Read Alouds:
Malala Yousafzai’s Speech at U.N. by Malala Yousafzai- This was a very good speech. It was about the women that was shot in the head because she wanted to learn but she survived and now she is a speaker and a very famous one at that. It made me realize how lucky we are to have a public education system that is so good.
Motivational Poem by Unknown- This poem was kinda eye opening in regards to how important teaachers are. I dont think it could be used in any other class besides Teacher Cadet but it certainly was good for our class. Teachers do a lot of things that most students never even think about.
My Teacher’s Simple Three-word Phrase by Stephen Hopson- I enjoyed this read aloud because it was very sweet. It was about how something very little that a teacher could say to a student could make all the difference in the world when it comes to how successful that student would be.
You Can Be Whatever You Want to Be by Donna Levine- This poem was very good, it had a great message about follow your dreams and to do what you want and not what someone else may want for you to do. I would have used it in a high school setting because i felt a personal connection to it as it was being read and i think it is a great thing for all high schoolers to hear.
Corduroy by Don Freeman- This is one of my childhood favorite books that I would consider using in a classroom to teach a guidance lesson on friendship in an elementary school class. I would also use it as a writing lesson in a fifth or sixth grade class to have students write about their first friend. As a math lesson, I would use it to introduce a lesson on money in a first grade class.
Learning Experiences:
Over the weeks since our last blog we have been learning about Piaget, Kholburg, Vygotsky and Erikson. These four are psychologists that focus on child development and education of children. We split up into group and tough each other what each psychologists had found in their studies and how they were similar and how they varied. We also had a play day where we played with children toys and evaluated each of them and how good they would work for each age group.
Current Event:
In New York City after thousand of applicants to high schools were sent off to schools that have nothing going for them, three economists took matters into their own hands. While some middle school students were getting the best of the best education, others were given the bare minimum, and it was time for a change. Through a method called the deferred acceptance algorithm, the team used a game theory to match the eighth graders to high schools according to standards and other key features. To read more click here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/nyregion/how-game-theory-helped-improve-new-york-city-high-school-application-process.html?ref=education
Quote Of The Week:
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. ~Albert Einstein
This quote is very good i think because he shows that there is more to school than just quiz and tests. It is the life skills and actually what we learn about learning and how we learn when we forget exactly what we learned in school and it was a good new way to look at it.
Observations:
I was at a race on Saturday in North Carolina and it was just a friendly race that didn’t really matter, it was just a few friends of mine and at the end of the race someone that had been in front of me the entire time had fallen, giving me an opportunity to him and actually win the race but for some reason i felt wrong doing that so i stopped helped that person up and let him win the race he deserved to him and as we finished a lot of people were telling me that was very sweet and kind of me to do and it just made me feel good.
Reflection:
I have enjoyed the studying of the child development and i really enjoyed the thanksgiving break becasue it was a break from school and i am looking forward to Christmas break and i hope it doesn’t go as fast as thanksgiving did.
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