of critical thinking. I quickly jotted down two of my favorite quotes that could relate to critical thinking, the latter is hanging in my room. The first was by the very popular genius, Albert Einstein. He says, “The important thing is to never stop questioning.” The second quote is by author Mark Twain, “ I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” These two quotes summarize what we learned during this lesson. Critical thinking is more than just thinking. It is questioning at the most basic level. Since I was little girl, I have always questioned everything and tried to understand. I felt like if I did not ask, then I would never know. This is part of the reason I am ahead in my class in school today. Teachers would become frustrated when I would ask “why?”. Many parents today try to suppress this in their child so they would not question authority. Yet, sometimes children need to question authority. Parents should simply teach their children to question politely and in the right circumstance. The popular phrase “Curiosity killed the cat” should be changed to “Curiosity educated the cat”. I believe curiosity is just term people use to describe a good critical

Time management is the key thing of successful. I am not good in managing time because I don’t organize my study time carefully and not use my time wisely during work. I always leave everything until the last minute, and sometimes I do unimportant things like playing games, surfing internet and watching movie, but actually I know there a lot of work to finish off. I get to the bottom of this crisis and try to systematize my study and set up my work. I make a schedule of revision, and I put a date where I need to complete the schoolwork. I also make a small target, for example, I want to understand the concept of heat transfer by the end of this week, and I have to achieve it no matter what. I

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The study found evidence that critical thinking is salient and compulsory to enhance students’ mastery of the field and raise their awareness about what they learn, how they learn it, and most importantly why they learn it. When we give master students solutions to problems, they might master those particular problems, however, if we prompt critical thinking skills through effective questioning, that may give them the key to face a multitude of unfamiliar problems. That is exactly what modern education is aiming at; bringing up problem-solvers who are able to face real life problems and use the knowledge they have in dealing and behaving in an fair-minded objective way with new and unfamiliar situations.

I believe that education is for all, and it is the responsibility of the teacher to cater these needs. A teacher should have patient and compassion towards his pupils and not become too harsh in handling his/her pupils.