...ED 250 REFLECTIONS 1 The Need for Teacher Education . The week two lectures had highlighted an important issue which has come under a lot of criticisms for the past years. This was the need for teacher education. Although many critics still feel that teacher education is a waste of time or that field experience is more important. Most do not realize that the need of teacher’s professional development is essential for the improvement of education all over the world and thus the expectancy for quality teacher education is becoming higher every day. First off, there are countless criticisms to the need for teacher education. However the two that I will focus on are firstly, the critic that teachers are “born and not made.” I feel that in order to be become a good teacher , you must learn the skills, knowledge as well get the experience to achieve the goal of being or becoming a good teacher. I do not agree with the statement that teachers are born ; for they are made. Teacher education is thus based on the theory that teachers are made and not born in contrary to the assumption that they are born. Since teaching is considered an art and a science, the teacher has to acquire not only the knowledge but also the skills or the ‘tricks of the trade’. In addition to this, another criticism is that knowing my subject content is sufficient. This I disagree with, because it definitely will not prepare you for the classroom and the school environment. I believe that educating children...
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...helpful to students as they work toward developing their reasoning abilities: 1. All reasoning has a PURPOSE: * Take time to state your purpose clearly * Distinguish your purpose from related purposes * Check periodically to be sure you are still on target * Choose significant and realistic purposes 2. All reasoning is an attempt to FIGURE SOMETHING OUT, TO SETTLE SOME QUESTION, TO SOLVE SOME PROBLEM: * Take time to clearly and precisely state the question at issue * Express the question in several ways to clarify its meaning and scope * Break the question into sub questions * Identify if the question has one right answer, is a matter of opinion, or requires reasoning from more than one point of view 3. All reasoning is based on ASSUMPTIONS: * Clearly identify your assumptions and determine whether they are justifiable * Consider how your assumptions are shaping your point of view 4. All reasoning is done from some POINT OF VIEW: * Identify your point of view * Seek other points of view and identify their strengths as well as weaknesses * Strive to be fair-minded in evaluating all points of view 5. All reasoning is based on DATA, INFORMATION and EVIDENCE: * Restrict your claims to those supported by the data you have * Search for information that opposes your position as well as information that supports it * Make sure that all information used is clear, accurate, and relevant to the question...
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... reconsidering the way of thinking and trying to keep up to date is just to name a few of those dilemmas brought up in the short story “The Prude” written by Patricia Highsmith from 1975. It is about a woman, called Sharon, who along with her husband, Matthew, remained virgins until marriage. Sharon and Matthew now have three daughters but Sharon refuges to believe that they might not want to follow her example and her belief of being pure until marriage. So the one million dollar question is: Will they stay virgins until marriage? The main character of this short story is undebatable, the conservative mother, Sharon. She is very strict, stubborn and traditional when it has something with family virtues to do. She finds herself simply respectable and wanted to live with her mother’s rhetorical dictums, before she got married with Matthew. Sharon thinks that the most important purpose of life is to keep her three daughters virgins until they’re married, and even though her friends thought to themselves that Sharon was old-fashioned, she was determined to achieve her goal of life. Despite the fact that Sharon has this traditional and old-fashioned mind and has tried to get her daughters to live with the same values as her, it is only their eldest daughter, Gwen and her boyfriend Toby who defies her. We see that during “the interview” between Toby and Sharon. It is clearly that they do not share the same thoughts and values. Toby’s way of thinking is very modern compared to...
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...everyday lives. Television, radio, internet and so many more venues, media is everywhere, from the time we wake to the time we sleep and in some cases while we sleep. How has the constant bombardment of media affected society? Whether we are speaking of youth or adults, we have to consider whether the mass media is truly influencing or lives. Many concerns have been growing in the area of behavior; seems as though people are becoming more aggressive, particularly when it comes to lascivious and violent actions. It has become a daily occurrence hearing of inappropriate actions of children and adults in the homes, schools, and communities. People appear to less caring of others and more focused on self centered interest. Why is this? I believe it’s because of what we see on a regular basis. The mass media is so consistent and prevalent in our lives, and at times people cannot distinguish from fantasy. We as a society have been brain washed, self esteem and values are truly affected. Society has embraced television, movies, and music as way of thinking, incorporating it in their everyday lives. Young and old want to look and like their favorite stars. Not realizing that they are not looking at reality. Make up, body doubles, air brushing, camera angles, plastic surgeries and more make up this image of the perfect people. They are not real but unfortunately we are so inundated that we start to believe and think that we should look, talk, and act as those we see in the limelight...
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...fashion shows during her childhood. Vera states that her mother, “absolutely loved fashion” and “I had a mother that was superbly chic. She made fashion this adventure for me as a young woman. She viewed fashion not as superficial but as expressive.” (Zimbalist, 2007) Vera explains that from her mother she, “got a first class education with style, and quality, and exposure to European houses, and the kind of education that sometimes you can’t even get in school.” (MOVIE) Her wealthy upbringing allowed her to attend prestigious schools, including Chapin, a private school in Manhattan. It also allowed Vera to become involved in her passion, the sport of figure skating. Vera was a competitive figure skater until the age of 20, with the dream of becoming an Olympic skater. Unfortunately however, Vera failed to qualify for the 1968 Olympic team, calling it “heartbreaking”. (MOVIE) Moving past this disappointment, Vera enrolled in Sarah Lawrence College in New York. Here she majored in Theater Studies but then later changed her major to Art History. During her time at Sarah Lawrence, Vera studied abroad in Paris at The Sorbonne, where she was further exposed to French fashion. In 1970, Vera had her first experience working in the fashion industry. She was employed at the Yves Saint Laurent Boutique on Madison Ave, where she was discovered by Frances Patiky Stein, editor of Vogue, who saw that Vera had “a special something.” (Kantrowitz, 2005). In 1972 Vera started working for Vogue as a...
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...different ways, some learn better in smaller groups, some learn better in an individual setting. Unfortunately, with the amount of students in each class, sometimes ranging between 28 and 34 students; a child can easily be overlooked and labeled as a “slow learner”, “lazy” or “unmotivated”. If teachers were held accountable more often for the success or lack thereof, we might see a change in how these types of students are educated. Charter schools are becoming very popular in the recent years, so much that some charter schools have to hold lotteries and potential students are put on a waiting list in order to attend the school. A parent must research the school to ensure the style of the teachers may work for their children. In the case of Benjamin, my wife and I are choosing to home school. Home schooling also has gained in popularity so much that since 1999 there has been a 75% increase in the number of home schooled students, for a total of over 2.4 million. The appealing aspect of home school is the ability to set your own...
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...Why Are You Going There: Analyzing “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” with Joyce Wags’ View on Grotesque Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is more than a horror about a fifteen-year-old girl’s daydream turning into nightmare. Attracted by the complex structure and message of this story, Critic Joyce M. Wegs expresses her appreciation to the “multiple levels” the story’s structure and its ability to “[reach] beyond the surface of realism” (Wegs 66). Before turning to her reasoning of Arnold Friend’s true identity as the Devil, Wegs suggests that Connie’s tragic fate is a result of her “excessive devotion to …popular culture” (Wegs 66), and her lack of parental guidance. However, questions remain in Wegs’...
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...Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality Toni Hitner PSY/250 October 19, 2011 Mackenzie Glander Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality In this paper, I will show you how Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers agreed on the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and also the biological and humanistic approach. “The hierarchy of needs theory remains valid today for understanding human motivation, management training, and personal development” (Orana, 2009). Maslow’s book Personality and Motivation was published in 1954 introducing his theory of the hierarchy of needs. Abraham Maslow Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) first introduced his concept of the hierarchy of needs in his 1943 paper, “A Theory of Human Motivation”. This hierarchy (formerly known as Maslow’s triangle) suggests that people are motivated to fulfill basic needs before moving on to the next level of needs. The lowest part of the pyramid is made up of the most basic needs, while the more complicated needs are located at the top of the pyramid. As people progress up the pyramid, the needs become more psychological and social. Carl Rogers and Maslow emphasized on the importance of self-actualization. There are five different levels in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs as follows: The first level is the physiological needs level. “These level includes the most basic needs that is needed for survival, such as food, water, air, shelter, and sleep” (Cherry, 2010). Maslow believed that these needs...
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...Social Networking In Schools: Educators Debate The Merits Of Technology In Classrooms In this digital world, opportunities for education are available like never before. Though teachers using online tools are empowering students take part in their education, they may also expose them to inappropriate material, sexual predators, and bullying and harassment by peers. Teachers who are not careful with their use of the sites can fall into inappropriate relationships with students or publicize photos and information they believed were kept private. For these reasons, critics are calling for regulation and for removing social networking from classrooms -- despite the positive affects they have on students and the essential tools they provide for education in today's digital climate. The positive effects of social networking sites in education are profound. According to a study conducted by the University of Minnesota on student use of social media, students who are already engaging in social networking could benefit from incorporating it into curriculum. Christine Greenhow, who was the principal investigator in a study, elaborated on the impact social networking could have on education. "By understanding how students may be positively using these networking technologies in their daily lives and where the as-yet-unrecognized educational opportunities are, we can help make schools even more relevant, connected, and meaningful to kids." Through utilizing teaching techniques that...
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...ISBN: 0-536-29980-3 Introduction to Teaching: Becoming a Professional, Second Edition, by Donald Kauchak and Paul Eggen Published by Prentice-Hall/Merrill. Copyright © 2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Instruction in American Classrooms T ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ he reason you’re taking this and other courses in your teacher preparation program is to help you understand American schools, how they attempt to promote student learning, and what teachers can do to contribute to that process. Over the past 25 years a continually expanding body of research has provided educators with a great deal of information about the relationships between teaching and learning. In this chapter we describe this research as we try to answer the following questions: How do effective teachers plan for instruction? What kinds of personal characteristics do effective teachers possess? What kinds of instructional strategies do effective teachers use? How do effective teachers manage their classrooms to create productive learning environments? How do effective teachers assess their students? On what theories of learning do effective teachers base their instruction? Let’s begin by looking at a teacher’s thinking as she plans for her next week’s math instruction. “What are you doing?” Jim Barton asked his wife, Shirley, as he saw her hard at work on a Saturday afternoon cutting and drawing on cardboard pieces. “Working on a unit on equivalent fractions and adding fractions with unlike denominators. . . . What...
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...Construct and Support an Argument Kristy Valerius MGT/521 December 06th, 2010 Instructor: Jerry Davis Construct and Support an Argument Today I will be constructing a supporting an argument regarding my decision to pursue an Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) degree to achieve a personal business goal. Next, I will discuss the description to construct and Support an Argument. Finally, I will discuss the considerations of the Jungian Personality self-assessment on how others perceive you. My decision to pursue my MBA I decided to pursue my Master’s Degree with University of Phoenix because I wanted to achieve another business degree before taking the next steps toward opening my own childcare center. Opening up my own childcare center has been a dream goal since I was a teenager. Once I graduate with my Master’s Degree there is a lady I know who already operates two Goddard School Franchises. Ms. Karen told me that when I am ready to take the first steps, such as finding a place, and getting a loan that she will be there to help guide me in the right direction such as giving me the first $25,000 as a down payment. After I do find a place, I plan on starting with infants and toddlers, this way I am able to get my name recognized around the city as a childcare center owner within my community where I live. Pros and Cons of getting my MBA As stated by Clouse, (2006, p. 433-434), “In argumentation, the writer offers evidence to support...
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...“P.S. I Love You” Cindy Sheldon ENG225: Introduction to Film Instructor: Sarah Snook September 7, 2013 “P.S. I Love You” Introduction: For this film critique essay I will be writing about the movie P.S. I Love You (2007). This paper will explore the storytelling, the actors as well as how they act in the film. We will explore the cinematography, editing, sound, and the style and directing for this movie. The last few things we will explore are the impact this film had on society (if any), the genre, what is the best way to analyze this film. When all these aspects of the movie are examined we will see how a script comes to life on the big screen. Storytelling: This film is shot in non-linear form, it starts with the present and throughout the movie we are given glimpses into the past. This story takes place in several different places which include Ireland and New York City. The main female character (Holly) experiences an internal conflict when her husband Gerry passes away from an illness at a very young age. Holly is able to resolve her conflict with help from her friends, family, and her deceased husband. The symbolism in this film is that love can overcome anything including death. For us, the viewers, relates to our human nature. If we are lucky we have all been able to experience the type of love that is portrayed in this film. That love that we never see coming, but hits us like a “ton of bricks”. The kind of love most of us only get to experience...
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... The Emergence 2 Introduction Every organization has problems that get solved over and over again, only to reappear. Organizations work hard for months, generating solutions that people know will work, but don’t. To have any chance of success, implementation of Lean Six Sigma must be accompanied by new positions, new training, and new ways for different layers of the organization to communicate. By delivering products and services with speed, customer satisfaction and lower cost through operational excellence is essential to achieve and sustain superior shareholder returns in businesses and government enterprises. Operating excellence is becoming a priority in services like banking, insurance, retail, and government, because so much of the cost is tied into operations. Lean Six Sigma and Six Sigma are all about change and managing change. We all want improved results; it is just the challenge of making the changes and managing change necessary for the improved results that present the challenges. For some managers, the changes brought by Lean Six Sigma can present a challenge to their normal management approach. Decisions and changes are based on data and statistical analysis. One of the most important tasks in managing change is an analysis of the various stakeholders impacted by the change. Stakeholders need a process to achieve the desired future state. An understanding...
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...2015 Introduction You are defined by a number, A single number, a single letter. And if your number is not a 4.0, you’re no good. If your letter is not an A, we don’t want you. This is the message that is being sent to students across America. Young human beings are reduced down to a number, slapped on a piece of paper, or mechanically entered into some cyber sphere. This is the value of today’s students in America; the numbers that represent them. However, there are key principles taught by David McCullough in his address “Love of Learning,” and Thomas G. Plummer’s “Diagnosing and Treating the Ophelia Syndrome” that have given new insight into addressing the errors in our educational system that so many today are lamenting, yet are misdiagnosing, and treating with snake oil. These two men have been on both the learner and the teacher side of life, and I believe have correctly identified critical elements to true learning. And as they possess such experience, it begs the question: how does our country’s current approach to education align with these men’s ideas about learning? Let’s be so bold as to propose that it does not. These men provide the two key pieces to education that our country is currently lacking, and while both use rational thinking to arrive at their conclusions, Plummer argues that individuals stunt their learning and growth when they depend on others to do the thinking, while McCullough focuses on the distinction between learning, and the accumulation of information...
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...that was against the Jewish faith, and was just another new thinking Rabbi. The understand Jesus’ teachings, however, it is fundamental to have a comprehension of the Jewish way of like, and their rules. The Hebrew word for this is Halakah, which translates exactly as ‘the path that one walks...’ Halakah is made up of a series of Mitzvot Aseh (positive commandments ‘to do’) and Mitzvot lo ta’aseh (negative commandments ‘do not’) which are Mitzvot D’oraita (Laws directly from the torah). Then there are Mitzvot D’rabbanan which are Laws instituted by the Rabbis. There are 613 Mitzvot, made up of 248 mitzvot aseh and 365 mitzvot lo ta’aseh, which some of the early Jews claimed to have special meaning because there are 365 days in a year, and 248 bones in the body, but this is actually wrong, and just something said to make the numbers appear to be a sign from God, which they do not appear to be. Also, Manson says that the numbers are not important, merely the content that is of importance. The main teaching of Jesus was Love. He said that love should be the reason for any action. There are 3 types of love mentioned in the bible, Agape which is unconditional love e.g. for one’s family, Phila which is the love for a friend (from Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love) and Eros which is sexual love, all of which Jesus preached about at different occasions. As well as loving the obvious, he says you should also love your enemies, which is harder to do, as an obvious. However, this...
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