Pedagogy

Often times professional development sessions are seen as ineffective by educators because the sessions are missing one, if not more, of the components identified in Figure 1. “The typical organization of schools and teachers’ work allows teachers to work alone, isolated in separate classrooms most of the day. These arrangements provide limited time, and school budgets often provide slim resources for teachers to meet and talk together about how they can improve student learning” (Goldring &…

understanding of the current issues in education, the social and policy contexts that education is defined by. Teacher’s should keep up to date with current educational issues and know subject areas, literacy, numeracy and thinking skill strategies, pedagogy, the curriculum and current subject knowledge, this can be achieved through reflective practice, professional development and good communication with their colleagues. Under this heading an awareness…

for a fully functional society. Thus a modern take using ICT and other tools to learn via the didactic approach is required. Used as a counter to the formalities of the neo-didactic approaches, will be to embrace the social constructs of authentic pedagogy. As important as the rules of literacy are, the authentic approach will remove the mundane, turning the classroom into a storybook, a faraway land, deep space or 20,000 leagues under the sea. These highly motivating ideas allow peer to peer…

Throughout first grade, students continuously learn more about life, school, friends, and content. In order to be effective, teachers must have an understanding of content knowledge, standards, developmentally appropriate practices, culturally relevant pedagogy, and research-based approaches. In this paper, I will demonstrate my knowledge of how first graders develop and apply literacy strategies and rationalize how I will apply this knowledge to plan an efficient instructional unit that teaches…

Upon entering my 1st grade classroom, students are welcomed into a multicultural, yet simple world. There are a few maps on the wall and a globe in a corner, and some family photos on my desk. A few simple plants, some with colorful flowers, are placed around the classroom. The seating arrangements include circular tables, with four-to-five students at each table, for work in groups. There is also a large Persian style rug in the front of the classroom so students do not always sit at their…

This domain contains all of the “behind the scenes” work that goes into planning a lesson. Domain one is divided into six subdomains including demonstrating knowledge of content and pedagogy, demonstrating knowledge of students, setting instructional outcomes, demonstrating knowledge of resources, designing coherent instruction, and designing student assessments. The sub-categories are meticulously described regarding expectations…

This article would benefit me as an educator as it indicates the impact of one model of professional development in Physical Education that can help me become a successful primary school teacher. It will increase my repertoire of the topic and the pedagogy involved in teaching…

instructing a class, and yet it also happens to be extremely common in the classroom. This is mainly because no one realizes what banking is, teachers do not realize they are forcing you to memorize and not think. Paulo Freire wrote a book called “Pedagogy Of The Oppressed” that call out the detrimental effects of banking. Though most teachers and student don’t realize it, Freire’s views are important to understand and as a student it teaches you a lot about what you are really learning. In this…

invaluable to my ability to improve my teaching, and I have always received positive feedback from my supervisors. I have also taken the opportunity to mentor pre-service teachers to reflect on my teaching and learning. By helping to develop the pedagogies of student teachers, forcing me to consider what makes me a successful teacher, and their opinion of their observations of me has been a useful tool to help me incorporate new strategies in my…

Why do you want to become a teacher? This question evokes flashbacks of undergraduate education courses or uncomfortable cocktail parties. “To help students reach their full potential.” “To make the world a better place.” “To create change.” All of these are respectable, admirable answers that satisfy casual acquaintances or overworked professors, but educators are rarely asked an important follow-up question: what are you doing to ensure your students reach their potential and change the world…