Piano pedagogy

Martina James LaVada Taylor Brandon EDFA 200-02 10 September 2017 Teacher Talk: College Goals, Interview, Synopsis It is my main goal to become a multilingual instructor of Spanish and German, to instill in future students the same love for languages I have. With this in mind I am going to finish my studies at Purdue University successfully. This means making the most out of each class, learning, using all the resources offered to me, asking questions when needed, interacting with teachers and…

Why Creativity Now? A Conversation with Sir Ken Robinson, is an article written by Senior Associate Editor for Educational Leadership Ms. Amy M. Azzam that covers an interview she conducted with creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson concerning the critical need for creativity, the connection it has to everyday life, misconceptions that occur with creativity and its existence in education. The main idea is the need to address and facilitate creativity and the vitality of it in today’s world where…

Everyone grows up under the guidance of a teacher. Those teachers can exist in various forms, from the regular school teachers to the activity counselors, parents to pastors, even a friend can be considered a teacher sometimes. To be a teacher, one is not required to have a masters or bachelors degree in education. If they have given beneficial advice that has majorly impacted a person’s life, they are a teacher in my eyes. For almost everyone, their first teacher is a parent, and I was no…

Lets begin Summer of 2004 I am starting my first ever job as a C.I.T. councilor in training, at a day camp that I have grown up going to and now I get to become a councilor. I am very excited because for nine weeks I will be with nine different groups aging from kids going into second grade to kids going to be sophomores in high school. I am really excited to be with a lot of the councilors I had when I was a in camp. Also I would be working along side a lot of my friends I grew up with who…

My mother always told me “the only thing you have that no one can take away from you is your education.” As a student, I was taught about vocation as well, which is one’s higher purpose in life. In my own words, college is just the epicenter of the big “grind” of life. The decision to be a teacher in 2016 comes from my belief and desire to impact lives in the best way possible; to use methods unconventional, yet very effective to a child’s attention span that I once had. It is my goal to become…

discusses current issues we have surrounding the field of education and how we can address these issues. The first selection from bell hook’s book is chapter one, entitled “Engaged Pedagogy”. The title of this chapter can translate to mean “engaged teaching”. The five key terms I used to summarize this chapter were pedagogy, freedom, education, classroom, and progressive. Relating back to Nancy’s quote on page nine, I believe the terms freedom, classroom, and progressive are most easily…

Reflecting on Teaching During my time at Connersville Middle School, I feel that I have grown as a teacher. I have enjoyed my experience and feel that I have really grown into a teacher by accepting the responsibilities of a teacher. Each day I cannot wait to get into the classroom and I have gained trust and formed relationships with my students and the staff of the building. After completing my teach week and being in the classroom the past couple of months I now have the anticipation of…

Case Summary Mrs. Walker was hired as the new Lincoln K-8 principal. Mr. Silverman was the former principal of Lincoln K-8 and transitioned to the being the school superintendent. Mrs. Walker’s first challenge was changing teacher and aide schedules due to of being out of compliance with pupil accounting and Title One. Eliminating teacher breaks led to low staff morale and teachers complaining to the superintendent and school board. Mr. Silverman, the former principal, became frustrated with…

In the Power of Two video by Marilyn Friend (2005) introduces the six approaches of co-teaching as classroom practices. One approach is when one teacher teaches while the other teacher observes, this approach is more data driven. Meaning the teacher that is observing, they can watch the students and the instructional teacher as well. A goal of this approach may be for the observing teaching to provide professional criticism or they may have a different over view of the students and spot those…

Assignments 4&5 Essentialism is the educational theory whose primary goal is to teach students the basics. The basics include reading, writing, and arithmetic in elementary and the additions of science, history, and foreign language in secondary school. The primary aim is to instill students with the “essentials” of academic knowledge. The teacher passes on this essential knowledge to the students. In Essentialism, the teacher is the leader of the classroom. They should be seen as…