Professor Brianne Davila SOC 201-01 26 November 2014 Reflection Paper #2: Student Performance If you were to think about the classroom as a stage and I was performing the role of the student‚ I would be categorized as a responsible student. I use many props – such as my backpack‚ writing utensils and my notebook – and I have an audience filled with peers and my professor. This is shown throughout various different characteristics of the student. Teachers‚ parents‚ and peers can all assume who is a good
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Performing Arts Paper According to the textbook Perceiving the Arts‚ opera is defined as the “combination of drama and music into a single artistic form” (Sporre‚ 2009). Opera is made up of primarily music along with other elements similar to a play such as costumes‚ scenery‚ lights‚ and a plot. Unlike a play‚ the plot of an opera unfolds through a combination of acting and singing. The follow provides an historical development and evolution of opera and the characteristics of the opera genre
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Guidelines for Writing Reflection Papers Why do I have to write a reflection paper? I have students submit weekly reflection papers for four reasons: 1. First and foremost‚ they are a way to make sure you keep up with the readings. I find that if students aren’t required to hand something in each week‚ they will simply not do the readings. The reflection papers kind of “force” you to make sure you keep up with your responsibilities in the class. 2. Reflection papers are a way for
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What Makes a Good Foreign Language Teacher? Most of us have had at least one really great teacher and one really bad one. We know what we like in a teacher and judge them based on that. I have had teachers over the years whom others did not like. There were also other teachers I thought did a horrible job but other students thought were the best they ever had. Opinions differ. Most of what people perceive as a good or bad teacher is usually based on things like personalities and preferred
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Tyanne Rowe Museum Paper The Mihrab (prayer niche) dated 12th century‚ the point of origin being the city of Isfahan located in Iran is the object that captured my attention. This piece is considered to be a ceramic design made of “polychrome glazed cut tiles on a stone paste body that was later set into mortar”. Madrasa Imami is a school‚ in which this piece in was created 1354‚ later it was sold to Arthur U. Pope in 1931. When arriving at the museum I noticed that the items on display in
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Should English teachers speak the language of their students? An English only policy should be implemented in all ESL and EFL classrooms. The best English lessons are often the result of a teacher who only speaks English. Such lessons enhances the student’s listening and speaking skills by hearing the correct way to pronounce things and comprehending what the teacher is explaining‚ which are the most important skills in order to communicate. However there is always an exception to the rule. There
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Reflection Paper - Diversity Over the last century‚ mankind has made significant increases in the fight against discrimination. Pioneers such as Rosa Parks‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ and Susan B. Anthony have made progress in this fight. One would be completely ignorant to say discrimination does not exist today. It is a harsh realization to see the discrimination that goes on in today’s society. Everywhere you go there are racism‚ sexism‚ and violence because of both issues. Look at schools; you
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Michelle Snyder ESL Teacher Interview TE 826 Dr. Glenn Tracy 2-22-12 My person that I interviewed is very unique besides being a very good teacher. She had received the honor of being selected ‘Teacher of the Year” a few years back here at Perkins County Schools (Grant‚ NE)‚ so I knew her methods and strategies were tried and true. She has several different hats in our school system with English Language Learner (ELL) being just one part. She was asked to work with/for me in this program with
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SAMPLE REFLECTION PAPER (submitted by a student in CRIM 1006E‚ Fall term 2003) I found the article written by Sonia Bodi was very informative and interesting. Although many of the ideas she presented I agreed with‚ there were also a few points that I’d like to argue against. First I would like to answer the question that was proposed in the title of this article: How do we bridge the gap between what we ( professors) teach and what they ( students) do? To fill in that gap‚ both sides need to work
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Reflection 5Students Can Improve by Studying their Learning Processes Before I started my student-teaching at the UBHS‚ I listed down some of my observations with the Grade 8 students like their strengths and weaknesses. This is why I formulated my goals and objectives that I need to achieve in order to address these concerns when I will be teaching them. Most of the students are actively participating but there are times that they are too active to handle. When they get bored during the discussion
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