February 8, 2017
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Ever since I was in P5, I was always very musical. I started playing the clarinet in P5 when the opportunity arose to take up an instrument. This really excited me and was raring to go. I continued to play clarinet and take part in many school concerts and music festivals until 6th year when I […] Continue reading
February 6, 2017
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Comments Off on Learning From Life – A New Adventure!
Second year here at the University of Dundee is exciting because our placement is that little bit different than others. We do a placement called Learning from Life where we can go anywhere we want to for 6 weeks and can document the whole journey however we want to! So when considering the possibilities I […] Continue reading
February 2, 2017
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On Tuesday, I had my pre-visit day for my first year placement. The began with me extremely nervous but also very excited, I arrived at the school at around 8:40am and was greeted by the head teacher who introduced herself and led me to my class. Having the head teacher greet me at the door […] Continue reading
February 1, 2017
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The day started early with a 6am alarm however I was far too excited to care! After a cold walk and a short bus ride I was finally there and it all suddenly became very real. The school was nothing like I’d ever experienced before; it was old and massive (3 stories to be exact). Much bigger than […] Continue reading
January 29, 2017
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Comments Off on Gender Stereotypes in the Media
Waking on Friday morning I unexpectedly found my social media site exploded with claims that in America girls believe brilliance is a male trait. Naturally I was curious to find out more, and the more articles I read, I was horrified to find that the reality is that girls from as young as six truly […] Continue reading
January 25, 2017
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Comments Off on Why do we need Maths?
I always enjoyed Maths at school, from learning to count in P1 right up to sitting my advanced higher last year. I always liked the continuity of maths, the knowing that those foundations of numbers that I had learnt all those years ago would still be relevant and essential when attempting the most complex of […] Continue reading
January 24, 2017
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Comments Off on Maths…Before and After
Maths and I have a love-hate relationship. I love maths, but apparently maths hates me as I seem to be quite rubbish at it. Throughout my time at primary school I loved maths, and I think this was down to me having great teachers who taught me well. I was good at maths, I enjoyed […] Continue reading
January 23, 2017
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One of the most important moments from semester 1, for me, was the preparation for our Working Together assignment. From the beginning of the semester we were split into groups that consisted of those studying Education, Social Work and CLD. Recalling on this, I didn’t understand why these three were put together at all. But […] Continue reading
January 23, 2017
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Comments Off on An Important Moment in My Professional Development
As part of the Working Together module delivered in Semester 1, we focused on the collaborative practice of teachers with other professionals from a variety of disciplines, in particular, their close knit relationship with Social Workers and CLD Workers. One particularly defining moment for me, professionally, was our visit to Partners in Advocacy in Dundee. […] Continue reading
January 23, 2017
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Throughout the Values and the Working Together modules in semester one I was constantly testing my own personal values and my abilities to work with other professions and characters. When reflecting on the values module the most difficult thing for me was questing how I could work my values into what was seen as ‘professional […] Continue reading
January 22, 2017
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Semester one of university consisted of several important moments on my path to becoming a teacher. The values module made me think and in certain aspects re-evaluate my personal and professional values and beliefs. However, it was the working together module and how it taught me to be reflective that was one of the most important […] Continue reading
January 22, 2017
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Semester one of university brought about a lot of key moments in my journey to becoming a teacher. From the values module, which encouraged me to think about my personal and professional values, to having to choose an elective subject where I got to learn further about a topic that I was interested in. However […] Continue reading
January 22, 2017
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In my first year of university, semester 1 opened up a wide range of knowledge and skills for me to learn or develop. During the module, Values, I improved on basic essay skills. This included learning how to present and structure an essay to a professional standard and also how to implement appropriate reading into my work. Further reading was frequently recommended and played […] Continue reading
January 21, 2017
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Before the dance input I didn’t feel confident at all with the idea of teaching dance in the primary school. The only experience I have of dance is a term of PE classes in secondary school and 2 mission teams to Spain. During my time in PE, we danced with ribbons as well as group […] Continue reading
January 21, 2017
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Trying to reflect back on the whole and individual parts of semester 1 is incredibly hard. September brought about change for me, I became a university student, and moved away from home, into a flat with 12 complete strangers, and began the course that I have always dreamed of doing. However, starting university came with challenges, […] Continue reading
January 21, 2017
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Comments Off on Professional Development in Semester 1
As a student teacher, we are constantly asked to reflect on what has happened so far so we can learn from the past and develop into qualified teachers. I have been asked to reflect on my professional development during semester 1 and one moment stood out for me. During semester 1, we were required to […] Continue reading
January 21, 2017
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Comments Off on The Importance of Early Year Relationships
There has been multiple debate surrounding the importance of building up strong, nurturing relationships within the first four years of a child’s life. Dr Suzanne Zeedyk discusses the flexibility of the human brain in the first four years of a child’s life and how it can be shaped as a consequence of relationships. Once these relationships are formed […] Continue reading
January 20, 2017
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Comments Off on An important moment for me in Semester 1
As part of my continual development and professional reflection, I have been asked to choose one particular moment of semester 1 that was important to me as a professional and what I learned from the experience. I have chosen the experience of visiting a school in Dundee for the working together module. The module visits didn’t just involve schools, […] Continue reading
January 20, 2017
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Being student teachers, we must constantly reflect upon the knowledge and skills we have gained in our everlasting learning process in becoming qualified teachers. As part of a TDT (tutor directed task) we are asked to reflect upon something that impacted us from our learning in semester 1 between the Values and Working Together modules. […] Continue reading
January 20, 2017
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Comments Off on The Importance of Relationships
As practitioners, it is vital for us to always look wider than within a classroom environment. For us to fully comprehend why children behave and respond the way they do, we must firstly understand what triggers their behaviour (which can often stem from their home life and mental development.) Through watching Suzanne Zeedyk and John […] Continue reading
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