Educational Tour Essay

Ahlberg, A. (2008). The Baby in the Hat. Somerville: Candlewick Press. Historical Fiction, Grade Level PreK – 3. Can one action change your life? For the boy who caught the baby in a hat, one action changed his life forever! Though the story is simple, the captivating illustrations elevate the sense of adventure and capture the historical London setting. The boy hero takes his reward and the adventure begins! In a twist of luck or fate, he falls from the London Bridge and into a ship where…

Critical Reflection of microteaching Lesson Preparation A Comprehension of content The main purpose of this topic is to link it to the water cycle. The students would need to know that the water cycle is dependent on the condensation as well as evaporation of water. Also, due to the anticipation of certain misconceptions, the lesson was conducted in a way, such that, any misconceptions would be surfaced either during questioning or during the experiment. As a result, the teacher would need to…

Introduction This paper will talk about the experiences I did acquire on my teaching practice, but in order to understand the reason why I started a career as a teacher. I need to express my desire to contribute my community in a meaningful way. Teaching is one of the most direct ways to impact on kids and youth, and if you are driven by the wish to help those around you, being a teacher is an invaluable contribution. The practice I did, leave a vast knowledge of different fields that are key…

In order for any society to run smoothly, it must be built upon societal expectations that are meant to be followed. These expectations are also meant to be fostered in all people as they grow up in order for them to become successful adults. In both The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and “The Friday Everything Changed” by Anne Hart, there are societal expectations that prohibit the young characters from reaching their full potential. The Catcher in the Rye is set in the United States…

The protagonists and I share a similar trait through close levels of competition. The protagonists way of competition is more revolved around his work/ literature and through his educational experiences. He takes his writing /literature serious. Making goals for himself, he enters his works/ideas into contests and advanced writing exams which allows himself to gain strategies and advice learning from other people's strengths or mistakes…

Upon reflection of the EDF5141 Health unit. I believe it has assisted me in gaining some skills which will result in helping me reach my goals as a teacher. These goals I have for myself align with two Australian Professional Teaching Standards (APST) by the AITSL. These include ‘knowing the content and how to teach it’ and ‘plan for and implement effective teaching and learning’. ‘Knowing the content and how to teach it’ is a standard from the Professional Knowledge section and talks about the…

strives to simply difficult teaching tactics so all teachers can benefit from her lessons. Magee is a school administrator and currently principal. Before that she was a classroom teacher as well. Both authors have immense knowledge working in the educational field. How the Best Teachers Differentiate Instruction started off by explaining why differentiated instruction is so important. They stressed that every child learns differently and therefore needs to be taught differently. They stressed…

Recently many schools tend to give children rewards for unrealistic reasons. Giving children rewards is important, but it has to be for a proper purpose not just for their participation. In the article “Losing Is Good for You” by Ashley Merryman, the author says that giving children rewards without deserving it have a negative outcome on them. Also, it discourages children from working hard to get the reward. At future, children will develop false understanding in their working fields. I agree…

I was sitting at my desk waiting in small, hot classroom on the second floor twiddling my thumbs anxious for free time.. It was my first school year out of ESL classes. I was in ESL classes until about 3rd grade. In ESL everyone there was on the same boat. We were all different, different accents, different cultures, different backgrounds, with different stories. Even though we were all different we were all there with the same goal, to learn English and because of that the bullying was…

“Keep the passion alive” -Mani Mina. The purpose of this essay is to interview a faculty member to learn and reflect about he or she. The faculty member that I have chosen is my professor, Mani Mina. I have never talked with him before this assignment nor did I tried to. The reason I chose professor Mani Mina is because of the way he taught the class. Out of all of my professors, I believe he was the most influential to me. They way he taught and his thinking style was complete different…