Recently I came across a saying from Confucius, “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” I have never quite come across a quote which is so analogous and relative to my life experiences, especially in a college class. I can literally translate the three methods to what I faced in this English class and it will seem as if they are indistinguishable. For me experience emerged
My vision in my work with VOC this year is to explore the intersection of adult literacy and community development. Through research, I hope to learn more about the connection between research and practice in writing for adult learners; through working with a community based organization I hope to deepen my knowledge and understanding of the impact and challenges of working in a literacy program and how this translates into overall goals of improving livelihoods and building a stronger community
The purpose of this paper is to inform you, the administration, about the innumerable benefits and possibilities of coaching and teacher mentoring, as well as to familiarize you with an overview of three specific coaching models. These will include cognitive coaching, literacy coaching, and differentiated coaching, each of which have their own unique set of strengths and weaknesses. The coaching process and experience can help the school in countless ways, starting with the teachers and trickling
Composition class which helped me explore the unexplored areas of my academic writing. There were three main essays (literacy narrative, exploratory essay and critical researched analysis) and each improved my writing tremendously. On the first day of class, I was surprised to see the amount of work is expected from me because there were only three major essays and three reflections. I thought the workload would not be so intense because there are only few major assignments. However, as the Semester
The three content areas that I will be focusing on is science, math, and music centers. The science to children is finding out about different things about the everyday world that is around the children. Science is an active open-ended search for children for new knowledge. The major goal is to foster and support the intellectual development that makes up a child’s preschool years. These developments include receptive and the child’s expressive language skills of the children, self-regulation
Grand Canyon University RDG 580: Practicum in Reading July 28, 2010 Abstract In this paper the author of this paper will reflect upon the third week of the implementation of an Action Plan created for a struggling student. Additionally this paper contains a Creative/Critical Thinking Reflection Form, and a Practicum Activity Log Summary. Week Three Reflection Tutoring continues to proceed in a positive venue, and the Student A has enjoyed the sessions
connected with large amounts of student self-viability, profound ways to deal with learning, and expanded scholarly accomplishment (Alkharusi, 2015). Informal assessments is a technique for acquiring data that can be utilized to make judgments about students ' learning conduct and attributes or projects utilizing means other than standardized methods. I will guide the teacher to using the exiting card approach. Exit cards are a speedy evaluation instrument that instructors can use to bring awareness
tone of what I am reading. Of course, none of this would have been possible without literacy, which Merriam-Webster has simply defined as “the ability to read and write”. It has become exceedingly apparent to me that literacy is so much more than this simple definition could ever convey; it is a vibrant, dynamic organism that adapts to the needs and wants of the societies and cultures that it exists within. Literacy, especially creative writing has had a monumental impact on me as a student and also
his parents for education and to the extent of disapproving his lowly-educated parents. “At home, life was less noising than it had been. (I spoke to classmates and teachers more often each day than to family members.) Quiet at home, I sat with my papers for hours each night. I never forget that schooling had irretrievably changed my family’s life” (Rodriguez, 519). Rodriguez would pile up on books and neglect his family as a form of escape. His education formed a thin line between homework and readings
have, coming into this course with a poor knowledge about expository and narrative writing. Once I entered this course, the information that was received about expository and narrative writing helped me tremendously. I became accustomed to the new writing style of the class and what was required of me to succeed. Literacy Narrative: The first writing of the year was the Literacy Narrative. The topic of this writing was to talk about an event that helped you improve in the field of reading