Reflecting back on this exercise in chapter 2 of our book Visible Learning for the Teacher by John Hattie, I realize that many of the facts that I thought influenced learning was off. There were several ah’s and a few oh no’s when looking back at appendix D for the answers. Some of the answers I had honestly not even thought about before well not deeply thought about before. I am certain of that. The aha’s for this exercise would be two areas that I would not expect to be high and one that was
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I am going with the observation choice one on observing two different conversations I witnessed over the break. I decided to pick this choice is because I knew I was going to be around several people on Thanksgiving Day. Both my observations were at my sister-in-law’s house in Gilroy, Ca. There were a lot of people having small talks and communicating. Obviously, I did not tell anyone what I was doing. I wanted to observe the people in their natural conversation and it was rather funny observing
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Knowledge and confidence are two different things, knowledge is what you know from experience and confidence is something you’re not sure about, but still do it anyway. However, in these three stories I’ve read, it shows how dangerous knowledge and confidence can be in any situation. So, what was the big issue in these stories, was it their decisions of how to do stuff without being sure of it. First, let's look at Into the Wild and how knowledge and confidence take place in this story. Chris Mccandless
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I am studying at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, USA to become a teacher. In my ED 200 class, we are currently learning about building a culture of error. We were asked to connect the fringe benefits of failure spoke about in the commencement speech you gave at Harvard in 2008 to having a culture of error in the classroom. A culture of error in a classroom isn’t actually as bad as it sounds, it just means having a culture where everyone is respected and error is a common learning tool
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Introduction Reminiscing at the first week of this class, we completed an assignment that tested each students’ strengths and weaknesses. The Transferable Skills Inventory (TSI) is acquired expertise from experience. The purpose of taking the TSI test is to recognize areas of improvement and then apply it in the workplace. This week, I will be discussing Convey, and one of his strategies that helped me develop my overarching question throughout the past seven weeks. Further, I will explain the relevance
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When I was a little kid my brother was a member of the Fredericksburg FFA; I have always wanted to be like my older brother, smart, strong, and a hardworking man. So throughout my life I have tried to accomplish the achievements that my older brother has achieved and hasn’t achieved. He has accomplished a lot, and my sister has done some of the thing that my older brother has done. I want to achieve what my two older siblings have skilled and then some. I have been in FFA since my freshman
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In life, you learn a lot of things. At school, home, with your friends, with your family, even by yourself, you are constantly learning. What most people don't know however, is how we learn. Our minds are very complex, and learning is essential to keep them running smoothly. Learning things, shape who we are, and what type of person we will become. They influence our behavior, and change us. In life, there are three types of behavior change. The three ways to change your behavior are, classical conditioning
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Describe your learning opportunity, what are you planning for the children to do? BE CLEAR and DETAILED. Be sure there is a connection to your anecdotal observation. My learning opportunity for the children is to plan them a challenging activity as well as incorporating basic and complex skills. My activity will help them develop cooperating, helping, regulating emotions and behavior, teamwork, and games with rules. My activity is a cooperative activity the children will be placed in teams and
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We are diverse in many ways and often times these different identities often raises complications in the working relationship with clients. The challenge that are often face when trying to establish a therapeutic relationship with clients may stem from differences in sexual orientation, gender, age, ethnic background, economic class, experiences, illnesses etc. At my job, they sometimes try to match the clients to a worker base on these differences, but often time this is not possible. Dealing with
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Using the past experiences and childhood tragedies is no excuse to not push to succeed in life. In “The Priviliege of Youth: A Teenager’s Story of Longing for Acceptance and Friendship,” by Dave Pelzer, Pelzer proves that past tragedies are no excuse to not work hard to succeed, but they are proof that anything can be overcome. This story is about a boy, Dave Pelzer, who used his tragic childhood as an encouragement when going through tough situations. Pelzer believed that if he was able to survive
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