Introduction: Today’s classroom is filled with an array students whom each have individual strengths and limits. It is our responsibility as teachers to not only identify and celebrate their strengths, but to determine their areas of limitation so that we can aid in building up these areas. In the following case, Joe is a 2nd grader who attends a Title 1 tutor class while attending an elementary magnet school. As the tutor class begins while Joe’s reading class is still in session his teacher is collaborating with this tutor to find ways to adjust the assignments so that Joe can meet the nine week goals his teach has set.…
In order to have effective instruction, it is crucial that teachers have an understanding of child development. Throughout their years in school, children experience a myriad of social, emotional, and behavioral changes. Teachers should implement research based strategies in order to develop a caring learning environment so these changes can take place alongside learning. In the case study “Another Typical Day,” Mrs. Arling must ensure her students are making academic progress; however, she still must attend to the social and emotional needs of her student. Countless studies show that the most effective way to provide instruction is to introduce it in a concrete way; once students have an understanding, only then can they understand it pictorially.…
As a parent, would you have done anything in your power to produce a healthy child birth? If by anything including throwing away your own morals and beliefs. As of this exact moment parents in search for a healthy or an ideal based child of their own are going through these same thoughts and scenarios. Biomedical scientists oversee conducting the clear majority of these experiments and trials. The children are genetically engineered to favor one gene over another or to avoid a specific trait all together, the media has given the name “Designer Babies” to describe these genetically modified babies.…
Effects on Classroom Structure on Student Achievement goals Orientation, by Shannon R. Self-Brown and Samuel Mathews II, was published in The Journal of Educational Research in 2003. In the study, Self-Brown and Mathews wanted to study the effect of how three different types of classroom structures affect the goals that students set for themselves. In today’s schools students consistently show a lack of motivation. They take for granted the educational opportunity that is in front of them.…
Question 2 Direct Instruction and Discovery Learning have similarities and differences, and some teachers may choose to combine the two methods in the classroom while others may prefer one over the other. Both methods have advantages,disadvantages and similarities. Both methods can be modified to adapt to diverse learners such as English language learners or learners with specific learning disabilities. The main topic is not to find out which learning method is better, but rather to compare and contrast the two methods.…
While researching, I used the pyramid curriculum and these techniques previously stated to focus on the progress that students had during the research project. The students in the classroom were observed for at least 10 minutes three times a week. The observations collected were completed by a paraprofessional and myself and completed with positive (plus signs) and negative (subtraction sign) marks next to the behaviors of the children during these observations. Not all observations were typed, but those that were are present to show examples of change in behavior of children from the beginning of the curriculum implementations to the last day of formal observations. These samples are in the appendix…
Midterm Exam – The Child and the Curriculum John Dewey’s The Child and the Curriculum, written over a century ago, poses a question that can still prove relevant to teachers in this day and age. His primary question that he attempts to tackle in his paper, is simple: should education be tailored to a child’s specific needs, or to a set curriculum? Throughout the paper, he argues that the tug of war between child and curriculum is ultimately futile; choosing one over the other will still prove detrimental. Ultimately, Dewey says “all depends upon the activity which the mind itself undergoes in responding to what is presented from without” (Dewey, 1906, p.39). In other words, Dewey believes that experience is the key to learning, and the ideal curriculum should focus on…
It was dark and rainy on Thursday, March 3rd 2016 at 4:45-5:45PM, yet inside Suttles it was sunny. Each room is specifically arranged via evidence based research, targeting precise stages of human growth and development, specifically for children birth to five. The Infant room (I.R.) has a no shoes policy, and is constructed for open exploration of the surrounding environment. The room had 5 caregivers to 6 students, and was divided into 3 sections.…
These five domains consist of physical, cognitive, language, emotional, and social learning. My lesson plans start with objectives in mind when meeting all these developmental domains. My goal is to create activities that encourage a child to identify what the lesson involves, discuss openly the child’s perspective, deduce the content of the lesson, and apply the knowledge learned. I also believe that all children need the opportunity to make their own choices, even the choice to participate in learning. With this in mind, planning activities to keep the children engaged is of great importance to me.…
Curriculum Models: HighScope Model and The Montessori Method In this paper the author will focus on HighScope Model and the Montessori Method and comparisons between each approach. The HighScope Model believes that a child is an active learner. The children are given scaffolded learning that is developmentally appropriate, and the curriculum is based around interests of the children.…
Competency 001 The teacher understands human developmental processes and applies this knowledge to plan instruction and ongoing assessment that motivate students and are responsive to their developmental characteristics and needs. How, specifically does the teacher demonstrate this? The teacher recognizes the individual developmental differences of her students and plans her instruction to meet their needs.…
Over centuries, the placement of students and children have changed, and this later causes a modification to the student in either a positive/ negative manner. The curriculum may depend on the teacher, but most likely it is based on where the child is placed in their school system. Occasionally a test will be handed out to know specifically where the child needs to be placed, but rarely does that happen any more. Highly differing classes led to some students being ahead, while others flew behind, because of unfair distribution regarding education and distribution of needs. The education within schools should be positioned towards a student’s intellectual abilities rather than the age that they come about to be, so that way the student in his/…
“The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things”, these are the wise words of Jean Piaget. Although I have learned so many valuable future teaching tools from my current study of curriculum, two of the most important takeaways we have discussed, for me personally, are backward lesson planning and active engagement. These topics have shaped my outlooks as a future teacher and I cannot wait to implement them into my classroom. Lesson development and progression assist teachers with the finest lessons possible. Learning the correct curriculum and aligning it with the common core standards are vital to ensure that children receive the best education possible.…
Every classroom is diverse. The students, teachers, and dynamics between each person set the the tone of how the class will function for the year. However, those relationships do not paint the whole picture when it comes to how a student will learn and thrive. The way in which individual children learn is unique. Within each classroom there is a wide array of learning needs.…
SEP #4 In my observation of a Kindergarten class, there were many different teaching methods used. The teacher used many visual aids, and example would be when she asked the students to draw a pig. She displayed a pig on the board that was drawn by a guest speaker, and the students were asked to replicate the drawing. The teacher I observed also used games to enhance the student’s learning.…