SED and EDU 125 were both really awesome classes to take. Probably because they were education based I really enjoyed attending the classes. These classes have shown me how really dedicated the university is to teaching education and making good teachers out of their students. In SED 125 the class was really focused on giving us more information on a lot of things we will see in our special education students. This class also gave me more of an insight of how to handle students with those special needs. Also another positive thing I got out of that class was some basic laws dealing with education and other legal background information I need to know. Although I enjoyed this class I still want to remain a classroom teacher and not go into special education. I do realize I will have some special education children in my classroom but I don’t feel I would meet their needs as well as a one on one or other professional.
With EDU I really liked this class because it seemed history based. I really like learning about the history of education. Again because of my junior year history teacher I have become very passionate about history. I liked learning about how each little thing in history has had an impact of how we teach today. In EDU we studied two influential educators and learn their philosophies, this showed me what they brought to the education field and made me think if we still use these philosophies today in school. I think this class was really good to teach about the history of education because I think if you’re going to teach something at least know the background of it. This class told me that I want to make a difference just like the past has made a difference for right now; it makes me want to improve things for students and teachers. School is not for bullies or nothing; you are in school to be taught and get a good education so that you could maybe one day improve the world and make a difference. I really liked how we had previous students of UMF and got to ask them questions about their profession. It really hit home that in four years I will be in their place starting to make a difference in student’s lives.
Both of the classes gave me a good idea about what goes on in the classroom. I feel that because we learned about the history that I enjoyed EDU a little more than SED. I do feel that SED was essential because I will be having special need kids in my classroom, but I do not feel qualified to handle a special needs student I would much prefer just teaching in the classroom and watching the improvement in the students. I am not biased I just prefer a big group of students working together than just me working one on one. Obviously if the situation approached in my work I would certainly help the child in need as much as I could. I feel that both of these classes have had a positive impact on my choice here at UMF. I do still want to become a teacher and these classes have only supported my choice to become a teacher and make a difference in the world.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Blog E-Diversity
Diversity means to me a bunch if different things that get mixed together. I don’t really know a lot about diversity, I just know how I feel about it. Junior year of high school I had a history teacher who was very passionate about how rude we were to the Native Americans and Blacks that we discriminated against. Since then I have been very interested in the history of education and how diverse we once were. I believe that if we were to be taught at a young age what diversity is and learn about people who are different, than we would be more accepting to the different things that make this world unique.
I know growing up in school that if someone was different we would simply poke fun probably because we didn’t know why this person was different or how to handle the new situation. I realize now that this should not be an acceptable behavior, just because someone is different doesn’t make them any less of a person than I am or anyone else. I believe that if we start introducing diversity at a young age for the children, that as society grows older, people will have a better understanding where or why things are different.
One idea I have to simply place the idea that diversity is ok for a kindergarten age group would be to compare things together such as fruit. Simply bring up the idea that all fruit looks different, but we don’t judge the fruit and we eat it all the same. I think just incorporating little ideas like that at a young age would be a great way to get the students into the rhythm of knowing about diversity. Just because something looks or acts different doesn’t mean they’re not human. This is a mistake I made when I was little, but then again no one ever taught me different until I realized it when I got older.
I would be very excited to teach in a diverse classroom because imagine how much knowledge you would learn from everyone’s background to their daily lives. If I had a diverse classroom I would like to discuss if I could the differences and the similarities that each student possesses. Through this I feel that bonding would begin and that students would have a better understanding of the world today and how different everyone is.
I realize that being a twin everyone always assumes that you are the same person. This actually gets degrading because people look at you like you are one person, when really we are two very different people. Obviously we do have some differences, but not many people look at us as though we are different people. I feel that diversity should be highlighted as a main point in education and that it should be taught as a positive and not a negative. My goal in my classroom is to make sure that no matter what is going on in a kids live that he or she comes to school not afraid of being different, but excited to learn about everyone’s different personalities or backgrounds. I feel this would Eliminate the confusion of why people are different and it would give students a better understanding of others.
I know growing up in school that if someone was different we would simply poke fun probably because we didn’t know why this person was different or how to handle the new situation. I realize now that this should not be an acceptable behavior, just because someone is different doesn’t make them any less of a person than I am or anyone else. I believe that if we start introducing diversity at a young age for the children, that as society grows older, people will have a better understanding where or why things are different.
One idea I have to simply place the idea that diversity is ok for a kindergarten age group would be to compare things together such as fruit. Simply bring up the idea that all fruit looks different, but we don’t judge the fruit and we eat it all the same. I think just incorporating little ideas like that at a young age would be a great way to get the students into the rhythm of knowing about diversity. Just because something looks or acts different doesn’t mean they’re not human. This is a mistake I made when I was little, but then again no one ever taught me different until I realized it when I got older.
I would be very excited to teach in a diverse classroom because imagine how much knowledge you would learn from everyone’s background to their daily lives. If I had a diverse classroom I would like to discuss if I could the differences and the similarities that each student possesses. Through this I feel that bonding would begin and that students would have a better understanding of the world today and how different everyone is.
I realize that being a twin everyone always assumes that you are the same person. This actually gets degrading because people look at you like you are one person, when really we are two very different people. Obviously we do have some differences, but not many people look at us as though we are different people. I feel that diversity should be highlighted as a main point in education and that it should be taught as a positive and not a negative. My goal in my classroom is to make sure that no matter what is going on in a kids live that he or she comes to school not afraid of being different, but excited to learn about everyone’s different personalities or backgrounds. I feel this would Eliminate the confusion of why people are different and it would give students a better understanding of others.
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