Critical pedagogy

need to share with you since my students behave no differently and the assignments have been easier. The past four weeks have been filled with simple in-class assignments acting as attendance markers. I even find myself feeling less engaged with the pedagogy process because it feels like my students do not care to learn, but rather simply receive an “easy A.” With my sections, I have discovered that regardless of how interactive I design class, the students give me the same indifferent reaction.…

How the teacher delivers the lessons there are certain core standards that they have to follow. These are known as the six FEAPs that are founded upon high expectations, knowledge of the subject matter, and the standards of the profession. The one that I plan on talking about is instructional delivery and facilitation. There are subtitles for this FEAP, where each one consistently utilizes a deep and comprehensive knowledge of the subject. One of them is deliver engaging and challenging lessons.…

Pfaffinger “Research Paper Baby Steps” “Research Paper Baby Steps” describes a teacher’s method for scaffolding a research paper. She begins by explaining the common problems that students encounter: plagiarism, overwhelmed, to many notes. She then explains her method. Pfaffinger assigns two research papers: a short one where she controls every step and a longer one where the students develop their own topics and essays. Pfaffinger begins with plagiarism and then moves to lessons on…

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,…

Teachers use many methods to teach their students, it’s a way to enable students learning, but these particular teachers have a unique way to educate their students. In the book “The Wave” by Todd Strasser, the readers meet a placid history teacher named Mr. Ross. In the article “ Freedom Writers: Truly no child left behind” by Joanne Lourier, the readers encounter a teacher named Erin Gruwell who works with the “unteachable”. In the last article, “Ex-Marine” by Sue Chastain, the readers, come…

On October 27th I taught my lesson about special education and focused on learning disabilities. My lesson consisted first of a warm-up where students wrote on a piece of paper what they know about what a learning disability is and what types of learning disabilities. Then I proceeded with my lesson and taught the students what learning disabilities are, problems that students who have a learning disabilities may have, and types of learning disabilities. Third, I proceeded with my activity,…

Eighteenth century, American philosopher and educator, John Dewey, was best known for his role in pragmatism, also known as instrumentalism. Dewey, a psychologist of many theories, considered pragmatism to be one of the most important influential aspects of education and social reform. As a leader of the educational reform, Dewey’s vision was prompt to meet the needs of a changing democratic society, which he referred to as, “democracy as a way of life” (Gouinlock, 2014). Dewey’s perceptions of…

The main argument in the article “What, When, How And Why? Theory And Foreign Language Teaching” by Shirley Lawes is theory vs. practice in teacher education. I, as a teacher, find this article very interesting because the gap between theory and practice is an important issue for teaching and teacher education. Shirley says, in this article, that sound theoretical knowledge is crucial for foreign language teachers, it must be in the center from the beginning of initial training and emphasized…

(Darch & Kame'enui, 2004). Decisions that teachers make before the beginning of school regarding how the classroom will operate and how students will interact with others during the school year are critical for a positive learning environment. These decisions will have far-reaching implications for the success of the year. Putting together a cohesive plan rather that reacting to interruptive situations allows time for the teacher to respond thoughtfully…