September 19, 2018
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Comments Off on Geographical Mappingđź—ş
In our lecture today we learnt about using maps with children and how it develops new skills and knowledge of their local and global surroundings. You should use maps with children as maps are a way of communicating information about a specific place, they give children the support to interact with an environment they can […]
September 19, 2018
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Comments Off on A Fear of Mathematics
When it came to picking my elective for second year I was extremely hesitant to choose Maths. I thought it would be so interesting, however a part of me could not get over my original fear of maths itself – a fear most people share and have had from a very early age. As a […]
September 19, 2018
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Comments Off on What do I think I can contribute to society?
In my opinion, everyone should grow up and try their best to have a job where they can to give something back to society. This can take many forms, from top-level careers such as doctors, nurses and lawyers, to what society perceives as low-level jobs such as labourers. In reality, we as individuals would be […]
September 19, 2018
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Comments Off on Discovering Maths in Me
When choosing my elective, I had to think rationally about what would have the most influence on my future career. Maths was the one subject that leapt out at me on the elective list. But not in a good way. I, like many other people, associate the word ‘maths’ with fear, horror, failure and disappoint. […]
September 18, 2018
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Comments Off on Why Teaching?
As I am sure you have heard many times, from many different people (and are probably sick of hearing), I have wanted to be a teacher since I was a young girl. Although I have always known this, I never actually fully understood why I wanted to teach, until applying for university. Teaching is the […]
September 18, 2018
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Comments Off on Interdisciplinary Learning: A Reflection from my Childhood
Today we got an introductory lecture to our ‘Developing Effective Teaching and Learning‘ module. The module aims to explore and show us how subjects can take learning beyond it’s barriers and involve Interdisciplinary Learning (IDL) – making connections between different areas of the curriculum. It’s all about making appropriate links and showing these to the […]
September 18, 2018
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Comments Off on Interdisciplinary Learning: A Reflection from my Childhood
Today we got an introductory lecture to our ‘Developing Effective Teaching and Learning‘ module. The module aims to explore and show us how subjects can take learning beyond it’s barriers and involve Interdisciplinary Learning (IDL) – making connections between different areas of the curriculum. It’s all about making appropriate links and showing these to the […]
September 18, 2018
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Comments Off on Topic Work – My Opinions and Experiences!
We had our first lecture to introduce the ‘developing effective teaching and learning’ module on Monday 17th September. We were discussing topic work and how it can often be the most memorable sort of work that we did at primary school and how it can be a vital tool for interdisciplinary learning. Our task was […]
September 17, 2018
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Comments Off on Exploring European Countries – My Primary 6 Experience
In our introductory lecture for ED31002, we were asked to think back to our primary school experiences of topic/project work. We discussed the types of topics that usually came up, such as The Victorians, World War 2, and a few that were more specific to different areas of Scotland. The topic that immediately came into […]
September 17, 2018
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Comments Off on What influences helped me choose a career in teaching?
There are many reasons which could be suggested, some of which are being discussed below. My interest in teaching first became ignited through Duke of Edinburgh award scheme, where I started volunteering at a local brownie unit which led to moving on to become a young leader. This experience fired my passion to support children […]
September 17, 2018
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Comments Off on The Empowerment of a Child’s Voice
Our geography lecture today was all about enquiry and planning with children. We did a few activities which involved looking at a first lesson on a topic the children hadn’t studied before in social subjects. We discussed and planned how you would get out this lesson – how would you entice the children into the […]
September 17, 2018
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Comments Off on The Empowerment of a Child’s Voice
Our geography lecture today was all about enquiry and planning with children. We did a few activities which involved looking at a first lesson on a topic the children hadn’t studied before in social subjects. We discussed and planned how you would get out this lesson – how would you entice the children into the […]
September 17, 2018
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Comments Off on Effective Learning and Teaching: What Does it Look Like?
Everyone can remember certain things from primary school, whether it be a single lesson or a full topic, but why do we remember them? We remember them because they were fun. I don’t remember learning how to subtract one number from another, other than I had a Heinemann workbook to help me. What I do remember […]
September 17, 2018
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Comments Off on Afraid of Maths?
‘Maths Anxiety’ Mathematics is a subject area that is often highly associated with negativity and anxiety. Much of this occurs in adults and stems from previous experiences. Haylock (2006 p2) states that “there are widespread confusions amongst the adult population in Britain about many of the basic mathematical processes.” This misunderstanding creates a negative attitude […]
September 17, 2018
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Comments Off on Reflection of MA1
As we have heard in many of our lectures, ‘a teacher’s work is never done’. I also think that a student teacher’s work is never done because there is a responsibility for constant personal and professional development. I am the type of person who likes to be organised and always on top of my work. […]
September 16, 2018
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Comments Off on Why is teaching my chosen path…
The reward in bringing creativity and learning into a child’s life has always appealed to me… I have been intrigued by the idea of educating children and pursuing a career as a Primary Teacher for many years. Having a mother who has worked in Primary schools for a long time and introducing me to the […]
September 16, 2018
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Comments Off on What was the most pleasant learning experience from my time at school?
TDT: Developing Effectiveness in Teaching and Learning During my time in high school I struggled with finding my passion in certain subjects throughout my A- Levels. After I decided to resit a year at school with an array of completely random subjects (Psychology, Philosophy, Media Studies and Music), I found my passion grow for each […]
September 16, 2018
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Comments Off on Continuous practice
Teaching is what, I was grown up with in my family. My parents were teachers and I have had the motivation since childhood. After becoming a parent, I persuaded my passion as a mature student by going to college, and learned various methods of teaching and learning. I wanted to find my strengths and weaknesses by […]
September 14, 2018
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Comments Off on What made my decision
What made my decision of career path was a school placement I attended in my 4th year of high school. Seeing the way the teacher worked with their students an dhow she influenced them inspired me to aim for the same. watching teachers in a variety of placements has shown me many different styles and […]
September 14, 2018
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Comments Off on Where it all began…
I remember back in primary 4, the teacher posed the big, heavy question ‘What do you want to be in the future?’ Back then a teacher did not even cross my mind. I remember pondering the question for hours, thinking of more appropriate ideas for my little, nine year old brain- like a fashion designer […]
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