This week we are taking a second to revisit our initial impressions of our CBSL experience and thinking about how are views of the experience have changed over time. I have been very fortunate with my volunteer experience to have a very consistent interaction with the Student Researchers that are part of Astonished!. Although I … More ECS 200 CBSL Experience 2.0
The readings this week mostly surrounded ideas about how we define teaching. The readings illustrate the dichotomy between views of teaching as a profession and how teachers self identify. In the reading taken from Understanding Canadian Schools we look a lot at how the idea of a profession is defined. Many would think of the colloquial … More Teaching: a profession and identity
Before: As I approach the start of my first pre-internship I do so with a variety of feelings. Really it’s a mixture of nervous excitement and self-doubt. I feel excited and am looking forward to being in a classroom. I’m not worried about working with the kids but I’m a little nervous about being observed … More Week 1-Reflection
In Chapter Three of Educational Psychology (Woolfolk, Winne, Perry, 2016) we take a look at the process of development for humans and in Chapter Eight we examine concepts surrounding knowledge and memory. Although at first glance these two subjects may not seem directly correlated there is a link between the physical development of the brain and … More Development, Knowledge and Memory
This is one of the last posts for this semester. Tomorrow in class we’re going to have a group celebration of our guitar learning. My friend Sara has restored a vintage guitar and asked if I would play it to demonstrate it in class tomorrow. I said yes and decided to learn a song of … More Campfire to Confident:Week Eight (The Weight by The Band)
Will Whitten 