Pedagogy

Charlene wishes the company will follow progressive discipline. According to the textbook, progressive discipline is a process where the employer gives its employees opportunities to correct their poor behavior before firing them (332). The first step is an informal coaching talk. At this point, nothing is written down. The supervisor talks with the employee and asks what’s going wrong and why is something happening. The next step is to give an oral warning. The supervisor tells the employee…

The question of whether or not our school systems throughout America should adopt a mandatory financial literacy class has been around for many years now. In Tara Siegel Bernard’s article Working Financial Literacy in With the Three R’s you can see that in 2010 13 states had adopted the class fully into all of their schools and 34 states had added the class into their curriculum, That is a huge growth from the 7 mandatory states and the 28 optional states just three years prior. There is no…

During my last two years of high school, I took part of the tutoring program. This made me discover that I had a passion for teaching and supporting children with their education. My tutoring experience, the impact it had on my desire to be a teacher and the advantages it will bring towards effective teaching shall be demonstrated. It will also be proven why my dream of becoming an elementary teacher would benefit society. I committed myself every week, helping students with their…

In the field this week I did not expect anything out of the ordinary. On Monday, October 17th, two other interns and I attended a meeting with the Midlands Fatherhood Coalition. In this meeting we learned the services the organization provides their clients. The organization provides help to fathers who are at risk of being incarcerated due to back child support as well as fathers who desire to be more involved in their children’s lives. Attending this meeting with our field supervisor gave me…

One can describe the city in many different ways. Authors Louis Wirth and Georg Simmel suggest that the city, and the basis of our social order in the urban world can be symbolized as the traffic signal, the uniform and the clock. The traffic signal and the clock describe how members of society are constantly working together with individuals who have no sentimental and emotional ties with each other, and how this creates a sense of competition and fighting to expand one’s power or status, and…

This writer had the privilege to partake in a CLC group assignment on designing a close read lesson plan. As a current teacher it is extremely important to this writer to take time on designing a lesson plan that will support the needs of all this writer’s students and motivate learning gains for all students despite their learning levels. This writer’s lesson plan was geared around a close read title “My Five Senses”. The unit of study was identifying the five senses. In this writer’s original…

Kind of source "America's Children: Providing Early Exposure to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Initiatives" is an academic source which purpose is to make conscience in schools, teachers, and the general population that technology should be introduced to students in elementary schools. Author’s credentials Dr. Nancy K. DeJarnette is a professor and advocate of the idea that technology at schools is a necessity; thus, it should be taught at an early age. Author’s argument…

Two ways that I could share my personal cultural background with my students include displaying a personal presentation about me; the presentation could be completed on a PowerPoint, movie maker, etc. the presentation would include pictures and stories about my family, how/where I grew up, my religion, hobbies, and other aspects of my life that define me as an individual. The second way I could share my personal cultural background with students would be to display the historical importance of…

When you reflect on your past, who you were, what you did and what you learned, it can all tell you a lot about who you are in the present moment. Writing a literacy autobiography can help someone to better understand how and why they may read and write the way that they do. A literacy autobiography will help oneself to reflect, make connections and show how their beliefs and practices came to be when it come to literacy. When I think about my own literacy journey, it can be very difficult to…

The example of Saint Francis helps me better understand service and stewardship values in various ways. I believe that Saint Francis has humble and candid beginnings as he was a normal person and enjoyed being with friends and having fun. Francis had various turning points in his life that made him realize what truly matters to him. Therefore, Francis displayed service by not caring about any judgment or qualms against the lepers and just accepting them as God would for who they are. Francis…