November 10, 2015
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Managing My Learning Activity 1 Complete the table below to identify and reflect on those factors and plan actions for each. Recognition/ Reflection Action What helps my learning? How can I utilise this? Discussing the topic with others. · Set up a study group of like-minded peers · Engage with the online community Writing […] Continue reading
November 9, 2015
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I had always primarily thought of reflection as looking back at an experience or an idea and developing on it. However, as I have read further into it, I have come to know that reflection allows an individual to take a step back and question your work. It gives you an opportunity to question your […] Continue reading
November 9, 2015
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Comments Off on My Not-So-Secret Identity
In my opinion, personal values and morals make a person, and while others could argue that a career changes those values, I believe that it is the values themselves that change a career. To explain what I mean, if someone has a generally calm, confident and caring personality, as I hope I show, my opinion […] Continue reading
November 9, 2015
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Comments Off on Reflection on the GTCS Standards for Provisional Registration
Link to Standards: http://www.gtcs.org.uk/web/files/the-standards/standards-for-registration-1212.pdf The standards in Section 1 within the documentation in the link above is split into four categories: Social Justice Integrity Trust & Respect Professional Commitment Despite each section being briefly summarised by bullet points in this documentation our workshop last week encouraged us to expand on these to fully understand the meaning […] Continue reading
November 9, 2015
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November 8, 2015
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I was recently going through my online units and one involved having to think about the benefits and challenges on working co-operatively. This is something which I enjoyed thinking about and therefore wanting to post on my e-portfolio. Working co-operatively to me means working along side others in order to achieve a certain goal or […] Continue reading
November 7, 2015
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Comments Off on Sign of Success..
Communication is a vital part of life which many of us take for granted. We talk to express our needs, our wants and our feelings. From birth we are listening and learning, absorbing information from our environment which will aid us in our acquisition of language. Imagine your frustration if you knew what you wanted […] Continue reading
November 6, 2015
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In my opinion feedback is an incredibly beneficial tool that if used well can work to everyone’s advantage. It is a two-way street which benefits both the receiver and the giver. Feedback is not only used in the classroom but it is used in day to day life. We must all use feedback effectively! I […] Continue reading
November 5, 2015
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Comments Off on ‘The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds’ Review
The other night, I found myself watching ‘The Secret Life of 4 year olds.’ I’d watched a previous episode a few months ago and I had enjoyed it, but this time I found myself taking notes, and recognising the terminology used by the child psychologists, and could relate some of the methods to what we’ve […] Continue reading
November 5, 2015
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According to google, the term ‘feedback’ is information about reactions to a product, a person’s performance of a task, etc. which is used as a basis for improvement. The use of feedback in University is necessary, but it is as equally important in the teaching profession and there are positive and negative aspects to feedback. In […] Continue reading
November 5, 2015
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These 5 attributes are some which I believe are very important in terms of being teacher. Integrity Official definition; 1- The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. 2- The state of being whole and undivided. My view of this is: To be professional you must have integrity as it important to be open […] Continue reading
November 5, 2015
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Comments Off on Reflection on the Process of Feedback
I was really nervous about getting feedback from my peers because I am not extremely confident in my writing yet. When we were given this task to do I wasn’t feeling great about it at all because the thought of other people in my class judging my writing made me feel sick to my stomach. […] Continue reading
November 4, 2015
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Enquiring Practitioner relates to life long learning, willing to listen and further questioning different issues around you. A summary of what it means to be an Enquiring Practitioner defined by Menter et al (2011), is a ‘finding out’ or an investigation with a rationale and approach that can be explained or defended.’ To ‘find out’ raises […] Continue reading
November 4, 2015
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Managing My Learning Activity 1 Complete the table below to identify and reflect on those factors and plan actions for each. Recognition/ Reflection Action What helps my learning? How can I utilise this? Example: “Discussing the topic with others” · Set up a study group of like-minded peers · Engage with the online community […] Continue reading
November 4, 2015
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Comments Off on The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-secret-life-of-4-5-and-6-year-olds/on-demand/61827-001 This programme, on Channel 4, was recommended to me by a friend and I thought it was something worth sharing. As primary teachers we will be expected to teach some children as young as 4 years old, therefore it is important that we understand the stage of development they are at when they start […] Continue reading
November 4, 2015
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From various inputs I’ve realised that the topic of the ‘Romanian Orphans’ was brought to our attention several times. I decided to have a look into the topic as I’d never heard of before and reflect on what I found out. The term ‘Romanian Orphans’ raised due to Nicolae Ceaușescu forbidding both abortion and contraception all […] Continue reading
November 4, 2015
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We know that everything we learn contributes to our memory. However what many are unaware of is the different types of memory. For example, there are many types of long term memory including; Episodic – specific things – personal experience- where/when it happened Semantic – all world knowledge Procedural – knowing how to do something […] Continue reading
November 4, 2015
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Comments Off on What are they thinking?
Everything that we do comes down to our brain and the way we think. It has been at the heart of psychologist’s fascinations for years. Ivan Pavlov was the first psychologist to focus upon behaviourism through his ‘Classic Conditioning Test’ His conclusions were that we can change the natural reflex of human and animals. Furthering […] Continue reading
November 4, 2015
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Comments Off on I’m telling on you….
We have been learning about stage theory as part of the Thinking Child inputs with Carrie. Automatically as a mum your mind races to your own child. Ruby is three and has spent nearly all of her life with myself and significant adults; only recently starting at a nursery for 3-5s. I was lucky enough to […] Continue reading
November 4, 2015
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Comments Off on Sugar intake video
I saw this video posted on facebook and thought it a beneficial video for anybody working with children that can use this to teach children about how much sugar is in drinks. Even drinks that we all think and are advertised as “healthy” are actually full of sugar and I think it is a brilliant topic […] Continue reading
