Practicum Field Experience Analysis

Students have their own best way in effectively learning the lesson. With the diversity of students, the problem is each student has a preferred learning style. It becomes undeniably one of the reasons that make it difficult to achieve the best expected outcome out of teachers’ effort. However, teachers try to incorporate various teaching techniques to make every learning opportunity become productive, meaningful, and relevant for the learners.

Surely those responsible for the education of children would have embraced this approach a long time ago? Was the alternative of keeping children in the classroom and working through differentiated activities seen as the more beneficial route for progress? If this is the case, I need to understand why and prove that my position holds strong against many of the decisions that have been made in education to date. Furthermore, this gives rise to a suggestion of barriers to adopting this approach which will also be

I have conducted my field of experience at Westside Elementary School, second and third grade classroom. The third grade class consists of 20 students. The teacher does not have any aide even though she needs some assistance, because two of her students are falling behind. The sad part about this is that the students have not being diagnosed yet, but they are having a lot of difficulties. The teacher mentioned that by fourth or fifth grade those two students will need to be placed in a special education classroom. The students both have a concentration problem and it causes them to struggle with reading, writing, math, listening, and speaking. The teacher asked me to

While observing during my fieldwork assignment I had the pleasure of speaking candidly with quite a few teachers. It was Chanel Thompson’s conversation that stood out to me most. It seems we are like minded in many ways. Currently she works at Francis Elementary, a school that is currently plagued with the daunting tasks of trying to enrich not only the academic careers but the lives of its students. Francis Elementary is one of the many Houston schools that services children that fall in the bottom of the lower middle class, in terms of socio economic statuses. Like me, Chanel stated that she picked this profession because of the impact she would have on various children that she would teach from year to year. After teaching for just four short years she still feels the same way. She went on to say “Teaching will be the hardest yet most rewarding job you will ever have.”

This field experience was a very interesting project for me. I received many opportunities for learning and to gain experience as an educator and for my future as an administrator. Activities that were included: interviewing administrators, interviewing teachers, researching and reviewing two comprehensive strategic plans, evaluating a comprehensive plan using the supplied rubric, researching past school board agendas and minutes and comparing them to the comprehensive strategic plan. Throughout this field experience I was able to develop a new understanding of the process involved in developing a comprehensive plan at both the principal and the teacher level. The field experience I feel was meaningful for an introductory

My child 's name is Jude Alexander and he is a male. As a baby he is cautious around new people and situations, but warms up fairly quickly to friendly people. In kindergarten Jude Alexander seemed to have made one or two friends and usually played cooperatively and was sometimes reluctant to join in new activities with unfamiliar children. He performed below average on tests of vocabulary, and the ability to retell a story. He had a real knack for the art projects, and really got interested in the pre-math activities involving working with blocks and geometric shapes. In first through fifth grade he worked cooperatively in groups, usually respects the rights and property of others, and usually demonstrates appropriate peer social interaction. He demonstrates strength in art, all areas of reading, and in spelling and appropriate for the grade level in writing. He needs additional help in the areas of speaking and listening and in the content knowledge of social studies, science and music. He was average in mathematical problem solving, understanding of data, number concepts, graphical applications, and arithmetic computation. In the seventh grade, he consistently contributes to cooperative group activities and respects the rights and possessions of others, and shows age-appropriate social interaction with peers. He demonstrates strength in art, reading, spelling and writing. He was average in math and science, and needs additional

My name is Rafael A Cartagena Jr and I am a junior transfer from Contra Costa College majoring in American Studies with a concentration in Organization in the American Workplace. One important lesson that I learned being a UC Berkeley student is that it carries a great amount of expectations and responsibilities. I also learned that in all honesty being a UC Berkeley student doesn’t mean that you have to be perfect. After being here for two semesters the environment in and out of class was suffocating, observing how students strived for an unrealistic perfection of high grade point averages and high paying jobs after graduation. This is not to say that all the students here are not bound for great accomplishments but it’s as if getting 4.0 grade point averages and taking 16 unit

At the beginning of the semester, the two days of field placement seemed so far away, but the day arrived soon enough. I was placed in New Tech High School in Sioux Falls, which is a project based learning school. Coming from a traditional classroom setup, I was unsure how I felt about being placed in a classroom so foreign to me. However, after viewing the classes for a couple days I see some of the merit to the project based learning

Finally, the usage of the professional knowledgebase has strengths to utilizing during my field placement. According to Reamer (2005), “Documentation in social work—whether it concerns clinical, supervisory, management, or administrative duties—now serves six primary functions”. (Reamer, 2005, p. 326) Supervision provided feedback on the effectiveness of my professional knowledgebase. I was shown how to present myself professional as well as how to complete daily activities. I become familiar with documenting appropriately when necessarily. It took me some time to pick up on the language and terminology that was used at my field placement. Assessments and planning guides the treatment. There are strengths and limitations of the approaches at

Teachers should be trained and proficient in the different methods of learning. It is important that teachers implement different tactics to address the diverse learning needs of their students.

I’m Sean Scannell, and I’m a second semester senior here at Worcester State. I’m an English major who formerly had a minor in secondary education, but instead I now seek to obtain my initial licensure in education through field work experience, as opposed to through the school’s licensure program. I’ve been reading everything I can get my hands on since I was young. I practically grew up in my town’s local library, and find myself still fond of authors I read from as a teenager, namely Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Dan Brown, John Green, J.K. Rowling, and many other commercial writers.

Not every person learns in the same way. Our brains process things differently, and our personalities can be vastly different. Trying to make every student conform to the same way of learning is like trying to fit a circle in a square peg; it does not work. According to the National Science Teachers Association, “Students actually learn best through various styles: personal meaning, conceptual learning, how things work, and self-discovery.” The article goes on to say that those who learn by personal meaning process things well using discussion, while those who learn best by conceptual learning are more solitary. As you can see, the former would probably do well in group learning; however, the latter may benefit from being at home or in a solitary environment. Some kids might like to learn with hands-on learning while others like to learn from books.

A challenge for teachers through their daily routine can be to tell whether their students understand the material that has been taught. It is important for a teacher to know where his or her students are at in order to tell whether the teacher has to reteach a section or proceed onto the next concept. In subjects such as math or science, the curriculum often builds upon the previous concept, so knowing whether the students understand the current concept can be vital before moving to the next step. In this paper I will define checking for understanding, discuss my experience through my practicum, list different methods to check for understanding and build my toolkit that will help me with my teaching career.

Every teacher has a different method of teaching. The teachers that I have had in my school career have been no exception. In this way, each teacher has set an example for me, as a future teacher, to follow or not to follow as I see fit. With the examples from my teachers and in continuing my education, I am developing my own method of teaching. I plan to use a combination of teaching methods in my own classroom. My method will be an eclectic approach because I will be using components of more than one philosophy. I will be using essentialism, behaviorism, progressivism, and existentialism.

In order to teach successfully teachers must learn about first learn about their students. Teachers must assess the student’s capabilities and interests. Some students are visual learners, while others learn from hands on activities, or verbal communication. Not all students can learn through memorization, rather they learn through interest and relation to the topic. “To realize what an experience, or empirical situation, means, we have to call to mind the sort of situation that presents itself outside of school" (Democracy and Education). The curriculum should encompass material that is most useful for a student to learn. It seems that in the majority of schools, students are not given the flexibility to guide their own learning, but rather follow rigid instructions that destroy the student’s imagination.