Reflective Teaching

Students are a blank piece of paper, a symbol of limitless potential. Teachers are the pen that fills up the paper with knowledge of both the world and the curriculum; with tips and tools that the students may employ as they learn to navigate the world on their own. Teachers are the hands that fold the paper into an airplane and make the students feel as if they could fly. Teachers are the recyclers that find a purpose for the sheet that was previously cast aside. As a pen, teachers fill the minds of students with basic theory’s, concepts and terms to establish a general knowledge base about the world we live in. Teachers can foster self-esteem in children by acknowledging or rewarding exceptional efforts. When a teacher believes in a child, a child will believe in a teacher and feel as though they can tackle anything (feel like they can fly). Lastly, it is the unfortunate truth that, for whatever reason, some students feel as though they are left behind. This does not...

Journal #8 Yulisa Cardozo Romero Date: July 12 th   2019      Write a reflection about the classes you oriented this week (bear in mind the following aspects:  what you planned ,  what you did , and  what you would do differently  if you were to teach your lessons again). Give examples and descriptions of those situations that, in your view, are relevant to your learning experience.  The last week students come back from the holidays, I thought that students could arrive so noisy, misbehaved and full of energy. I had listened to some comments from my classmates and all of them mentioned that aspect, they said that their students were misbehaved owing to that, I was preparing myself psychologically to face a similar situation I began classes on Wednesday, with first grade everything was perfect, the students were so well behaved, they participated and performed all the activities as I had prepared. Then, I had classes with secon...

Educational Autobiography I studied the five years of my primary education in the countryside. As we know, the majority of the schools in the countryside are far away from home, I had to walk 30 minutes every day to arrive school. When I was in third grade I deserted school for 3 months. I did not want to go to study because days ago my family had received an anonymous letter asking for money and threaten us if we did not do what they want or if maybe we tell the police about what was happening to us. I was so scared and I thought that if I go to school maybe those bad people arrive home and something horrible could happen to my family. When the nightmare for us finished, the school teacher send me a letter telling me that it had been three months in which I did not attend to class also, that I had some many absences and if I did not arrive at school I could fail third grade, so I decided to go back at school. I finished my primary education there and I always was the best in school...