Month: November 2018

I feel as if I learned a lot in this course, about education and the system that helps all teacher function with a classroom. I took me a while to figure out how to taken in the amount of information because there was so much of it to begin with. My favourite chapter in the textbook was Chapter 5: The History of Education, because I am a person who loves history, and I also believe it is important to know where we come from to know where we are going.  I did struggle on the quizzes because there is so much information in the text, but it all very important to becoming a teacher. I also enjoyed the guest speakers in the class they all came with there own stories on how teaching really is in the real world. My favourite one was when there was when different teachers came into the classroom and they were all at different stages in there teaching careers, which showed the many angles of becoming a teacher and were you can go from here. This class became my favourite my the end of the semester because we got to learn and socialize at the same time, I truly believe I took in a lot of information from our classroom discussions.

This semester I had the opportunity to actually go in and work at a school for one half day a week. I  loved my placement so much it was always a lot of fun, and I learned a lot about actual work that teachers are doing. This was my first experience in a school setting were I was one of the “teachers” or helpers instead of a student. It is defiantly a different dynamic then being an authority figure instead of a student, you have to worry about more than just yourself you worry about every single child in the classroom. My placement was at Glen Elm School in Regina, and it was really a great school to start at, and my co-operating teacher was really nice to work with. I learned the importance of networking with in the school system, and that the best resources you have are the teachers around you and you are not alone in the building full of teachers. I also learned about how important it is to be able to work with your peers and be able to teach lessens together.  I also learned that the way a student functions in a school is a lot different than the way a teacher functions.

During my time in ECS 100, I have grown as a person, and learned a lot about my self and who I am as a person. I learned that it is very important to be on time and always be ready. It is my first semester of University, and I have grown as a person being on my own, and not depending on others for as much.  I learned that the path to becoming a teacher is not going to be as easy as I had previously thought, it is going to take lots of studying and relationship building to help me become the best teacher I can.  I also learned that my favourite part of working in a classroom is the one on one relationships with students,  getting to know them, and helping them understand the subject matter of the class. I have also made new friends in this class, that I hope can help me learn in the future, and become coworkers that can help each other in the future. I also learned how important it is the build relationships and with other peers and teachers so that you have resources not just online. I have learned my new ways to study and write, and improve open myself, because it really important to always be improving and becoming a better person. I feel I have grown a lot since the beginning of the semester and I have changed because fro the first time I start to struggle with school. By struggling more in university then I did in high school have learned more about myself and how I personally deal with struggling.  I have really enjoyed growing this semester and I have truly learned a lot.