Reflective Essay On Education

The aim of this assignment is to give a reflective account on group presentation and the peer assessment process as well as the development of a personal action plan. It would involve using ‘The What? Model of Structured Reflection’ (Driscoll 2007) to analyse the experience of using a group designed assessment tool to assess my peers and the experience of being peer assessed. Additionally, experience of completing a group presentation would be reflected upon. A personal action plan which identifies areas for personal development and the designed assessment tool is attached as appendix 1 and 2 respectively.

Learning can be fun and informational. Smaller steps towards hands-on learning can be allowing students to choose how they learn because all students learn in different ways. I am a primarily kinesthetic learner. Reading about specific topics are not as effective for me as doing something with my hands. In biology, for example, I can read a textbook, but I get more out of corresponding labs. Allowing students to have autonomy over their own education is essential. Through hands-on learning or choice, students will become excited about learning. The more interested the student is, the more engaged they will be and the more they will learn. Additionally, the more autonomy they have over what they’re learning, the more they will be invested.

His book Schooled was a delight for me to read, and once I started I did not want to put it down. I liked many of the characters as the author wrote them well and gave everyone a different personality, this kept the story interesting. The writing style was different than I had encountered before, as each chapter depicted a different person’s point of view. The alternating characters' points of view, allowed me to gain insight into the turmoil that each character was experiencing as Cap influenced their lives. Although I was hesitant of the style at first the story flowed nicely and I could really envision each character. I also really enjoyed the plot of this book. A home schooled eighth grade hippie being forced into society through a normal

Education is inevitable. It is all around us because we can learn from virtually anything. When you are cooking, dancing, talking or any other activity you have actually had to learn several things to be able to do them. In the educational perspective, I am a pragmatist and I tend to follow after Dewey's footsteps. The concept of Pragmatism is one that developed in the 20th century. My philosophy is based on the idea that learning should involve real-life situations. Learning becomes more concrete to a student when they apply it to real-life situations, as where learning things that do not connect to them has more of an abstract sense. Personally, I would have to agree with Dewey when he said, "I

“Be a reflective teacher. Honestly look at what you do from time to time. Evaluate the purpose of your role as a teacher.” (Robert John Meenham, 2011)

Everyone would agree that education is a fundamental way of life. A means to learn something new. It’s intention is to mentally, physically, and emotionally benefit the person by putting them in a better place then they were previously in before. From the beginning of times people have relied and survived on past educators. There are many people that contribute to a individuals education. Starting off as a young child most of the information retrieved comes from home through parents, and loved ones. As they move into adolescents learning is obtained from multiple people including teachers, friends, and even through their surroundings. An ideal

Education is indubitably vital to becoming a great person, who can articulate themselves efficiently. Having a plethora of intelligent family members, education is always a topic of discussion when both sides of my family is around. From report cards to GPA’s, words of excitement always fill the room with warm rays of compliments. Even with the notion of needing to keep my grades up, I sometimes make mistakes, causing me to get an earful from my mother and father. With my own self-motivation to be the best I can be, my grandfather plays a big key in wanting to keep my grades up and succeed. Throughout everything I do he's always been and is willing to give a helping hand. I reflect his traits to help become the best I can possibly be.

“Education,” is one of many words that in my opinion cannot be accurately defined rather it varies person to person through culture, community, experience, and social background. For me, education through high school and later to be continued in college or at a university was a number one priority in my house growing up. While it was not a direct part of my culture to be successful in school or even in my community, (in fact you will learn it is quite the opposite of my community standards) it was directly a part of my families background and mother’s personal experience that I was destined to be successful in her eyes of the education realm the day I was born.

Education was created as a way for everyone to grow up and have an equal opportunity to pursue wealth. (Spring) This does not guarantee that you will become wealthy but it gives you an equal opportunity to succeed. Growing up I thought that the education that I was received was the same that all children received. However, upon concepts brought up in education I learned that the education that everyone received growing up was not the same as everyone else. I learned that the education that I experience was based where I lived where I went to school and my racial background. Some concepts, that I learned from urban education about my own education experience was that there are different types of schools, tracking in schools, and student teacher interaction.

Going to school lays out the foundation for many aspects in a person’s life. Going to school teaches learning and how that person feels about learning. It promotes socialization and relationships with others. It builds memories that are cherished for a lifetime.

“Dad why did you leave everything you had in Egypt to come to America?” I observed as he attempted not to think of a generic response. He responded “education” and after a long pause he explained,“education was what motivated me to come to America.” Further he explained how he believed that America’s educational system, unlike those of many third-world countries, allows choice which furthers to success. He repeatedly stated vaguely that in Egypt that real success does not exist. However, despite his opinion, I am not sure it exists in America either.

It is easy to be frustrated at education. It is easy to think about all that education is lacking. It seems like most of the time, the conversation is spent talking about how there are never enough of the good things that really help people to learn. When I started studying education in a critical lens, even when I was taking a course that was specifically designed to think about the possibilities of education, I felt that a good amount of the time was still spent thinking about the shortcomings. And, in critical thinking, it is a very useful tool to not just accept the systems the way they are! However, I started to get lost in tearing down the status quo. I started to feel like most of my time was spent learning about how education was inequitable and inaccessible, especially in terms of race, class, gender and ability. The anger in the articles I was reading was ringing through loud and clear and I was ready to take up the battle cry because if one is systematically denied education, they are denied economic and social capital in our society, which it is unjust (cite). However, I kept feeling unfulfilled by just feeling this anger. Anger and critical deconstruction of the system of education can catalyze change, but one has to have some idea of what an accessible and equitable system would look like in order to then start the work to get there.

Teachers can be seen to wear many hats, they have several crucial factors under their job role as well as their legal and moral obligations. They fundamentally have a duty of care to teach the national curriculum. As well as provide essential knowledge, that enables the learners needs to become well rounded, educated citizens. Combining this with a broad level of ongoing and up to date curriculum and subject knowledge, to make effective personalised learning objectives for all learners. With careful consideration for learners that may have special educational needs, disabilities, or for whom English is a second language. Whilst taking practical account of diversity, promote equality and inclusion across all teaching.

Like most people, my education started out traditionally with Kindergarten and proceeded through current college level. The one piece of education that may differed from most others would have to be “pre-k” schooling. I did not attend this aspect of schooling and believe that it had an impact on my education and readiness for school. Although I was placed in “daycare” programs on occasion, it was not consistent enough nor had the curriculum to prepare me for the social interactions and activities learned in the first year of schooling. From then on, I seemed to adjust to the normalcy of school and began developing friend groups and relationships. I proceeded to middle school afterword’s with little problems until approximately 8th grade where my grades began to see their first decline.

Rather than emphasizing on maintaining discipline in a classroom, classroom management would be more appropriate for an effective teacher. Discipline has two significant limitations such that discipline highlights the individual rather than the classroom and secondly it connotes negative behavior (352). Whereas classroom management is broadly defined as “all of those positive behaviors and decisions a teacher makes to facilitate the learning process of their students” also reiterating all of those “activities necessary to create and maintain an orderly learning environment” (352). The reason why creating an effective classroom management plan is essential is to create a positive and productive learning environment, be able to work and