GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Sources are included. The format is 1-inch margins and 12pt black Arial Font and Single Space.
QUESTION 1 (6 pages) : What have you learned and how has it influenced your thinking and beliefs about teaching, learning, and curriculum?
Instructions:
– in the introduction paragraph, identify 5 significant learning experiences or themes of learning. They should be themes or BIG ideas about what you learned that challenged your thinking and influence how you direct student learning and manage classrooms.
– Address each area of the topics in the same order listing them. Use sub-headings to separate each area of discussion
– This is to be WHAT YOU LEARNED AND HOW THAT LEARNING CHALLENGED OR CHANGED YOUR THINKING OR BELIEFS.
I learned 5 significant learning experience :
1. Solvinng discipline and classroom management problems: Teacher Effectiveness Training Model-T.E.T. and Cooperative Discipline Dreikurs/Adlerian&Albert’s Cooperative Discipline Model.
Source: Wolfgang, C.H. Solving Discipline and Classroom Management Problems, 7th edition. John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2009.
ISBN: 978-0-470-12910-4
2. Diversity and equity in education: low-income families and inequalities in education
Source: Gollnick, D. & Chinn, P. (2012). Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society (9th edition). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
ISBN: 9780137035090
3. Differentiating instruction in the regular classroom: “Zoom” book by Istvan Banyai and Differentiated Instruction vs Paced-curriculum
Source: Heacox, Diane (2012). Differentiating instruction in the regular classroom: How to reach and teach all learners. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 978-1575424163
4. Leadership: Find Your Marigold_The One Essential Rule for New Teachers (article) and Leading from the middle.
Source: Maxwell, J. C. (2011). The 360 leader: developing your influence from anywhere in the organization. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
ISBN: 9780785260929
5. Teaching models in education of the gifted: Problem based Learning and Principles of curriculum for the gifted
Source: C. June Maker and Shirley W. Schiever, Teaching Models in education of the Gifted, 3rd Ed., PRO-ED, 2005.
ISBN: 0890799997
QUESTION 2 (4 pages): How has your learning changed your current classroom practices? Or how will your learning change your practices.
Instructions:
– for each significant learning experience discussion in question 1, describe in detail how that new learning has already or will alter your classroom practices. For each example, provide a then and now contrast and explain the impact of your changes on relationship, student behavior, and/or student learning.