November 17, 2015
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Comments Off on Opening Our Arms
As the first plane of Syrian refugee’s touches down in The United Kingdom today, I feel it is important to reflect on how positive it is that our country has opened its arms to these people in their time of need. Britain has agreed to take in around 20,000 refugees over the next five […] Continue reading
November 17, 2015
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Comments Off on Stop doing that for your kids!
I recently read a very interesting article/blog that highlighted one Mum’s new revolution on how much we do for children. I’ll add a link here, so that I don’t take the credit. http://www.yourmodernfamily.com/stop/ The basic idea of this post is that we are doing far too much for children which is potentially doing more harm than […] Continue reading
November 17, 2015
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Comments Off on Social media.
Social media can be a touchy subject when it comes to the profession of teaching. Everyone undoubtedly these days is on some form of social media whether it be Facebook, twitter, Instagram etc. it has had a very positive impact on the world, and the lives that we live today. There are many great things […] Continue reading
November 17, 2015
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Comments Off on self-esteem
Self-esteem is something that in life, makes us who we are. Some people have a really high self-esteem where as others, struggle with their self-esteem. Self-esteem itself, is a person’s own emotional evaluation of their own worth. It is their confidence within themselves and also their attitude towards themselves. Self-esteem is something that as student […] Continue reading
November 16, 2015
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Comments Off on Find Me a Family
I was recommended to watch ‘Find Me a Family’, a programme on BBC1 which followed seven children around Northern Ireland’s care system as they tried to find new families. One of the girls, called Shannon, was 18 and so was coming out of the foster-care system. She was on a residence order which meant that […] Continue reading
November 16, 2015
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Comments Off on ‘Every kid needs a champion’
After having a lecture on self-esteem, I had gone home and explained to my Mother about what had been discussed in the lecture. As she is a teacher she was very interested in having a discussion about this with me. She explained to me that she had been on course and was shown this video […] Continue reading
November 16, 2015
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Comments Off on Developing Professional Skills and Abilities: Online Unit 3
Words/phrases relating to professionalism: Competent Knowledgeable Calm Skilled Respectable Punctual Motivating Encouraging Enthusiastic Constructive criticism Passionate Collaborative working Going above and beyond I chose to watch One Born Every Minute and believe that the midwives displayed all the characteristics I associate with a professional. I believe that the midwives displayed a great deal of commitment […] Continue reading
November 15, 2015
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Comments Off on Calling out for peace
The terrible news of the terrorist attack in Paris on Friday 13th November will not be new to many people. It is a story that has really struck a chord with me and makes me question; what kind of world are we living in? When innocent lives are being taken, and for what? One of […] Continue reading
November 13, 2015
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Comments Off on Gender
After recently watching ‘The Secret life of 4 year olds’ I have noticed that children of this age are well aware of gender and the differences that they face because of their gender, The children were given a task in which there were to be two teams that would take part. The objective of the […] Continue reading
November 12, 2015
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Comments Off on Active learning and cooperative working
Active learning is about taking hold of your learning. It takes time, effort and motivation, but by the end of it you will have a vast understanding of everything you have learned. Cooperative learning comes with many pros and cons. It is beneficial to work with others as they may have approached a topic differently from […] Continue reading
November 12, 2015
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Comments Off on Professionalism in other Professions
As part of the online unit I decided to watch ’24 Hours in Police Custody’ and I believe in a strange way it was a real learning experience for me. It has really shown me how important professionalism is across a range of different professions, not just primary teaching. I just felt that there was so much […] Continue reading
November 11, 2015
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Comments Off on What is personality?
In today’s input by Patricia, I found the aspect of personality very intriguing. Personality, as quoted in Bee and Boyd (2012, p 218) is “The individual’s enduring patterns of responses to and interaction with others and the environment.” Personality is a very difficult area to study, as everyone is different. There are five different dimensions […] Continue reading
November 11, 2015
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Comments Off on Earn it
College was the first time I had heard of B.F. Skinner and his theory of operant conditioning. Straight away I took an instant interest in it and decided that I would work around his theory of positive reinforcements to complete my graded unit. My graded unit consisted of me investigating an area of my choice […] Continue reading
November 11, 2015
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Comments Off on The Big Five
Everyone has a personality, there is no disputing that. Everyone’s personality is also very different. However, it is something that I have to say, I have never really thought about until now. I found todays lecture surrounding personality very interesting, especially the five different dimensions that your personality can be broken into. I had never […] Continue reading
November 11, 2015
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Comments Off on The Road to Becoming an Enquiring Practitioner
Are you someone who is proactive? Are you responsible for maintaining and enhancing your own professional skills? Do you do this to enhance your own pedagogical development? If so you may just be on your way to becoming a very good enquiring practitioner. An enquiring practitioner goes beyond the norm of personal enquiry and […] Continue reading
November 11, 2015
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Comments Off on How has education changed?
The process on which education has evolved is something which I have always had questions about. It is now, with out a doubt very different to what it was previously with the introduction of new technology, new material and more recently a brand new curriculum. However, in many classrooms the process of sitting and listening […] Continue reading
November 11, 2015
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Comments Off on Fat Letters
I was shocked to stumble across this article on the TES website. It applies to English Primary Schools but I feel that it is typical of the blame and shame attitude of today’s society. The article describes how some teachers have been sending home ‘fat letters’ to inform the parents that their child is overweight. […] Continue reading
November 11, 2015
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Comments Off on We don’t learn, we remember…
I think it’s fair to say that the recent inputs from John on the philosophy of education have left me feeling a little bit confused. However, that being said, I feel I now have a very basic understanding of some of the key theories concerning the ways in which we learn and how these can […] Continue reading
November 10, 2015
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Comments Off on My Tired
Language acquisition fascinates me. It’s The theory of Noam Chomsky and the Nativist Theoretical approach that intrigues me the most. I agree that no child is born Tabula Rasa, we must have some sort of base to build upon, the inclination and thirst to learn. The skills needed to acquire language therefore would be, according to […] Continue reading
November 10, 2015
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Comments Off on Feeding back on Feedback
For me, feedback is a hugely effective tool that can allow you to take control of your own learning whilst allowing your peers to help guide you to success. However, it is important to understand what makes useful feedback and what has little or no use. Below is a video clip that outlines 5 tips […] Continue reading
