Enrolling in EDUC 473 Teacher as a Researcher I had an idea of what we were going to be doing as I just finished up EDUC 373, as now we are at our final stages of the course what my idea was has complex turned into an understanding of knowledge. The first class we were asked what is a researcher and how can it be imagined? It was broke down into scientific and interpretive approaches, and the definition of Sylvia had for interpretive approach truly has stuck with me throughout the entire course, which is “truth is subjective, and all knowledge is created by interpretation.” (Kind,2017). Each portfolio entry we have done has been instructed but the interpretation of how each individual is subjective through their lens of thought has been a showcase of their entry. I feel as though Rinaldi states it beautifully as “information, though necessary, is not sufficient for this depth of understanding. Explanations, which are also indispensable, are still not enough for true understanding.Depth of understanding involves the ability to experience the curiosity, passions, joys and angers of others with a process of empathy, perception and identification, of human understanding”.(p.4). Noticing things was another major concept I learned in this course. Acknowledging my morning habits, to being able to reflect back on a image taken and though being in the image nothing things again looking at the printed image. The concept of a teacher as a researcher I feel we were taught its about
I am currently a student at the University of Texas at San Antonio for almost a whole semester now. I came to this school straight out of high school, not knowing what I was getting myself into. During my high school years, I was good at every subject except my writing class. Coming to UTSA, I knew I was going to struggle in my writing class, but that didn’t discourage me from not trying my best in the course. Going through the English program, I realized that I have some strengths and weaknesses in the class, and it encouraged me to do better. The essays I have written for this class demonstrate that I have developed a strong thesis, organization skills, and detail; however, I still need to improve on grammar, keeping the POV, and citing.
WOW! We were zipping through the darkness, on the fastest roller coaster in Disneyland,THE MOUNTAIN OF DOOM, at first ,I was terrified (No really I was going to jump of my pants)to go on the ride some guy got his hands cut off[like omg], and for a long time I was terrified. Now, I was on the most fantastic ride in Disney. Finally ,I can brag to my friends. After, I got off me and my mom got some corn dogs and Ice cream,and it was so cold and Delishis, butt out know where one of the seagulls got my Ice cream I was so mad I tried to catch the bird and then BAM it flew away.
In 2013, an estimated 24.6 million Americans aged twelve or older (9.4% of the population) had used an illicit drug in the past month (NIDA, 2015). In 2016, about 3.6 million adults aged 18 or older received any substance use treatment in the past year, representing 1.5 percent of adults (SAMHSA, 2017). These numbers are not even taking into account any type of behavior addiction such as shopping, gambling, social media, etc. Strong of these numbers, as counselors we can see the importance to gain knowledge about drug and behavior addiction and its process. In order to have a better understanding of the process of change, we have been assigned to abstain from a substance or a behavior for a period of 15 weeks and to reflect about it.
When talking about management, the definition of an effective manager will differ depending on who is asked. Some believe management should keep track of and dictate the actions of their employees, while others believe that managers should act more as leaders to inspire their workers to get a job done efficiently. With discussion about emotional intelligence present in determining management and leadership skills, self-reflection has been highlighted as an important quality. In “Managing Oneself” by Peter Drucker, he mentions several questions that allow an individual to identify traits to understand and analyze them to reach “excellence.” By understanding the strengths and weaknesses of oneself, this allows the individual to utilize their understanding in order to achieve greater work by keeping their traits in mind.
During the presentation, the team adapted the demonstration method inside of welcoming, did not perform encouragement for the audience to join the movie night and help out the charity. The plain slides style did not provide secure engagement and visual appeal. Ticketing system explanation was made
Self-reflection; defined as the capacity to exercise introspection, and willingness to learn more about one's fundamental nature and purpose, has become a recognised aid in personal progression. Providing us with a subjective view on how we gain our accomplishments, equally, how we overcome obstacles faced in the process (Mezirow,1990). Zimmerman (2002) suggests it is necessary to analyse our behaviour to consider our strengths while attempting to understand our weaknesses. Given, when correctly utilised such practice encourages us to strive towards our desires. As a result of such studies, self-reflection is encouraged throughout society as an aid to support our advancement in a range of areas; personally; in education; business and mental health; cognitive learning therapy, are just some of the areas self-reflection is propagated. Notably, there can be an uncomfortable feeling around ‘self-reflection’ however; this is a process that on an unconscious level the human being applies thousands of times a day. Although, when one is not aware, they do so without being able to reason with their judgement, in turn, not providing the guidance necessary to apply ourselves appropriately. Therefore, many studies support the need to consciously reflect in multitudinous areas of our lives on a regular basis. (Grant, Franklin, & Langford, 2002). Throughout this essay I shall focus on self-reflection to plan my career, how when applied, I have found it beneficial in the past and
The purpose of this paper is to explain how I will plan to implement effective choices in improving a change in personal behavior and the improvement tours my fitness attitude. Wellness has a broader definition, than health, which it’s definition is the absence of disease and wellness is defined as the optimal health and vitality to living a healthy and fulfilling life. Also, is a process in which we become aware and we make choices to a better lifestyle. Maintaining an excellent level of wellness is crucial to live longer, live a higher quality life and control risk factors. To achieve this, is important to consider some of the dimensions of wellness.
Self-reflection is the image of looking at oneself. It has the implication of being conscious of what one is being. According to Rowntree (1988), reflection is studying one’s own study methods as seriously as one studies the subject and thinking about a learning task after you have done it. However, this is in a learning situation. On the other hand, Boud et al. (1998) defined sel-reflection as a generic term for those intellectual and effective activities in which individuals engage to explore their experiences in order to lead new understanding and appreciation. It is my thought that these authors viewed reflection from the learner’s perspective. They discussed the relationship of the reflection process and the learning experience against what the learner can do.
Social work education enables professionals to explain and define clients’ experiences, problems, and issues. The levels are micro, mezzo, and macro. For example, the micro level consists of age, gender, income, health, spirituality, emotions, and cognitions. The mezzo level includes neighbors, co-workers, local economy, resources, church, family, and work. The macro level refers to politics, economics, community, culture values, history, government services and resources, discrimination, and oppression (Rogers, 2016). Social workers use these levels to conceptualize clients’ problems (Rogers, 2016). These external analysis, overlaps and interact with each
“It’s not about money or connections—it’s the willingness to out work and outlearn everyone...And if it fails, you learn from what happened and do a better job next time.” -Mark Cuban
During the duration of this course and the numerous discussions initiated in lecture, I have been able to utilize the concepts proposed in class to further my intellectual development and thinking. While many concepts have been discussed in class, the topic of secondary witnessing was the one I could relate to the most. Just like Art Spiegelman, I am a second-generation witness to my father's life post-Vietnam war. I am a part of the generation that will continue to transmit my father's war stories to future generations. I am witness to the Vietnam war in terms of how it affected survivors, such as my father, even though I didn't live through that experience myself, tying in the concept of post-memory as well.
At the beginning of this semester, I had no idea that I would take away so much new knowledge/experience from this class. After taking the pre-assessment I had scored myself very high in the goal setting and motivation category as well as the ethics and value category. Throughout the course of this semester I can honestly say I learned a variety of new things about myself and things related to the work field. However, the stress and self-esteem units were my favorite ones to learn about. I enjoyed them because those are two personal problems that I’ve been dealing with for awhile now, but have never taken the time to learn about them and address my personal issues. Thanks to this class, I’ve been able to find out how to deal with my stress
degree in fourth grade. Unfortunately, I experienced a great deal of confliction when I was faced with these feelings do the Jehovah's Witness teachings that physical attraction, specifically thoughts they deemed “unclean” was a sin and such feelings may lead to a path resulting in everlasting death. Furthermore, as these feelings intensified as I grew into adolescents, the accompanying guilt and shame also intensified. Upon reflection, it is not difficult to ascertain what drove my friends to commit offenses resulting in their disfellowshipping and how as a youth I grew very angry and ending in my being disfellowshipped as well. Now, I am thankful I was disfellowshipped as the experience lead me to explore the world in a way I would have likely never done had I stayed involved in the Jehovah Witness religion. Conversely, the experience of losing all my friends, mentors, support system, and role models I was brought up with, led me to experience some of the most difficult years of my life.
As I entered the stage of adolescence a lot started to change. I experienced a transition when I started puberty. I started my period at the age of twelve and soon after I hit a growth spurt, grew a large chest, and began to look more like my age group did. This plays into Erikson’s fifth stage identity versus role diffusion. With two forms self-isolation and lost in the crowd. I believe I was lost in the crowd because my social identity was rooted in my close friend group. I did everything with them and barely went a day or two without being with them. It was nice to always just follow with the crowd but when I was put into situations where I was not with them I felt a little lost. I can remember I was at a leadership convention for a few days and I did not know anyone and had a miserable couple of days because it was hard for me to talk to people I was not used to. This also was Foreclosure in Marcia’s theory of identity development. I made a commitment to my friends at a young age and from then on I never explored what my identity could be with other people or on my own, I just made the commitment right away. At this point I started to feel a little depressed because of situations going on around me. As we entered the teenage years my friend group started to split up. We all got into different sports and activities that took up most of our time. My friends also started to do things that I was not only uncomfortable with but my parents would never allow me to do.
“Mommy, why can’t we catch the water?” I think that was one of my earliest questions about the world. It was sometime before kindergarten, maybe even before preschool. A time when I didn’t even know what science was, but I was thinking about it. About the what, the how, and the why. I knew that I drank water, that I used it to wash my hands, and that it flowed. And yet I couldn’t take it at face value - I was familiar with it, but did not understand it. My first memory of curiosity, the first of many.