Middle School Documentary Techniques

There was a point in the videos pertaining to discipline, which I found to be very important. The video stated that when learning disabled students get in trouble, they often do not understand why because of their perception of the event or issue. It is important that teachers take the time to get a better understanding of how a student may have perceived a task.

The Little Rock Documentary as mentioned above was another source that showed barrier, so many barriers. The barriers in this documentary included income gap, racial, and educational achievement (Renaud, 2007). The income gap was shown clearly by the neighborhoods. There was clearly a black and a white neighborhood. The white neighborhoods had green grass out front of a beautiful house, and were located on the outskirts of town. The black neighborhoods had small houses, with many empty, boarded up windows and doors. Often times these houses were used as drug dens. Another way income inequality was shown was through cars. The white students drove to school in fairly nice cars, while the black students often rode the bus or walked. This barrier is

The Holding Ground documentary was powerful and highly effective in showing the struggle of the Dudley Street and the Roxbury neighborhood and their struggle to in effect take back their neighborhoods. The people in the video were passionate about their community and faced many obstacles like illegal dumping and arson for profit as well as a committee of people who had no idea about the community making decisions without having anyone in the community representing them. In the documentary, Robert Holmes, Jr a Trustee at the Riley Foundation discussed how the board was having a community meeting. He originally thought that Che Madyun was sent in as an agitator. He then realized that she was just passion about her community and had valid points.

Only a glimpse into her day but from what I saw, it was all positive. The students are learning how to work well together without adult supervision. They are learning responsibilities and taking care of themselves. They are learning that what they learn in class is important and will be put to use in their own personal life. In having the students participate in the store, it is keeping the students’ interested in learning math daily.

In this video, I have learned how important it is to gather information about the student. Sometimes, it is hard for teachers to keep the record or observe the student because they are too focused on the lesson and teaching the content. However, a good teacher must not only teach the student but able to observe them too. In my future classroom, I will gather information about the student through various methods such as interviews and direct observations. It will be wise to have some kind of easy techniques to keep the record of the students and to organize it in the classroom. Not only that I will encourage all of the parents to keep the record of their letters, emails and any documentations to support their child when they go through the meeting like

The essential question I will focus on in this CREQ is “What do societies want from their schools?” The use of societies in this essential question is somewhat broad, so I am primarily going to discuss what the dominant society in the United States wants from their schools. The United States wants higher standardized test scores and lower drop-out rates; our ranking in comparison to other countries is embarrassing. However, the dominant society does not want schools to actually educate their students if it doesn’t fit the dominant perspective. This is exemplified by the documentary, Precious Knowledge, in which ethnic studies programs were deemed un-American and banned. Additionally, abstinence-only education and evolution vs. creation theory

Middle School is a time in a child’s life when everything seems so confusing and difficult. It is such a crucial time period and students need to have the proper role models in their life. That is the job of the middle school teacher; to be the role model students need at this rough stage in their life to guide them to the best path for them.

The subject of this paper has at least five names. Documentary Hypothesis and JEDP Theory are the most common. In this paper, this scholarly position will always be referred to as Documentary Hypothesis with a few exceptions.

“…apart from the prime and given responsibility of teaching selected content and skills, middle school teachers must be about the business of helping students believe in themselves, form their character, discover their interests, nurture their potential, gain a sound perspective on their physical development and related health issues, and develop those universally and critically important humanitarian and social skills—all while daring them to be their best selves, to breath deeply, and to live well at the moment.”

This movie, The Classroom, which was very interesting to watch, discusses all that goes on in the school system, the good and the bad. But it also shows how things at home can affect the way the student acts during the school day. This movie definitely makes you look at students that act out differently, instead of punishing them maybe we should all look deeper into the issue and find a way for the student to thrive and use school as an outlet.

On September 1, 2012, I walked into my fifth grade teacher’s classroom for the first time in my life. Mrs.Cullen was standing in the front of the door with open arms ready to welcome her new fifth grade students. As I made my way to my desk and sat down next to Charlie Schutt and Quin Timmerman, I got the feeling that middle school would be a time of talking to some of my best friends and cruising through classes. As the school year progressed, and classroom seats changed, my thought of how Middle school would be changed as well. On the first day Mrs.Cullen explained our schedule, Homework detentions, and demerits. After about fifty questions, she sent us off to our first class, and the first step of our Middle School journey. The fifth grade

Is a documentary always more realistic than fiction film? If so, why? If not, why not? What makes a film more or less realistic?

The session that I chose for observation was introduction level of video production, most of the students here are high schoolers. The atmosphere was casual, friendly but still very discipline like any high school classroom as their main values are personal mindset, planning for success, social awareness, verbal communication,

A class divided is a documentary about a teacher named Jane Elliot who teaches her students about racism first hand. She divides the students into two groups, the blue eyes, and the brown eyes. For the first day, the “brown eyed” children are not able to go to recess, or lunch at the same time as the rest of the children. They wear a blue collar around their necks so that they are obviously different at a distance from the other students. They are not allowed to drink from the same water fountains, use the playground equipment, or even play with the blue eyed children. The next day, the roles are reversed. During these two days Jane Elliot would make comments about the children wearing the collars to degrade them. She would point out if

Conducting classroom observations are very important to the prospective teacher. Observing helps show how experienced teachers manage their classroom. For this observation it was important to notice how the classroom was arranged, how the teacher interacted with the students, the teacher’s management style, and interview the teacher.