SPE 480 Self-Reflection and Learning Agenda Paper BACKGROUND: Describe your professional Identity: I am a dedicated person to the game of many sports and teaching. I have taught several different sports and also have been well trained in a classroom setting. Working with children of all ages‚ I have 8 years of coaching football‚ 4 years of basketball‚ 12 years of softball with private lessons as well and 3 years’ experience working with special needs students in a classroom. I have a bachelor’s
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What is reflection? Reflection is the examination of personal thoughts and actions. For practitioners this means focusing on how they interact with their colleagues and with the environment to obtain a clearer picture of their own behaviour. It is therefore a process by which practitioners can better understand themselves in order to be able to build on existing strengths and take appropriate future action. And the word ‘action’ is vital. Reflection is not ‘navel-gazing’. Its aim is to develop
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Reflection and Self Evaluation After review of the Teacher Work Sample and a bit of reflection I am pleased with the learning I have gained throughout this experience. Specifically‚ reviewing the lessons within the unit as well as the pre and post tests I have found that data really does drive instruction. For example‚ using the information from the pre-assessment caused me to adjust assignments to allow for students to learn new information. This meant I had to find additional sources for
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INTRODUCTION Teaching is the purposeful imparting of information or skills or both to another individual or to a group. Teaching is the process of stimulating‚ directing‚ guiding‚ encouraging and evaluating the learner in his growth and development. It is therefore expected that the teacher have a variety of roles to accomplish and execute. Teachers are executives‚ supervising students and planning programs within the workplace. Teachers manage time‚ material‚ knowledge and students. They are
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PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THE PROBLEMS FACED WITH TEACHING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE An analysis of the obstacles in the way of effective pupil-centred teaching and learning of the English language in Tanzanian government primary school with recommendations Katy Allen MBE Director‚ Village Education Project Kilimanjaro Presented at The Forum on Community of Practice of Learner Centred Learning in Tanzania held at the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference Centre‚ Kurasini 18th – 19th August 2008 PRIMARY
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This essay will reflect upon an incident in practice when I administered a drug to a child. I will use Gibbs reflective model (Gibbs 1988)(see appendix 1). This model of reflection will be applied to the essay to facilitate critical thought and relating theory to practice where the model allows. Discussion on the incident will include the knowledge underpinning practice and the evidence base for the administration of the drug. A conclusion to the essay will then be given which will discuss my knowledge
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How to Teach EFL Pronunciation Successfully Winda Syafitri Is it possible teaching English without teaching pronunciation? The “NO” answer is usually attached‚ yet it is common knowledge which is mostly ignored not only by the learners but also by the teacher. Considering sounds play an important role in communication‚ foreign language teacher is supposed to give proper attention to this. To teach English as Foreign Language pronunciation successfully‚ good strategies are needed applying in the
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Drama 88 Day 10 Practice‚ Practice‚ and some more Practice Our primary focus from this point onwards was completely on the final musical scene and the ending scene. For the final musical scene we were thinking out a dance routine. For this I came up with a fifteen second dance routine‚ which will be done in the scene. In this dance routine Kim and Olivia run towards Luke and I. Then we are supposed to lift them as they jump into our arms. After the lift the girls are supposed to hang on to our necks
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602.2.2-08 EIT4 A1a. Teaching Situation The teaching situation in the video was a typical computer lab type of classroom. The tables were arranged around the perimeter of the room as well as an aisle in the middle with two long tables. Computers were placed on top of the tables with a adequate spaces in between to allow each student to have enough space to work. On the wall of the classroom there was a blackboard‚ as well as a LCD screen that was utilized to show the students what the teacher
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My Teaching Philosophy Philosophy of teaching is a self-reflective statement of your beliefs about teaching and learning. It discuss how you put your beliefs in practice by including concrete examples of what you do or anticipate doing in class. My teaching philosophy is ‘participatory learning’. It a type of learning process whereby learners are put in the centre of every learning situation‚ in other words pupils take active part of the lesson presentation. . I hold this belief in the sense that
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