Integrative learning

Many teacher professional development opportunities tend to follow the “workshop” format where teachers are lectured. Workshops create situations where teachers are passive participants in their learning (Gullamhussein 2013, EL-Deghaidy 2015). However, research suggests this is not the best way to increase teacher effectiveness. This is because the workshop structure assumes that teachers are deficient in knowledge; thus, if knowledge is transferred…

“STOP do not do that!” “I can not handle you!” Raising a child during their terrible two is not an easy task at all. In order to get more well informed about this stage period of the terrible two I watched a video titled "The Terrible Twos, Toddlers and Tantrums!" on youtube. The video was an interview to Jo Frost a global parenting expert that was part of the famous show “Supernanny” and to Carolyn Castiglia a comedian. On the interview they spoke of how research has found that tantrums and…

My education started from the moment I was born. My environment was very conducive to learning and so I began learning interesting skills and appropriate behavior early on. My parents also did an excellent job of involving me in activities that would help me learn. Although I don’t necessarily remember all of the activity specific skills, like how to play the guitar or how to do a back-handspring, I learned many valuable things during my development from a multitude of teachers. A large part of…

Throughout the past two months I feel that I have grown a lot in my studies. The first week or so I was anxious about classes and meeting new people and attempting to adjust to living on my own for the next 4 or so months. But I quickly learned that once I got settled in, it wasn’t as bad, or as hard, as I thought it would be. Sure some of my classes challenge me but I knew that would happen going in and I wasn’t too worried about that. I was more worried about what I would be doing outside…

have ever had to make. Taking college classes and working towards a degree is something I want to achieve. Attending college was a heated and an important part of my divorce decree. Recognizing the privilege that I have of being able to continue learning, achieving and stretching my limits is appreciated. Because of the fortunate circumstances that I have, to live in a country where I can attend college and have the same chance at success that everyone else has been one reason I enrolled in…

Philosophy Statement Teaching disciplines in a public school setting is more than just a list of subjects awaiting mastery. It is more of teaching to the students the information they are interested in learning in a fashion that sparks their interests and the connections of acquiring knowledge that utilizes their life long journey of continuous discoveries. In order to promote the idea of the continuous journey of discovery, I believe all students have the ability to learn all the…

My how school life comprised of friends, family, homework, tests, and regrettably not enough studying. I lived in a household that was being torn apart slowly, yet no matter the situation I was always told “make sure you keep studying to do well in school”. My family always cared about me and did their best to encourage me for school and to have studying be an important part of my life. However, being a teenager, I always thought differently, it was important, but not the sole purpose of high…

Lesson Plan The Total Quality Management (TQM) training plan comprises of a two-day instructor-led training class followed by an online computer-based learning (CBL) module, and an online certification exam. The instructor-led training class allows for ample lecturing and multi-media presentations to maximize the dissemination of information, followed by question and answer sessions, self-assessments, and group participation to maximize learner practice and feedback. This quizzes and…

predictable systematic learner variability to proactively plan and incorporate a variety of approaches and resources for your students so that you only need to "attend to learner variability once to free up time to attend to high valued areas of learning" (DL Series No. 1, 2012). This differs from differentiation (in terms of incorporating differentiation for specific students in your lesson plan) because universal design is available and accessible for the benefit for all students not just for…

Upon analyzing my weaknesses and strengths as a student my most important traits are procrastination, perseverance, and fast learning. Being a student has helped me understand why having strengths and weaknesses is normal. During my time as a student I have noticed that when I make good use of my time and focus on the task at hand I am a great student. However, if I let my most visible weakness get the best of me I 'm prone to failure. My strengths have shown me that I am not just some simple…