October 13, 2015
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Comments Off on Should our personal online presence merge with our professional one?
After reading the GTCS code regarding safe use of social media as a teacher, my initial thoughts are that everything stated in the guidelines are both fair and just. I feel that the quote at the start of the guidelines sum up perfectly the over arching issue of why it is important to take the […] Continue reading
October 13, 2015
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Comments Off on The Construction of the Professional
Many different things reflect on the role a teacher plays in the classroom and their role as a professional. I believe these 5 terms in particular are important in doing this: Integrity The word itself means to be honest, and to have strong moral principles. Children are not born with integrity, they develop it as […] Continue reading
October 12, 2015
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Comments Off on Words Associated With Being a Professional
it is very important to be professional, especially in a career such as teaching. How you act reflects back on you, and you want this reflection to be positive, to be professional – you do not want it to be negative in any respects. There are many things associated with being professional. Here are some […] Continue reading
October 12, 2015
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Reflection is a very important aspect of learning. If you cannot reflect, you cannot identify where you have went wrong in order to improve it. At first I just assumed reflection was about thinking back and seeing how far you have come, but from reading further into it I have realised it is way more complex than that. To […] Continue reading
October 12, 2015
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Comments Off on Basic Academic Skills
Throughout school I have always felt comfortable with my academic skills. I always excelled more in English than Mathematics, which definitely helped me across the whole curriculum. I hope this will also continue to benefit me in my academic writing throughout university. Prior to attempting the online learning units I felt very knowledgeable about my […] Continue reading
October 12, 2015
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This is a link to ways that I find work the best for helping me study. Unit 1 B Managing my learning Continue reading
October 12, 2015
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Unit 1_B_managing my learning (1) This is a link to ways that I find help me study and what hinders my studying. Continue reading
October 12, 2015
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Comments Off on The benefits of active learning and co-operative working
The benefits of active learning In order to fully internalise your learning, you must do extra activities. Active learning is going a step further than just taking in facts and figures. It is asking yourself why this figure is important, and is this fact even true. By coming away from a lecture and researching the […] Continue reading
October 9, 2015
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Comments Off on Professionalism in the online world
What challenges/opportunities you may be faced with when marrying the personal vs the professional presence on social media? Having social media sites that are used for both personal and professional use may have some advantages. It may allow pupils to see your interests and to realise there is more to you than the teacher they […] Continue reading
October 9, 2015
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Comments Off on Teachers as Professionals videos
What makes a teacher who makes a difference? From watching this video I was able to identify several key aspects that are vital to teaching with a difference. These include; Teachers must be aware that, like other professionals, they are involved with life and death situations. For example, a bad education will not produce a […] Continue reading
October 9, 2015
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Comments Off on Virtues of Teaching
To me, teachers need a variety of different virtues and ethics to display themselves as professionals but also there for the pupils as a support unit. The 5 virtues that stood out to me as being important to teaching were; Compassion – We as teachers will be interacting with children from a range of different […] Continue reading
October 9, 2015
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Comments Off on Professionalism and the Online World
The GTCS professional guidance on social media and the way it is used in classrooms identifies the rise of social media’s power in todays education and the importance of the teacher introducing this to their pupils to enhance their learning. Social media is infused with a number of different benefits including, when used correctly, it […] Continue reading
October 9, 2015
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Comments Off on Attachment: Why is it important?
Attachment is the emotional bond between the child and the primary caregiver and begins while the child is in the womb and throughout the life of the child. Attachment creates a sense of security for the child and provides a “safe base” for the child to build effective and lasting relationships. However, what are the […] Continue reading
October 9, 2015
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Comments Off on My First Year Action Plan
Throughout first year of university I was continually asked to consider what I wanted to achieve by the end of the year, who I wanted to be, what teacher I wanted to become. After much thought, I decided on 6 points to aim for throughout my first year of university, I wished to have accomplished […] Continue reading
October 8, 2015
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Comments Off on Values of a Professional
An attribute I feel a professional requires is that of fairness. Fairness is important to being professional as showing signs of preference towards one person over the other or perhaps allowing one child to behave in a particular way that others can’t, could create a very tense and unpleasant atmosphere in the classroom. Being an […] Continue reading
October 7, 2015
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Comments Off on Reflection
Having taken time to consider what reflection means to me I have come to the conclusion that I think reflection means to look back on a past experience. We should use reflection to learn, develop and improve on something we’ve already done. By doing this we can improve the quality of our future experience. Reflection […] Continue reading
October 7, 2015
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Comments Off on Professionalism
Video 1 At the basis of a good teacher is good education. A teacher must be able to deliver this to their pupils on a daily basis. A bad education may mean they lose some of the opportunities and chances in life they would’ve had, if only they’d been educated better. A teacher who delivers […] Continue reading
October 6, 2015
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Comments Off on TDT- What challenges/opportunities you may be faced with when marrying the personal vs the professional presence on social media?
As the majority of people use one or more social media sites in day to day life, particularly the likes of ‘Facebook’ and ‘Twitter’, it is highly likely that this is something which will involve them interlinking their personal and professional lives. One of the main challenges that you may be presented with, if you […] Continue reading
October 6, 2015
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Comments Off on A Messy Divorce
The GTCS code regarding social media and its use is clear in conveying the importance of conscientious contribution to the world of Social Media. For all the perks of the profession and the reward, it is also in the GTCS’ best interests that the teachers of Scotland conduct themselves in a manner that instils trust […] Continue reading
October 2, 2015
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Comments Off on My Educational Philosophy.
I am Lewis Edgar in the University Of Dundee studying for an MA (Hons) in Education. I arrived here by working as hard as I possibly could to achieve my life goal, to become a primary school teacher. From a young age it has always been an ambition of mine to be accepted into a […] Continue reading
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