Catholic social teaching

The teacher will instruct the students that they are going to become detectives. Detectives are people who solve mysteries. We will be solving the case of the missing teacher. The teacher will then show the students the book Miss Nelson has gone missing by Harry Allard and James Marshall. Ask the students what they think might happen in the book. Show the students the title and author’s name on the book. “Class, Class, we are going to start reading our book and learn about our case. As we read…

The Review Aisha Sharif Throughout the course of my personal project, I have tried to achieve all of my learning objectives I made in the beginning of this project. Below, I will explain how I did and talk about the project in general. What went well? Why did it go well? I felt like the actual researching and gathering information on the function of the camera went really well because I learned so much from that. I had lots of fun playing around with my camera and that really helped me get…

Retreat Reflection 1) I found that retreat was a chance for us as students to have a day where we remove focus from our busy school lives and try to refocus, thinking about others around us and social justice. I found that retreat did enable us to do this because we were able to remove distractions like our school work, and the activities we completed helped us to really think about our society and what we see occurring there. 2) From the Global Village activity, we completed prior to retreat,…

can do them, we learn by doing them.” Aristotle summed up well what the reflections that follow are about. The Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) course introduces many important lessons. However, the most significant ones are learnt by putting the theory into practice in the classroom: 1. My teaching strengths To build a good rapport with the students I am learning to establish a fine relationship with them by listening well, keeping eye contact and by being…

valuable practice. From the very beginning I felt very comfortable with both teachers and the students’. I believe any EL’ student is in need of constant support and positive reinforcement, so that he/she will eventually reach a cognitive, linguistic and social proficiency in the English language; and with this achievement, for the student to be able to adjust to any environment,…

separated into closed off practices and open ones. In Cathy Davidson's essay, “Project Classroom Makeover,” Davidson talks about the need for the American school system’s old method and new method to be merged together in order to implement a new teaching method. In the essays the old way of thinking is challenged and a new way is introduced. In both situations one ideal model cannot completely replace the other and instead, the new and old models should be combined. This is the way to creating…

clarinet, the multitude of possible problems in a clarinet section can be frustrating. Dr. Phillip O. Paglialonga’s book, Squeak Big: Practical Fundamentals for the Successful Clarinetist¸ addresses all aspects of clarinet playing in both practice and teaching. Squeak Big is presented in four sections: Pedagogy, Effective Practicing, Daily Elements, and Additional Resources. Of these sections, Pedagogy is the largest, encompassing the full spectrum of clarinet fundamentals. It includes basics,…

discussions without talking about the implications race, class and gender have on our identities. The National Council of Teachers of English resource states, in regards to talking about social justice in the classroom, “It is likely that students come to us at varying levels of awareness about issues relating to social justice.” When initially writing my lesson plan, I did not consider this. However, as I engaged in rigorous discussion with my students, I soon discovered that while many of…

Today I observed the class learn about domain and range of a graph. The teacher first began class with a bell ringer. The teacher discussed the answers to the bell ringer with the students. Next the teacher reviewed homework with the students. The students asked any questions they had on the assigned problems. Next the teacher assigned the students an activity on domain and range. The students completed the activity and turned it in. The teacher discussed the activity after all students had…

Shadow Study During the school day, teachers have to make quick decisions to adjust their lessons. The decision-making process is a special skill that teachers need in order to create a challenging and engaging lesson. At James Martin Middle School, first year teacher, Mr. Sweat, is great at making decisions on the spot regarding instruction, management, and assessment. For Mr. Sweat, classroom management is the most important aspect of the classroom and his decisions reflect this. On…