Portfolio EDUC5105

This unit we focused on establishing context-- meaningful, memorable, and motivational.  Though he discusses the importance of all three,  Allen (2007) states that, " Learning  experiences must always be  meaningful  if they are to be successful. (p.137) I fully agree.  Though this is important with all learners, I find it is increasingly important when working with diverse learners who are more at risk to be disengaged, reluctant, and unconfident in their abilities as a learner. "o letter"   is licensed under  CC0 1.0  In my teaching context, I often see meaningful as being authentic and real life experiences. Though outing are an important part of my teaching, it is not practical or realistic to do them daily. What we can do though, is build on those skills necessary for various outings so that students can practice and grow and then have the opportunity to generalize when we do go out. Additionally, we do a lot of learning across s...

This week we were asked to try the Teaching Perspectives Inventory ( http://www.teachingperspectives.com/tpi/) . This was an interesting way to reflect on my teaching practices and perspectives. M y results of the TPI seemed to be somewhat accurate to how I view myself as a teacher.  In some ways I was surprised by some of my results, though I see how they came to be.   I think it is important to note that in some ways I answered the questions as a Learning Centre teacher, though there were times my first response would be to answer as though I was back in an English classroom. I had to remind myself to keep the same teaching context and group of students in mind while answering the questions instead of toggling back and forth based on the questions. With the role I am currently in, I think I answered the questions differently than if I were teaching English again. Artifact 1: TPI Inventory Results  I was slightly surprised that nurturing was my highe...