How can we displace destructive friend-enemy mechanisms/relationships (Beck/Kristeva)

In a world dominated by technological advancement, today’s societies have been exposed to risks arising from modernisation. The development of science and technology alongside economic growth and globalisation have led to new serious hazards. While some hazards are domestic in nature, some issues, like climate change, are global and ubiquitous. However, one of the largest … Read more

Evaluating professional development / aspiring SBM

1. The School and the Community it serves: My school is a Local Authority (LA) maintained school nestled in outer London, a suburb located on the boundary of East London and Essex consisting of a large Asian community, the largest groups in the school being of Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian Heritage, based in an affluent … Read more

Home schooling – advantages and difficulties

In this paper I will be discussing and analyzing the issue of schooling in home. Homeschooling is an alternative method of delivering an education to students. Students are taught at home through online courses. Homeschooling is an important alternative method for students who, for example, maybe have a severe illness or students who suffer through … Read more

Analysis of delivering a micro-teach + teaching session (reflective)

Doctors play significant roles as teachers by channelling the information and research they have conducted to other individuals to create a network of information (Barksby et al. 2015). A doctor has to perform teaching to be equipped in skills and attitudes to pass information and knowledge through education. There exist no predetermined or formal routes … Read more

Should all students learn a second language in school?

Almost everyone remembers being required to take a high school foreign language class. Whether it was Spanish, French, Latin, or maybe even German, we all had to face it. However, the sad reality of this is that very few of us can recall anything we learned from these classes. This is what some may consider … Read more

A reflection upon the ‘thinking, talking, doing’ nature of the teaching and learning of primary science

Science is one of the most important subjects that is taught to students over the course of their entire education. It is unique in its content and the way teachers deliver lessons to students of all ages. Loxley states that “Through the experience of school science, many children acquire an enduring interest in how the … Read more

Students retelling a story (learning objective, reflective)

The specific learning objective measured during the assessment chosen for analysis is students retelling a story, including who, what, when, and where, sequencing with the terms first, next, then and last. Students were asked to caption one of the four major events from the book using their prior knowledge and anchor chart. The state standards … Read more

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) Elementary school – Agency Culture, Collaborative Practice

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) Elementary school is a part of the Lawndale Elementary School District (LESD). The goals of the district include increasing “academic achievement, ensuring access and equity, improving parent and student engagement, and providing 21st Century Learning Environments” (Welcome to the Superintendent’s Dept., n.d.). Five elected members make up the Board of Trustees … Read more

Reflection Paper – Teaching Demonstration

Reflection Paper Teaching Demonstration In MTE course .we are required as students to present a teaching demonstration as part of our assessment ,so our lecturer asks us to write a reflection about teaching demo assignment . Giving a successful demo can be challenging, especially for students who have not taught before. Thankfully ,I have my … Read more

Problem based learning

Problem-based learning (PBL) is a student-centered pedagogy in which students learn about a subject through the experience of solving an open-ended problem. This method of teaching allows students to define their own learning objectives by actively taking part in a problem solving scenario. The PBL is not about problem solving alone but to use the … Read more

Critically analyse current education policy context / identify and justify a Strategic Change Issue

It has been stated that ‘within education, across phases and across continents, the policy context impacts decisively on shaping institutional environments’ (Bell and Stevenson 2005, p.7). From a global perspective, education can be regarded as the key to a nation’s success or failure. Within Scottish education, this philosophy is echoed by John Swinney, Deputy First … Read more

Critical appraisal of influence of Higher Education environment on practice and student learning

Introduction This paper will provide a critical appraisal of the influence of the Higher Education environment on my practice and student learning, alongside various factors influencing student learning. The element of my practice which I am going to focus on for this paper is an individual lecture on ‘interviews as a method for data collection’, … Read more