Now I know We watched this video in class
and after coming home and digesting it more and more
I truly am inspired to lead a different way and ask Why before I act.
Which will make me a better teacher the more I BELIEVE what I do and the
students will believe what I do and want to learn from me.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Piaget or Vygotsky
2 main psychologists... 
Both being Extremely talented.. But who Are they...
Piaget ---->
or
Vygotsky
Both being Extremely talented.. But who Are they...Well Piaget considered himself as a "genetic" epistemologist. He was all about the way children think and all the "stages" of learning. He made 4 stages
Stage one- -> Sensorimotor Stage (birth to 2 years) : A stage where children integrate sensory experiences with motor actions
Stage two- -> Preoperational Stage (2-7 years) : Where kids begin there world full of words and images.
Stage three- -> Concrete Operational Stage (7-11 years) : Where kids seem to become older than they are and "classify objects into different sets".
Stage 4- -> Formal Operational Stage (11-15 years) :Where kids finally start reasoning with more abstract , idealistic, and logical
way
And then there was... Vygotsky
And his view... Zone of Proximal Development
What is ZPD???? Well text book states " The range of tasks that are too difficult for children to master alone but can be learned with guidance and assistance from adults or skilled peers. All about scaffolding ( a technique of changing the learning criteria depending on the learners progress).
My own opinion I believe in a little bit of both. In some situations your put into to your going to have to have a mixture of both ideas. With assisting say a 10 year old we can investigate the label that Piaget would have placed on this kid and then further assist them with scaffolding and Zygotsky's theories.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Longggggg Overdue!!
WoW!!! this so late on coming!
As I sat in class last week we discussed ?
Why
We Want ?
To Be ? A Teacher
?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ?
I thought all day about it... pondered it...consumed it. and really gave it ALLOT of thought.
Why Do I....What is it that drives me to continue my program.. Why Why Why Why Why Why.....????
(Those were all the thoughts going through my head)
Well Firstly I absolutely LOVE kids.I love all ages from new born's to young adolescence's. Growing up I knew this was the perfect profession for me. I want to be able to make a change in someone's life, even if it is just just being that 6 hours of positive reinforcement that a child/student lacks in their home life. Coming from a family that has a teaching in it I was surrounded at a young age of what teaching deals with and the extra work that comes with it. I want to be able to have the chance to mould a students mind and be able to curve their cognitive behaviour. I love the idea of having my work environment involving positive attitudes and little smiles all around. I'm excited for setting up my classroom to have the students in a place where they want to be. I want to be a teacher for all the right reasons of making a connection in someone's life for the better. Also when the time comes in my life to have the chance to have my OWN children, this job is the very best for managing your motherly duties as well as fulfilling your position at the school ; And perhaps one day I will have the decision of placing my own kids in the school i teach in. In fact being a teacher is some what like being a mother to many different kinds of individuals. Like I mentioned in my last entry of qualities of an effective teacher I feel being a motherly motivation is a another trait one should have. I am so excited to start my career as a teacher that I really hope when the time comes I find a job either in Alberta or BC (where I grew up, and hopefully can live there). I feel the teachers that just love kids all in all are the most effective teachers. The ones who put there heart in teaching and not just those teachers who are only in it for the wrong reasons. Ones who are only in it for weekends off(although most weekends are bringing your work home with you and are consumed with marking and lesson planning for the following week) and summers off and winter holidays and abuse the privilege of having a substitute teacher come in when they want a long weekend for themselves. Now please don't get me wrong having the summers off and winter holidays are definitely a nice add in (especially when you have your own kids to care for) but getting into the field of teaching for primarily those reasons I feel are disappointing.
So why you ask me do I want to be a teacher.... hmm well that's something that involves more than one answer. So in short, I answer with two words.... Just because :)
As I sat in class last week we discussed ?
WhyWe Want ?
To Be ? A Teacher
?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ?
I thought all day about it... pondered it...consumed it. and really gave it ALLOT of thought.
Why Do I....What is it that drives me to continue my program.. Why Why Why Why Why Why.....????
(Those were all the thoughts going through my head)
Well Firstly I absolutely LOVE kids.I love all ages from new born's to young adolescence's. Growing up I knew this was the perfect profession for me. I want to be able to make a change in someone's life, even if it is just just being that 6 hours of positive reinforcement that a child/student lacks in their home life. Coming from a family that has a teaching in it I was surrounded at a young age of what teaching deals with and the extra work that comes with it. I want to be able to have the chance to mould a students mind and be able to curve their cognitive behaviour. I love the idea of having my work environment involving positive attitudes and little smiles all around. I'm excited for setting up my classroom to have the students in a place where they want to be. I want to be a teacher for all the right reasons of making a connection in someone's life for the better. Also when the time comes in my life to have the chance to have my OWN children, this job is the very best for managing your motherly duties as well as fulfilling your position at the school ; And perhaps one day I will have the decision of placing my own kids in the school i teach in. In fact being a teacher is some what like being a mother to many different kinds of individuals. Like I mentioned in my last entry of qualities of an effective teacher I feel being a motherly motivation is a another trait one should have. I am so excited to start my career as a teacher that I really hope when the time comes I find a job either in Alberta or BC (where I grew up, and hopefully can live there). I feel the teachers that just love kids all in all are the most effective teachers. The ones who put there heart in teaching and not just those teachers who are only in it for the wrong reasons. Ones who are only in it for weekends off(although most weekends are bringing your work home with you and are consumed with marking and lesson planning for the following week) and summers off and winter holidays and abuse the privilege of having a substitute teacher come in when they want a long weekend for themselves. Now please don't get me wrong having the summers off and winter holidays are definitely a nice add in (especially when you have your own kids to care for) but getting into the field of teaching for primarily those reasons I feel are disappointing.
So why you ask me do I want to be a teacher.... hmm well that's something that involves more than one answer. So in short, I answer with two words.... Just because :)
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
"Effective Teaching"
WeLcoME ...
AS I attend class yesterday I ponder as to what my "Ed. Psych Assignment" ,no scratch that, I mean my "Blog World" will consist of.
Well thats easy...
What makes Effective teaching? (In my eyes)...
hmm well lets see there is all the 6 points we went over in class from... ughhh.. what were they again.... OH YA...
Social & Ethical Matters
Subject matter competence
Involving multicultural students
Professional Growth (including...positive self identity, life long learning, seeking advice,resources
& support)
Professional Skills (Instructional strategies, Goal setting, Motivational skills, Communication Skills,
classroom management, technology skills (duhhh), and working well with
students from ethnic backgrounds)
and last and I believe the very most important factor we learned about effective teaching...
Commitment!!!!
Commitment in planning fun and rewarding..
as well as in
and
As I sit here and reflect my own personal favourite teachers growing up from my Gr.2 teacher Mrs.Stewart, to my gr.5/6/7 teacher Mrs.Spaeti, and to even a woman who was never my own teacher ,but one to my older brother, and a fan favourite amongst the school, grade 3 taught by Mrs.Reid aka my grandmother! All of these wonderful women have qualities and traits that I to wish to capture when I'm a teacher. I remember starting in grade 2, while having the same teacher as the previous year, Mrs.Stewart and I had quite a bond. She was always full of fun and games and made learning our ABC's a "cinch".
She always had a positive attitude towards us grade 2's, and spent allot of her extra personal time helping with extra curricular activities with the school, when I left her class that year she personally gave me a present I still cherish to this day. A ceramic elephant. "Elephants never forget"
Mrs.Spaeti, Mrs.Spaeti, Mrs.Spaeti....
where to begin.. her crazy name, first stood out to me while fresh out on the scene of grade.5
If all you readers can imagine a 5 foot 2 stout woman with deeply tanned skin and crazzzzzyyyy curly short "spaghetti" hair. WILD. Beyond her image was the most passionate teacher for learning. Not only did she reward us kids with candy and a points system (The Point System is when we answered a question correctly she would either give us 2-5 points sometimes 10!!. We would all have a "Spaeti bank account" , once a month there would be an auction of prizes where we could use our points for the goods!! From chocolate bars, to sparkly notepads ,Mrs.Spaeti's auction was "the bomb"), She also from time to time had the mother load of all prizes...The one where any of us kids would give up anything for it....what is it you may ask....
Free Mcdonalds happy meal! that's right you read that correctly. She would have the student who either improved the most during the month or helped with the school somehow, and that student would be treated to lunch of his/her choice. When the lunch bell rung she would hop in her white truck and bring us back the greasiest (but at that time to us was delicious) lunch ever. I had her for 3 years until I ventured off into high school.
She had the best sense of humour, explained things clearly, treated us like adults, and always considerate of our feelings. I never realized it till after I left Philip Sheffield Elementry of how much of an impact she made on me. She will forever have a special place in my heart.
the last lady that made a dent in my career path is none other than my grandma... Mrs.Lorna Reid.
The one who inspired me to teach, and the one to whom I most look up to. She is now retired after 30 some years of teaching, and dedicating her life to children across BC. I remember playing at grandma's house with a chalkboard and pretending to my stuffed animals and perhaps even my brother at times were my students and that I was in charge! With the great ability to teach any child she may encounter, She is definitely someone I want to take after. The most kind-hearted,strong, understanding,patient, knowledgeable woman I know to this day. All the qualities listed above of what a effective teacher looks like, is her.
I want to inspire
I want to ignite a passion
I want to become the best of the best
Effective teaching for me is all of those and much more than we can fathom. It takes time and a whole lotta heart :)
e.lizalou
AS I attend class yesterday I ponder as to what my "
Well thats easy...
hmm well lets see there is all the 6 points we went over in class from... ughhh.. what were they again.... OH YA...
Social & Ethical Matters
Subject matter competence
Involving multicultural students
Professional Growth (including...positive self identity, life long learning, seeking advice,resources
& support)
Professional Skills (Instructional strategies, Goal setting, Motivational skills, Communication Skills,
classroom management, technology skills (duhhh), and working well with
students from ethnic backgrounds)
and last and I believe the very most important factor we learned about effective teaching...
Commitment!!!!
Commitment in planning fun and rewarding..
as well as in
and
As I sit here and reflect my own personal favourite teachers growing up from my Gr.2 teacher Mrs.Stewart, to my gr.5/6/7 teacher Mrs.Spaeti, and to even a woman who was never my own teacher ,but one to my older brother, and a fan favourite amongst the school, grade 3 taught by Mrs.Reid aka my grandmother! All of these wonderful women have qualities and traits that I to wish to capture when I'm a teacher. I remember starting in grade 2, while having the same teacher as the previous year, Mrs.Stewart and I had quite a bond. She was always full of fun and games and made learning our ABC's a "cinch".
She always had a positive attitude towards us grade 2's, and spent allot of her extra personal time helping with extra curricular activities with the school, when I left her class that year she personally gave me a present I still cherish to this day. A ceramic elephant. "Elephants never forget"
Mrs.Spaeti, Mrs.Spaeti, Mrs.Spaeti....
where to begin.. her crazy name, first stood out to me while fresh out on the scene of grade.5
If all you readers can imagine a 5 foot 2 stout woman with deeply tanned skin and crazzzzzyyyy curly short "spaghetti" hair. WILD. Beyond her image was the most passionate teacher for learning. Not only did she reward us kids with candy and a points system (The Point System is when we answered a question correctly she would either give us 2-5 points sometimes 10!!. We would all have a "Spaeti bank account" , once a month there would be an auction of prizes where we could use our points for the goods!! From chocolate bars, to sparkly notepads ,Mrs.Spaeti's auction was "the bomb"), She also from time to time had the mother load of all prizes...The one where any of us kids would give up anything for it....what is it you may ask....
Free Mcdonalds happy meal! that's right you read that correctly. She would have the student who either improved the most during the month or helped with the school somehow, and that student would be treated to lunch of his/her choice. When the lunch bell rung she would hop in her white truck and bring us back the greasiest (but at that time to us was delicious) lunch ever. I had her for 3 years until I ventured off into high school.
She had the best sense of humour, explained things clearly, treated us like adults, and always considerate of our feelings. I never realized it till after I left Philip Sheffield Elementry of how much of an impact she made on me. She will forever have a special place in my heart.
the last lady that made a dent in my career path is none other than my grandma... Mrs.Lorna Reid.
The one who inspired me to teach, and the one to whom I most look up to. She is now retired after 30 some years of teaching, and dedicating her life to children across BC. I remember playing at grandma's house with a chalkboard and pretending to my stuffed animals and perhaps even my brother at times were my students and that I was in charge! With the great ability to teach any child she may encounter, She is definitely someone I want to take after. The most kind-hearted,strong, understanding,patient, knowledgeable woman I know to this day. All the qualities listed above of what a effective teacher looks like, is her.
I want to inspire
I want to ignite a passion
I want to become the best of the best
Effective teaching for me is all of those and much more than we can fathom. It takes time and a whole lotta heart :)
e.lizalou
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Welcome to bloggers boulevard!
As I wander into uncharted territory,
I am both anxious and excited.
In this small world I like to call
e.lizalou
I hope you will join me on this journey into
"THE LAND OF BLOG"
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