March 18, 2018
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Comments Off on Learning from Life (LfL) – My Placement
Learning from Life’s core purpose within our course, is for us to gain a new insight and develop new skills out with a mainstream Scottish primary school. In doing so, this will allow us, as future practitioners, to broaden our knowledge, experiences and skills in different settings, which we can then use in the classroom. […] Continue reading
March 18, 2018
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Comments Off on Another Year, A Different Placement
It is that time of year again when I prepare to head out on placement for 6 weeks. For this year’s placement, it is all about ‘Learning From Life’ and taking the opportunity to do something outside of a Scottish primary school. As I have been unsure of teaching as a career, I decided it […] Continue reading
March 18, 2018
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Comments Off on Niemand hat gesagt, dass Leben leicht ist – Week 1 in Stuttgart Reflection
In such a short space of time, so much has happened. My first week in Stuttgart has come to an end, and I foresee that the rest of my time here will be just as insightful as this week has been; brimming with multiple points for reflection and development. Even before I started my work […] Continue reading
March 18, 2018
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Comments Off on Multi-Cultural Assembly – Understanding the Background of Our Peers at ISS
On Friday, the lower school of the International School of Stuttgart held an assembly that aimed to showcase and celebrate the various heritages and backgrounds that are evident within ISS. The children at ISS all come from different backgrounds and ISS believe that it is their mission to not only celebrate their development in the […] Continue reading
March 16, 2018
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Comments Off on Ich fahre mit dem Auto – Experiencing the Roads of Germany (LfL)
A skill that I did not know that would come in handy when I thought about coming to Germany for my placement was my ability to drive a car… The German family that I am living with during my time in Stuttgart stay some distance away from the school and the autobahn (highway) has to […] Continue reading
March 11, 2018
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Comments Off on Ljubljana- Here I come!
I sit here, in my comfortable house in Scotland, where I am surrounded by what I would call ‘the norm’. However, it is all about to change as on Friday I go on an 8 week adventure to Slovenia! The reason I am going to Slovenia for 8 weeks is through our course module at […] Continue reading
March 10, 2018
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Here I am, sitting in a hotel in London the day before I embark on my Learning from Life placement in Slovenia! This will be the first time I have been abroad with just friends which is something that really excites me but brings on nerves at the same time. I’m going to discuss a […] Continue reading
February 27, 2018
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Comments Off on LfL – Section 1
This post contains the information needed in section 1 of the portfolio. This section of the Learning from Life portfolio should be completed prior to going on placement, which will allow a strong basis for continual reflection points during the placement. Audit of Skills Rating of skills (1=Not very developed; 3= very developed) Skills and […] Continue reading
February 17, 2018
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Comments Off on Baby Steps, Big Dreams: Journey to my mental health recovery
So I haven’t posted in a while (a year and a half ago eek!) but I have been taking time to blog on my own personal life. Truth is, this year really hasn’t been easy and to know I have made it through and to still be at university is a blessing. A lot has […] Continue reading
February 16, 2018
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Comments Off on Weekend Explorer 16/02/18
I thought I would start a semi-regular post focused on the cultural, visual art, events in and around Scotland. As much as anything it is a way of keeping up-to-date with what is happening across the country as I think it is all too easy to focus in on the place where you live, and […] Continue reading
February 13, 2018
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Comments Off on iJADE 2017 – NCAD, Dublin
It has been a while since I last posted, mainly because I am on the final push of writing the PhD! In addition to that, I have been teaching and marking. The usual academic activities! However I did manage to attend the iJADE conference in November last year. I started attending iJADE a few years […] Continue reading
February 12, 2018
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Comments Off on Learning from Life – A Month to Go…
1 Month. 4 weeks. 28 days. Time is passing quicker with each passing day. One specific date is highlighted in my calendar as having great significance and it is coming closer. 12th of March 2018. Today, specifically, marks a month until I will working in a school in Stuttgart, Germany. Before this, however, we still […] Continue reading
January 31, 2018
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Comments Off on Tinder for Kids?
Technology is a part of our everyday life, I am using my laptop to write this, with my phone sitting beside me, in a café with a TV in front of me, with music playing from a computer into various speakers and surrounded by people using all sorts of tech. In todays society, not being …
January 22, 2018
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Comments Off on It is beyond doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience
Philosophy Comes from the Greek. Philo – love. Sophia – knowledge/wisdom. Education Comes from the Latin of ‘educare’ – meaning to ‘bring up’ or to ‘bring forth’. There is no clear definition to Philosophy or Education. But if we look at where the words originated from, and what they literally mean, we can see that the Philosophy of …
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January 20, 2018
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Comments Off on My personal views about children’s rights. Do teachers have the right to express a moral viewpoint?
We live in a society where all human beings having rights which must be respected by others. This of course is not always the case however. There are differing opinions about children’s rights. Some people believe that children should have rights just like everyone else, but others believe they are still dependent on teachers and […] Continue reading
January 17, 2018
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Comments Off on Insulating Porridge – Goldilocks Style
For our TDT today, we were sent away with a choice of lessons we could plan for. Shanice, Katie and I chose to take on an insulation lesson relating to the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Basically, Goldilocks thinks the temperature of Baby Bear’s porridge is perfect, but she is just too tired […] Continue reading
January 16, 2018
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Comments Off on What’s the Time Wilfred Wolf
During our maths lecture, we were required to find a book that included maths. Prior to this lecture, I always thought of picture books as being an English resource rather than a maths resource. This really intrigued me and I felt I really had to go looking into this. After finding a few gems […] Continue reading
January 15, 2018
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Comments Off on Learning outside the classroom
Recently, I discovered through Sue Cowley (Teach Early Years Magazine), that 3/4 of children now spend less time outside than prison inmates do, and with 3/10 children in Scotland overweight or obese (5-14) – primary schools need to have more outdoor learning and children need to be better educated. There are many benefits from learning …
January 14, 2018
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Comments Off on Mathematical Concepts in Childrens Books
Big Bear, Little Brother by Carl Norac. Big Bear, Little Brother is a children’s book aimed at children ages 3-5. At a first glance, it seems to be a beautiful story about a child who has lost his way and Big Bear looks after him until he finds his Dad. However, when reading the book again …
January 12, 2018
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Comments Off on ICT programming in the Primary Classroom.
This is a short blog about ICT and programming in primary schools. On Thursday 11th January, our workshop was on ICT and more specifically on programming. We were introduced to a variety of different programming applications that can be used in the primary classroom. The one I will focus on is Textease Turtle. Textease Turtle […] Continue reading
