January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Teamwork makes the dream work
As part of today’s TDT we were encouraged to engage with peers posts which has prompt me to keep on top of my ePortfolio more. I do engage frequently with mine however it is more for TDT’s rather than professional thoughts and opinions. By looking at my peers posts it has inspired me to engage with […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Collaboration is Key to Success!
As a first year student I often find it hard to see myself as a teacher. Transitioning from semester one into semester two and swapping (but not forgetting) the theory for a more hands on approach has begun to have a positive impact in overcoming this hurdle. Now that I have a better grasp on […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Improving our ePortfolios
Today’s tdt gave us all the chance to spend some time reading through our peers posts and reflecting on our own. From this I have become motivated to keep my own blog up to date and not only engage with the tdt tasks but write posts on other areas that may interest me. Scrolling down […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Overcoming the ‘Fear of feedback’
One of my student peer’s recently published a ‘blog post’ called ‘Fear of feedback’. After reading their fantastic and informative post, I have personally been inspired to actively look through more of my other peer’s work, commenting and helping them with feedback. In this particular post, the way in which the individual has crafted […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Encouraging the collegiate environment of EduShare
Reading the blog posts assigned for today’s TDTs has inspired me to get my own blog up to date. At the start of Semester 1 I was really into GLOW and posting my TDTs. During this first semester there was such a huge focus on becoming an enquiring practitioner and a professional who challenges their […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on The sky is the limit!
After spending some time reading other people’s ePortfolio blog posts this morning, I have come away quite enlightened. Throughout the time I have spent writing my blog posts, reflecting on my personal development and discovering new aspects of the curriculum, I have adapted and improved my blogs as I have been inspired by the other […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Reflection
By looking at many other people’s posts and blogs it has made me reflect on my own. At the start I was very wary of posting and people seeing my work. I felt embarrassed to post and did not feel confident. Having the various inputs with Derek on developing the blogs really enhanced my confidence […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Sharing our ePortfolios
Today we were encouraged to read and reflect on a number of our peers ePortfolio posts. Examples of MA1 posts: Lauren: 5,6,7…dance! Layla – Fear of feedback Claire-Emma: The ability grouping debate continues Rachel: Children are the real teachers Rebecca: My tired Examples of MA2 posts: Rebecca Sharpus-Jones: Longitudinal coherence and the conceptual knot Sharon Iddir: There’s […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Finding My Inner Scientist
I have wanted to be a primary school teacher from a very young age but there has always been apprehensions about having to include certain subjects within a child’s education. One of these apprehensions is indeed Science. From what I remember of my primary school years, looking at the Solar System was one of the […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Why teach maths?
Why teach maths? That is the question. Before the first maths input, I was terrified of maths. I wasn’t good at it at school because I had to work hard to achieve and others around me seemed to be able to do it without any issues. My mum used to always tell me “I wasn’t […] Continue reading
January 21, 2016
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Comments Off on One, 2, Three, 4, Five
Throughout Secondary school I had varying experiences of Maths which I believe has been the major factor in influencing my opinions on the topic. In my first year at Secondary I was given one of the stricter teachers who was firm in his belief of textbook work. I had always been good at maths yet, […] Continue reading
January 20, 2016
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Comments Off on “Why?” Inspiring curiosity.
Science was one of those subjects I fell out of love with for a period of time. like many people, I learn best when doing. Primary science was intriguing and sparked my curiosity and excitement. I was a naturally curious child and my mother would tell me later that my constant questions drove her to distraction. […] Continue reading
January 19, 2016
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Comments Off on Beating that “Can’t do it….” attitude.
Mathematics is a subject that is often a source of anxiety for both teachers and pupils. (Haylock, D. & Manning, R 2014 PP.5-11). Haylock (2014 PP.5-11) describes the many reasons we are often anxious about mathematics which includes poor teaching methods, a fear of failure, how our parents feel about mathematics and how siblings have […] Continue reading
January 19, 2016
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Comments Off on A Big Bang
Biology and Chemistry were always made to be fun with lots of experiments throughout primary and secondary which is why I believe I enjoyed them so much more than physics which was mainly equations. I believe that in primary schools there is a lack of science in the curriculum with maybe one lesson a week, […] Continue reading
January 19, 2016
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Comments Off on Stranger Danger
From the ever increasing number of headlines appearing these days surrounding internet safety I knew that it was an important matter to educate myself on as a teacher. In our ICT lecture we were given the opportunity to explore a range of resources that we could engage with whilst on professional placement. I used the […] Continue reading
January 19, 2016
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Comments Off on 5 6 7…… DANCE!
I can’t think of anything in this world I am more passionate about than dance. It is literally everything. Understandably so, when I seen dance on the timetable I was ecstatic. I’ve danced since the age of 3. I’ve been through phases of loving it and hating it – but I honestly don’t know where I […] Continue reading
January 19, 2016
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Comments Off on The importance of the past looking at the future.
My memory of social studies at school is that it was a delivered with mixed quality. I remember one particular lesson on how Roman people lived. The teacher must have spent hours if not days sourcing various foods. Root ginger, dates, olives, grapes, baked apples, rye bread, a huge variety of spices and a vast […] Continue reading
January 19, 2016
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Comments Off on Getting in touch with my creative side
One of the modules I have to complete this semester is called “Teaching Across the Curriculum.” In this, we look at the different aspects of the curriculum in Scotland and talk about what we could teach within it and how we could teach it. As part of the module we were given a workshop on […] Continue reading
January 19, 2016
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Comments Off on My Maths Problems Solved.
Maths is something I have always been praised for being good at, both from my parents and from teachers. My experience of maths was for the most part a positive one in that I was always in the top group and when I moved to high school I competed for the top three seats in […] Continue reading
January 19, 2016
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Comments Off on Insecurity’s about mathematics
We recently had a maths lecture pointing out everybody’s feelings towards maths. What became clear was that there was a theme. Everybody had at some point had a bad experience about maths; that therefore affected their confidence. There is the overall view that a lot of people were ‘bad at maths’ and that was ‘ok’ […] Continue reading
