November 17, 2015
by
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
by
Comments Off on The Interpretation of Dreams
Sigmund Freud, an Austrian psychologist, was keen on neurological psychology. His study into the Interpretation of Dreams brought him to the conclusion that our dreams are essentially wishes we want to fulfil. Freud believed that what we dream is what is subconsciously of particular importance to us. I chose to read further into his findings, […] Continue reading
November 16, 2015
by
Comments Off on Self-esteem
Our self-esteem is the confidence we have in our personal worth and different abilities. Self esteem is something we all have, but different people have different levels of it; some people may be lacking in it, and others may have a healthy amount of it. Having a good positive balance of self esteem is essential […] Continue reading
November 16, 2015
by
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
by
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 13, 2015
by
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
by
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
by
Comments Off on That was excellent, but this could be worked on…
Peer review is something I never felt very confident in. I often felt like I wasn’t of the authority to suggest ways of improvement on other’s work, or I didn’t want to offend someone. Giving positive feedback was easy, especially when it is in comparison to another piece of work and you can see improvements. […] Continue reading
November 11, 2015
by
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
by
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
by
Comments Off on What does it mean to be a Professional?
Since the Wordle website would not work on my laptop, I decided to create a mind map with all the words relating to being a professional/professionalism that I could think of. Continue reading
November 11, 2015
by
Comments Off on What standards we should be attaining as student teachers?
The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) has their own standards for registration. These are split into two parts, The Standards for Provisional Registration (SPR), and The Standard for Full Registration (SFR). These are a series of standards put in place to make clear how teachers should act, and the values they should possess as a […] Continue reading
November 11, 2015
by
Comments Off on How do we even teach a child how to read and write?!
In my previous blog posts, I spoke of language acquisition and the importance of things such as grammar. What is important when teaching a child how to read and write? Well, the most influential factor is their phonological awareness. Phonological awareness is the ability to understand the different rules around the sounds of a language. It […] Continue reading
November 11, 2015
by
Comments Off on Theories of Language Development
The earliest theories of language were initially based on the “nonsense” idea that imitation is how children learn a language. It does play a part, but only a small one. Toddlers who copy the way adults speak are the ones who show the most rapid vocabulary development, but only in the first 1/2 years of […] Continue reading
November 10, 2015
by
Comments Off on Word Learning
What are the trends in word learning over the first two years? Children initially learn words in stages, the first being the pre-linguistic stage. Each singular language, such as English or Italian, has various different dimensions. These are things such as the different uses of language, such as to communicate, the sound patterns each individual language uses […] Continue reading
November 10, 2015
by
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
November 9, 2015
by
Comments Off on Reflecting on Reflection
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
by
Comments Off on I’m a professional, and you’re under arrest!
The police force are in a career which would, I believe, undoubtedly be seen as a profession, and having watched “24 hours in Police Custody”, that has been proven to me even more. These were the words that I have previously used to describe a professional. When looking back on these after observing the police […] Continue reading
November 9, 2015
by
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
by
Comments Off on Professionalism Wordle
Glow Blogs uses cookies to enhance your experience on our service. By using this service or closing this message you consent to our use of those cookies. Please read our Cookie Policy.