Reflections – ECUR 165 Winter 2020

Reflection on the Year in Education

This may not be my first year in Education, but it has been a year of many firsts. This was my first time getting to teach in a city school, my first time engaging in sanctions, my first time taking on-line classes, my first time letting my grades go, my first time teaching a classroomContinue reading “Reflection on the Year in Education”

My Teaching Philosophy

As an early years teacher the most important aspect of my teaching philosophy is relationships. I believe relationships are the central point to becoming an effective teacher. If a teacher does not have positive relationships with students, students are going to be more reluctant to learn in their class. An important aspect to building relationshipsContinue reading “My Teaching Philosophy”

Personal Learning Style

According to the VARK test I am a multimodial learner (visual and kinesthetic). I believe this is very true based on my personal reflections of how I enjoy learning. I believe this due to the fact when I am stuck on an exam or test, I will use my pencil to draw out in theContinue reading “Personal Learning Style”

Modified Curricula

This week was a week of learning a lot of new things. The biggest being the learnings around modified curricula. I learned modified curriculum in only available in grades 10-12 and must be approved through ministry. It is not an easy process and requires a discussion between ministry, school, parents, and student. As well asContinue reading “Modified Curricula”

How Rural Schooling Shaped Me

I went to two different high schools due to having to move at the end of my grade 10 year. I started in a larger collegiate in a class of about 100 students. These were students that I had went to school with for most of the years with the addition of about twenty newContinue reading “How Rural Schooling Shaped Me”

Professional Judgement

Looking and hearing about different scenarios of professional judgement this week has me questioning my own professional judgement ability. I thought I was able to make professional decisions quite easily and still believe I can but I have realized I need to be more aware of all of the professional codes, competencies, commitments and ethicsContinue reading “Professional Judgement”

The First Day

As I walked into the first class I felt out of place. This is in part due to me looking onto the class site and noticing I knew zero names listed and partly the fact this is my elective and I come from an elementary perspective further ahead in the program then some of myContinue reading “The First Day”