education and schooling
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Education and Schooling. EDUC 4102 Primary/Junior. NANCY MAYNES Email: [email protected] Telephone X4388. Table tents. Please make a name tag to “tent” in front of you. These will be used to identify you for the first few classes. I will collect at the end of the class - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
EDUC 4102 Primary/Junior
NANCY MAYNESEmail: [email protected]
Telephone X4388
Please make a name tag to “tent” in front of you.
These will be used to identify you for the first few classes. I will collect at the end of the class
Please write your first name in bold letters followed by initial of last name
Please use thicker markers.
Icebreaker activity
Using BINGO grid, walk around the room to find a person who matches and write their name inside the grid
Once you have completed the Bingo, please partner with the person who matched the last question........get to know more about each other
You will have 1 minute to find out more about each other-- where you will do your placement –grade and city (do not identify school).
You will be asked to introduce that person to the group
Overview of the course
Learning Expectations
Assessment and Evaluation
Academic regulations
1. Course Description2. Overall Learning Expectations3. Required texts4. Outline and Timelines5. Units 1,2,3,4,5 and their expectations6. Assessment and Evaluation7. Criteria for each assignment8. Academic Requirements
ASSIGNMENT DUE DATES MARKS
Required Attendance and Participation
20
Assignment #1: Life Map January 23, 2008 10
Assignment #2: Reflective Journal Based on February 18-22 Practicum
February 18,2008 ( submitted electronically to [email protected] in a word document attachment)
20
Assignment #3: One page summary of your Personal Philosophy Of Education
March 17, 2008 20
Assignment #4: Group Seminar
(TBA: during March 10-April 7, 2008; timing of group presentations drawn by lot)
20
Assignment #5: Observation Log Based on the May 5th to 9th Practicum
May 12, 2008 10
TOTAL 100%
“Why did you decide to become a teacher?”
On the sticky notes provided please write the reasons or factors that influenced you into becoming a teacher
In groups of 5, compare your sticky notes and see if you can sort and group them together i.e. Family member, love of teaching
One person will record the list for the group in order of “most to least”
Source: Based on a survey by Environics for the Canadian Teachers’ Federation June 2001 Workplace survey
Love of working with children Make a difference in students’ lives Appreciate their unique qualities Enjoy liveliness, curiosity, freshness,
openness trust of young children, idealism.....
Significant rewards of meeting the needs of children
Student variability Student diversity
Source: “Becoming a Teacher” Parkay, Stanford, Vaillancourt, Stephens
Love of teaching Love of the subject Love of the teaching life Love of the teaching-learning process“I enjoy what I do...I’ve been teaching long
enough to know that when the fun stops...I’ll get out. But it hasn’t yet after 34 years. Every day is different. Every day is interesting” Godar 1990,244
Influence of teachers A Metropolitan Life Survey of 1002 graduates
who began teaching in 1990-91 reported that 52% decided to become teachers before college (Louis Harris and Associates 1990)
Teacher’s influence during the formative years is often a catalyst. In most cases, the adults who have the greatest influence on children beyond their parents or guardians—are their teachers.
....influenced by their teachers as people than as subject experts
Source: “Becoming a Teacher” Parkay, Stanford, Vaillancourt, Stephens
Desire to serve “Being involved in a service profession is their
draw to the field. Twenty-nine percent of Canadian teachers surveyed reported the major factors for remaining in education to be the love of the profession and job satisfaction, followed by the desire to make a difference (15 percent) “ (CTF 2001)
Decision to serve through teaching was influenced by experiences as volunteers...Boy Scouts, summer camps, Girl Guides, church activities, .......
Take this time to think of the factors that have influenced your decision.
Brainstorm as to how you can visually depict this on your “Life Map “