The Interview In this paper I will discuss two interviews, with two different teachers. One of the teachers teach two years old, and the other teacher teaches three year olds. I asked both teacher’s questions concerning their classroom and the students they teach. We discussed what I observed during my observation and the strategies I thought would be helpful. The main purpose of these interviews is to discuss the children who were observed in practicum one. Interview Summary On July 11,…
words he wrote brought fear of the uncertain to his mind. The decision was difficult to because it was for no one particular reason. He loved his job and he loved serving his country. The decision was a compound of two young children just becoming school-age and a wife with a new budding career; he just couldn’t continue the military…
Such a person realizes that learning is not static, but something that constantly grows and evolves over a lifetime. The school system is a major contributor to teaching the skills involved in problem solving and cognitive thinking, but the informed person has the ability to use those learned traits to advance his own knowledge through experience for the rest of his days.…
How someone is treated in the workplace will impact on how professional they are in their job. While working at a previous educational setting I felt, although the school worked well, information was not shared well with every member of staff. good communication is, in my opinion, a key component to professionalism. You feel a more valued member of the team if information and decisions are shared with you. Although I understand not all information can be shared due to confidentiality, it is…
We will have Art today. I hope everyone has a good, calm day. Love, Mrs. King.” When I arrived in Lynn King 's kindergarten class at North Pennfield Elementary School, this good morning message was on a white board at the focal point in the classroom. I assumed she wanted the children to feel welcomed and informed about what the day school day was going to be like. I looked around at all the play toys surrounding the walls, and work materials by the students very focused on their drawings. It…
because it needs efforts. We also have to think critically by using the power of our intelligence. In the speech, “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” the speaker Ken Robinson recognize as an international leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources in education argues at the TED conference in 2006 that we are educating our kids without creativity because schools and universities consider the academic abilities more important. However, the creativity is the most important…
Foucault’s emphasis on the ideologies of ethics within an educational environment differ exceptionally to the expectations within a UK school, particularly when Foucault defines them as, ‘the principal work of art one has to take care of, the main area to which one must apply aesthetic values, is oneself, one’s life, one’s existence’ (Foucault, 1987:362). Moreover, this also is against…
series of decisions. It doesn’t simply happen by chance” (Ingle 5). In this paper I will talk about my gifts and abilities, my passions and values, my experiences, my calling, and my personality. I believe that my calling is to become an elementary school teacher. God has combined my passion for kids and my passion for making learning fun into an actual career. I believe teachers are so undervalued because if you really think about it they are the ones that are molding the minds of the future…
education system, their schools…
for providing early childhood education. Some districts receive funding based on their disability program with early education. Some other districts receive funding based on demographics and economy of the town. These particular schools are known as head start schools. The tremendous climb in early childhood education has shown just how important educating young children are to society (Farquhar & White, 2014). Many theorists explained what education should be like for children. Rousseau,…