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My Vision For My Future Career

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Introduction In this reflection, I will discuss four topics we covered in class this semester than influenced the way I think about education. These subjects include backwards design, higher level learning, grading and feedback, and Socratic seminars. All of these topics have become incorporated into my vision for my future career. I want to spend the following paragraphs discussing what they are, why they are important to me, and how I will apply them.
Start with the End in Mind The first concept that impacted me this year was from the week 2 PowerPoint “Start with the End in Mind.” Essentially, it focuses on the idea that before any other part of the lesson is designed, the educator must ask what he or she wants the students to …show more content…

Higher Level Learning According to an article written by L. Dee Fink on the subject, higher level learning includes the baseline of knowledge, but also learning how to learn and causing positive change within the life of the learner. In the class PowerPoint “Teaching for Higher Level Learning” we covered Bloom’s Taxonomy and Depth of Knowledge, which are two similar tools used when teachers want to implement higher level learning in their classrooms. Bloom’s Taxonomy consists of six differing levels of cognition from knowledge to evaluation. We learned that most classroom tasks stay at the knowledge or comprehension level and rarely push students further. DOK is similar in that there are four categories of cognition is describes. We used Depth of Knowledge to practice writing good, thought-provoking questions. Higher level learning is important to me because I was fortunate enough to experience it in my middle school and high school education. However, from what I have heard, most people do not have the same story. Many history teachers, according to the testimony of dozens of friends, do not challenge their students at all, instead having them memorize dates and complete worksheets. I do not want to be that kind of teacher. I want my students to feel tested and propelled into growth. This is why I will utilize higher level learning. I will be able to apply higher level learning by making sure all classroom happenings are appropriately

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