Pedagogy

Teacher, noun, a person who teaches or instructs When you think of a teacher, you may automatically think of a school. A teacher who teaches you math equations and proper grammar in a classroom. Those teachers are important and vital in our lives. However, there are many different types of teachers, and not all of them are hired to teach you. In life, to succeed we will need many teachers to help us become the person we are meant to be. Helen Keller once said that "alone we can do so little,…

Eighth grade is definitely an amazing year; it is your last year in middle school and you have so much ahead of you in highschool! You will have fun with your classmates and teachers, but there also are some bumps in the road to get over first. Here are some helpful pieces of advice just to stay on top of everything, so you enjoy your year! Something I find essential in eighth grade is to stay organized! Organization is major this year. This keeps you in order; having everything where it should…

I knew from a young age that teaching was what I was meant to do. Shadowing a teacher for a day in eight grade cemented for me that I was going to be a teacher. While the age of the student I was wanting to teach has changed as I've gotten older that drive to teach has never left. Working as an Educational Assistant at St. Louis Community College has only poured gasoline on that fire and passion for teaching. I can no longer put off pursuing my education to become a mathematics professor.…

When Mountain House High School was inaugurated, it lacked one of the most crucial elements of the high school experience: clubs. Eager to share my passion for business, I founded DECA to give members exposure to real world working environments, state conferences, and opportunities to present their knowledge. Success was easy to obtain as post-conference enthusiasm spread first amongst members and then the rest of the school. Because of the first year’s success, the next brought many new members…

The issue that divided child-centered and social reconstructionist progressives according to Gutek (2013) was “the economic crisis of the Great Depression of the 1930’s made the school’s role in the social reform a pressing and controversial issue” (p. 295). The progressives urged educators to endorse a program for social planning and social, political, and economic reforms. The reconstructionist progressives argues that schools and teachers need to be bring about social reform to help…

In my classroom, I want every child to feel that they are welcome. I want to provide a classroom where children can not only learn from me, but from each other. I want them to be able to come to me when there are sorrows in their lives, but also when there are triumphs. I want my students to see themselves in the lessons I teach and take them beyond the classroom. I want my students to know that they are smart. I want them to know that they can do anything that they put their minds to. I…

The summer of junior year, my mom signed me up to be a leader at my church’s sports camp. I had no interest in doing it. I told my mom I wasn't going, but she ended up forcing me. Thankfully she did, after being with these kids, I realized how awesome they are! How smart, goofy and fun to be around. It wasn't till the last two days until I realized this is what I wanted to do. Something clicked, that I love working with and teaching these kids, that whole week I was someone those kids looked up…

Jesus came into my life at a young age and I am blessed to have been raised in the church. Growing up, I valued displaying the characteristics of Christ through my actions because I was extremely shy, but I had influence with people I was connected with. My mission field has been my volleyball team and classmates throughout grade school. Not only did I love in a big way, but I modeled Christ's love through my actions. The leadership roles that I have held, empowered me to influence the lives of…

I find this ties with Freire’s philosophy in Chapter 3 of Pedagogy of the Oppressed. As we attempt to analyze dialogue as a human phenomenon, we discover something which is the essence of dialogue itself: the word. But the word is more than just an instrument which makes dialogue possible; accordingly, we must seek its constitutive elements. (Freire 2016, p.87) Part of an excellent dialogue is being able to listen. Not just listen to hear but listen to have an understanding. While some may be…

One of the biggest concerns I found in the reading is how ELL student will be neglected until the teachers sense the students are linguistically ready for instruction. Students should never be neglected. One of the most interesting research finds was that there was not a significant difference in understanding with respect to language diversity. Class that were created to help students understand and become more aware of the issue did not seem to make that much of a difference according to the…