February 15, 2017
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Comments Off on I am an atheist
I am a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods. I never got brought up this way, I have always been told to have an open mind and that I should never say never. I have many reasons for disbelieving in a God or gods, and until I started …
February 10, 2017
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Scientific literacy and fair testing – Áine O’Neill, Gillian Daly, Iain Thomson “Scientific literacy is the capacity to use scientific knowledge, to identify questions and to draw evidence based-conclusions.” (OECD, 2003) It allows us to expand our knowledge on science and allows us to learn about new things. It is very important to teach children […] Continue reading
February 8, 2017
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Prior to our input with Richard on science, we were all to prepare a 2-minute science demonstration to show to our group. There were great ideas which can stem great lesson plans for the children in the classroom. This picture shows the “lava-lamp” experiment, the oil and water demonstrates to the children that materials don’t always mix due […] Continue reading
February 6, 2017
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Comments Off on Learning From Life – A New Adventure!
Second year here at the University of Dundee is exciting because our placement is that little bit different than others. We do a placement called Learning from Life where we can go anywhere we want to for 6 weeks and can document the whole journey however we want to! So when considering the possibilities I […] Continue reading
January 29, 2017
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Comments Off on Gender Stereotypes in the Media
Waking on Friday morning I unexpectedly found my social media site exploded with claims that in America girls believe brilliance is a male trait. Naturally I was curious to find out more, and the more articles I read, I was horrified to find that the reality is that girls from as young as six truly […] Continue reading
January 29, 2017
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Comments Off on Reflection on Semester 1
An eye opener which struck me and I feel that I can reflect on in semester 1 is the working together module and visit to Dundee Children and Families Social Work Department in Lochee. This was a very impacting visit and I feel even though I am not naive to the world I didn’t realise […] Continue reading
January 29, 2017
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Comments Off on Maths is Magnificent!
I love mathematics. This is not usually the first line that you read when someone is writing about their feelings towards mathematics. Most are negative, sometimes extreme in their descriptions of dislike. How is it possible that I enjoy and appreciate the flexibility and depth of mathematics as a subject, while others block themselves to […] Continue reading
January 26, 2017
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Comments Off on The Drama Contract
Task 1. Prepare a draft ‘drama contract’ to discuss with your pupils on placement Task 2. Reflect on the video about structuring a drama lesson, how is it structured, what are benefits of doing it this way and what conventions are used? What CfE Es & Os are being addressed here? Task 1 For the Drama …
January 26, 2017
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Comments Off on Science Input
I always struggled with science as a child in school in both Primary and High school. I found it extremely difficult and confusing (although I did still find certain aspects which were easier enjoyable) I only took biology to study from 3rd year onwards as this was the part of science I enjoyed the […] Continue reading
January 23, 2017
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Comments Off on Reflection
One of the most important moments from semester 1, for me, was the preparation for our Working Together assignment. From the beginning of the semester we were split into groups that consisted of those studying Education, Social Work and CLD. Recalling on this, I didn’t understand why these three were put together at all. But […] Continue reading
January 22, 2017
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Comments Off on Reflection on Semester 1
Semester one of university consisted of several important moments on my path to becoming a teacher. The values module made me think and in certain aspects re-evaluate my personal and professional values and beliefs. However, it was the working together module and how it taught me to be reflective that was one of the most important […] Continue reading
January 21, 2017
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Comments Off on The Importance of Early Year Relationships
There has been multiple debate surrounding the importance of building up strong, nurturing relationships within the first four years of a child’s life. Dr Suzanne Zeedyk discusses the flexibility of the human brain in the first four years of a child’s life and how it can be shaped as a consequence of relationships. Once these relationships are formed […] Continue reading
January 20, 2017
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Comments Off on One of the most important moments for my professional development in semester one.
One of the most important moments for my professional development in semester one was the working together module. Within this module, I was placed in a group to work together to creating a presentation based upon the information my group had gained from the agency visited and theory we had studied and researched. Through working […] Continue reading
January 20, 2017
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Comments Off on Reflective Practice
One of the most important moments in semester one for me was preparing with my peer learning group for our collaborative practice enquiry visit. In preparing for the visit we had to create the questions and examples we would like the professionals to answer that would help us to create a final presentation that would fulfil […] Continue reading
January 20, 2017
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Comments Off on Semester 1 Reflection.
As semester 2 is well underway it is useful for me to reflect back to semester 1 to analyse and evaluate how I have developed in my personal learning as well as the professional development that has been made. Over the course of semester 1 I studied two core modules – Values (self, society and … Continue reading Semester 1 Reflection. → Continue reading
January 20, 2017
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Comments Off on Reflection and Evaluation
Before starting the TDT (Tutor Directed Task) for this week, I looked at the Standards for Provisional Registration section 3.4.2. Within this section, it highlighted the importance of reflection; an example for professional actions regarding student teachers is ‘engaging where possible in the processes of curriculum development, improvement planning and professional review and development’. Through […] Continue reading
January 20, 2017
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Comments Off on Reflection, what is it good for?
In today’s lecture, the focus was largely on the importance of reflecting as a teacher, both in and out of school. The General Teaching Council (Scotland) have the Standards for Provisional Registration, which outline that engaging in reflection is key to becoming a striving and beneficial teacher. 3.4.2 Engage in reflective practice to develop and advance career-long […] Continue reading
January 16, 2017
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Comments Off on Intelligence
Theories of intelligence can be linked all the way back to Plato. He believed that intelligence was like a ball of wax: size, hardness, moistness and purity. For 1500 years the Greeks and Romans thought that to be intelligent you have to have a tempered body this meant; four humours, blood, phlegm and black and […] Continue reading
January 16, 2017
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Comments Off on Finland’s education system
I have heard wonderful things about Finland; that is that it’s one of the best education systems in the world. But it was not until I had a lecture in it recently then I began to understand why. Finland has promotes education as an essential factor to their system. They are a well organised and […] Continue reading
January 14, 2017
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Comments Off on My first real insight to the teachings of Social Subjects…
I am a 1st year Education student at University and I am on my way to becoming a Primary Teacher. I have begun to look at the different areas of the curriculum and what kind of role they have and the links that can be made between each area. Today we had our first insight into […] Continue reading
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