Supporting Diverse Learners

Learning Focus and Teaching Style The focus of the learning should be on practical applications of standard based topics . Many teachers only focus on meeting standards and tend to leave students to fend for themselves when it comes to practical understanding of topics. I believe that students must be able to find reason and practical applications for every assignment given. I have to provide meaningful assignments that allow students to explore on their own and discover meaning behind the work they do. I will teach in a very hands on way and will only do lecture based teaching when it is something better explained in words than trying to do an experiment with it. This aligns with the ideas of progressivism because they both agree that experimentation and personal discovery is more important that any standards. Classroom Organization and Classroom Climate As a Science teacher I do not have much leniency for organizing a classroom due to the safety standards that I need to adher...

By beliefs on assigning homework is very simple. Homework should not be busy work. Homework should be assigned sparingly. Homework should be meaningful to the subject being taught. When I think of homework I think of teachers assigning 40+ short answer or math problems. In classes we would read articles and then be assigned questions. Sometimes we would go over the questions other times we would hand them in and get a grade with no real feedback. The topic of the articles would rarely relate to the topic of the next class. I also found myself overwhelmed by homework assignments. With 8 different classes and several extra curriculars I had very little time to actually do homework. There was little time for free time out side of extracurriculars and school. In my classroom I will use the experiences I had in high school to shape how I assign homework. When I do assign homework it will either be necessary for the next lesson or will reinforce the lesson we just had. Whenever my studen...

When it comes to schools of philosophy I feel as though I identify most with Realism and Idealism. Realism is the idea that knowledge reality and value all exist separate from the human mind. It states that the physical world is the truest form of reality. I fully stand by this statement because in science we have to use only the physical body of evidence to come up with theories and laws. "Realists endorse the use of senses and scientific investigation." This is how realists find truths in their world. Idealism is very opposite of Realism. Where realism values the physical, idealism values the spiritual. Idealism is about how what we see is only our own representation of the spiritual world. The part of Idealistic identity is to value logical reason and even though it doesn't agree with the scientific method I still feel it is relevant in the science classroom. Unless the students I have are going onto be researchers or in the science field themselves the scientif...

Within EDU 402 my class brainstormed questions that relate to education and to the three categories of philosophy; metaphysics, epistemology, and axiology.  Epistemology answers questions about how and what we know as truth. The questions that most stuck out to me from this section were; how do we decide truth and who decides truth? This question is increasingly prevalent in today’s society. There are issues with ‘fake news’ where people do not know what to believe because the sources of information that should be reliable are bending to the will of people with things to hide and things to gain from lying. Helping students discern between truth and lie is so important. It will help them to be more knowledgeable citizens and it will help students develop their own ideas outside of their parents’ ideals. Axiology looks at values and morals. One question that I really think I can apply to the classroom is, Where/how did morals come to be? This isn’t something that can be addre...