January 20, 2017
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One of the most important moments for my professional development in semester one was the working together module. Within this module, I was placed in a group to work together to creating a presentation based upon the information my group had gained from the agency visited and theory we had studied and researched. Through working […] Continue reading
January 20, 2017
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The working together module for me, didn’t seem very important at first and I didn’t appreciate the importance of coming together and creating a PowerPoint presentation as a group, going on a placement visit or having to design a poster by myself. However, through reflecting on my professional development in semester 1, this has made […] Continue reading
January 20, 2017
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Being the first year to complete the ‘Values; self, society and the professions’ module I feel I have been put in a strong position to undertake my first professional placement in April. Previous to this I feel I was very naïve to the impact values had on education. Values are at the heart of every decision […] Continue reading
January 20, 2017
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One of the most important moments in semester one for me was preparing with my peer learning group for our collaborative practice enquiry visit. In preparing for the visit we had to create the questions and examples we would like the professionals to answer that would help us to create a final presentation that would fulfil […] Continue reading
January 20, 2017
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After receiving my grades and feedback for my first two modules at university, I am able to reflect on my work for last semester and pick out areas for improvement. Overall, I enjoyed the Values and Working Together modules and found that they both made me question the way in which I conduct myself as […] Continue reading
January 20, 2017
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As semester 2 is well underway it is useful for me to reflect back to semester 1 to analyse and evaluate how I have developed in my personal learning as well as the professional development that has been made. Over the course of semester 1 I studied two core modules – Values (self, society and … Continue reading Semester 1 Reflection. → Continue reading
January 20, 2017
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Now that Semester One is in the history books, I believe that it is now time to reflect on how I feel it went and in particular, a part that I felt was particularly successful. Semester One consisted of two shared modules, Working Together and Values. Both of these modules have widened my view on […] Continue reading
January 20, 2017
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The SPR section 3.4.2 emphasises the importance of reflection and the part in which it plays on professional development, I am now more aware of how important reflection will be both in my professional practice and in my teaching career. Reflecting on semester 1, one of the most important moments of my professional development was the process of working collaboratively across […] Continue reading
January 20, 2017
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After recently receiving our grades for our Values module I have been able to look back and reflect on the lack of work I did for this module and realise that I need to be much more proactive and dedicated when it comes to extra work and reading at home. My grade being worse than […] Continue reading
January 20, 2017
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In today’s lecture, the focus was largely on the importance of reflecting as a teacher, both in and out of school. The General Teaching Council (Scotland) have the Standards for Provisional Registration, which outline that engaging in reflection is key to becoming a striving and beneficial teacher. 3.4.2 Engage in reflective practice to develop and advance career-long […] Continue reading
January 17, 2017
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On Friday I took part in my first expressive dance workshop and I was really excited. I have danced since I was 8 and still attend dance classes at this current time. Dance has always been a big part of my life and I feel its something all children should do. After the workshop we […] Continue reading
January 17, 2017
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Our health and wellbeing tdt for this week was to watch 2 videos that explained why the first 4 years in a child’s life are the most important. Both videos showed that human babies are actually born prematurely compared to all other mammals due the ever-growing size of their brain. For the babies this means that their […] Continue reading
January 16, 2017
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From reading Get Scotland Dancing: A literature review (2014) Available online at: http://www.creativescotland.com/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/26149/GSDLitReviewv2.pdf , it is clear that there are numerous benefits from dance such as health and wellbeing benefits, behaviour, teamwork, confidence, body confidence, self-esteem, belonging and social benefits. Dance may help people to relax, boost concentration, it’s something to do and it’s enjoyable […] Continue reading
January 16, 2017
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This book could be used to explore the mathematical concept of capacity through the size of the jugs and cups used at the picnic. To introduce and develop this concept with the children different jugs and cups could be put on the table with water. The children would then explore how each jug or cup […] Continue reading
January 15, 2017
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Coming back to university after the Christmas break, I’ve made a few New Years Resolutions and two of them are really important to me: one is to cut back on the biscuits and the other is to keep up with the blog. Healthy body equates to a healthy mind and as they say, ‘new year, […] Continue reading
January 15, 2017
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Comments Off on One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish
Before our recent Mathematics input, I had never considered using stories as a way of exploring mathematical language and concepts. I’m sure most people would agree that stories are first and foremost thought of as something linked to literacy and language. However, after reading the well-known Dr Seuss book, “One fish, two fish, red fish, […] Continue reading
January 15, 2017
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Comments Off on Dance… love it or hate it?
Friday mornings dance workshop gave me a whole new perspective on the subject I once did anything to avoid. I have no previous experience of dance and always thought it was not for me. This, combined with the fear of making a fool of myself left me ‘hating it’ throughout my childhood. However, after Friday’s workshop […] Continue reading
January 10, 2017
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Today’s Science input showed me that as an adult we don’t tend to question why things are the way they are. This is something which has been explored within the International Baccalaureate module which encourages teachers to engage children’s natural curiosity and facilitate inquiries. Yet, this isn’t often something adults do for themselves! Liz asked […] Continue reading
January 9, 2017
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Comments Off on Back to University after a months break
During the December break I have been working hard to save some money to pay for university next year. Working 8-12 hrs daily was stimulating and doing different jobs has kept me going for the past month. Quite a shock to the system having to get back to uni with over an hrs drive there […] Continue reading
January 5, 2017
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I was asked to write a response to Tom Bennett’s comment piece in the TES about how he thought that the use of computer games such as Minecraft in Education was ‘gimmicky‘. My response was written in early December 2016 however it was published in the TESS today. Here is the unedited version: My Christmas playlist will […] Continue reading
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