Pedagogy

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…

As time has progressed, education has become increasingly important and society has emphasized it as a form of success. However, copious fail to comprehend that education and learning are not only bounded and limited to an erudite, school education, if not to a limitless world where learning is found in every situation and every circumstance. Although it is important to have an education, it is more important to learn the life lessons that this world has to offer through everything one…

“Words are the central tool of education. Whether written or spoken, words can elucidate, inform, and inspire. But they can also scare, humiliate, and disempower” (Wessler). This quote perfectly represents the outcome and position words hold in society. Language is crucial within human lives. It has multiple uses such as eliminating confusion, exchanging information and communicating instructions. However, the use of derogatory language towards a human is an unacceptable concept. Words that…

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…

Teachers vary in how they manage their classrooms, butlittle is known regarding the relationship between the teacher and the student. Classroom management plays a major role in the student’s achievement. Different approaches towards classroom leadership should be facilitated by the teacher’s satisfaction and agreed upon by students in a way in which all aspects are flexible.Theorists’ opinions and strategies are differ and alike simultaneously. There is no one, clear, universal explanation of…