Observation Paper EDF2005
I completed my observation hours at Omni Middle School in a seventh-grade special need language arts class. The name of the professor is Mr. Dicken. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor in English Education. Mr. Dicken maintains a good relationship with his students, for he is easy to talk and always willing to help students if need. Mr. Dicken implements effective discipline techniques that allow him to complete his lesson plans successfully without any major disruption. Changing his lesson plan based on students’ need, Mr. Dicken maintain the educational philosophy of progressivism because he follows a student-centered teaching.
After observing Mr. Dicken’s class for more than two weeks, …show more content…
Mr. Dicken clearly follows progressivism, for he always makes his lesson plan student-centered changing it based on students need. Mr. Dicken is not afraid of changing the lesson plan if it is not working with his students. He teaches special need classes, which requires him to change the lesson plan daily. Most of Mr. Dicken’s students have a learning disability, which makes learning a little bit difficult for them; nonetheless, Mr. Dicken makes sure that his lesson plans meet the learning objectives for each student. Students in Mr. Dicken class actively explore the material learned by answering questions from the textbook and later discussing their answers in class. Moreover, they work in groups of two when answering questions and they help each other. However, working in groups can sometimes be distracting for students because they socialize and start losing focus on the assignment. Mr. Dicken gives a warning of kicking the student out of the class after the student misbehave for the second time, which works well because students like Mr. Dicken and wants to stay in class. When the student gets too loud, Mr. Dicken raise his voice and stares at students until they all quiet down. Mr. Dicken balances fun and work well, for his students know when is time to joke and when is time to
I completed my observation hours at Omni Middle School in a seventh-grade special need language arts class. The name of the professor is Mr. Dicken. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor in English Education. Mr. Dicken maintains a good relationship with his students, for he is easy to talk and always willing to help students if need. Mr. Dicken implements effective discipline techniques that allow him to complete his lesson plans successfully without any major disruption. Changing his lesson plan based on students’ need, Mr. Dicken maintain the educational philosophy of progressivism because he follows a student-centered teaching.
After observing Mr. Dicken’s class for more than two weeks, …show more content…
Mr. Dicken clearly follows progressivism, for he always makes his lesson plan student-centered changing it based on students need. Mr. Dicken is not afraid of changing the lesson plan if it is not working with his students. He teaches special need classes, which requires him to change the lesson plan daily. Most of Mr. Dicken’s students have a learning disability, which makes learning a little bit difficult for them; nonetheless, Mr. Dicken makes sure that his lesson plans meet the learning objectives for each student. Students in Mr. Dicken class actively explore the material learned by answering questions from the textbook and later discussing their answers in class. Moreover, they work in groups of two when answering questions and they help each other. However, working in groups can sometimes be distracting for students because they socialize and start losing focus on the assignment. Mr. Dicken gives a warning of kicking the student out of the class after the student misbehave for the second time, which works well because students like Mr. Dicken and wants to stay in class. When the student gets too loud, Mr. Dicken raise his voice and stares at students until they all quiet down. Mr. Dicken balances fun and work well, for his students know when is time to joke and when is time to