Essays on Classroom Page 5

Reports based on personal stories or experiences. Anecdotal reports are useful for analyzing a student’s behavior in a specific setting or during a certain instructional period. They can help identify a target behavior when its cause is not yet known. By providing a written description of everything that happened during a certain time period or…

Some educators would argue that students should be placed in grade levels based on their age. Others believe age is not as important a factor as a student’s academic ability. Placing students in grade levels based on their academic ability can be both beneficial and harmful to a child’s educational development. When students with similar…

Classroom Observation and Reflection Paper MTE/501 The Art of Science and Teaching Regis Lawrence For my classroom observation I had the opportunity of sitting in on a first grade regular education classroom. Listed below are the following that relates to the teacher’s classroom design. Teacher’s educational goals I asked for the teachers educational goals and…

a.Site description, including number of children observed             The preschool classroom I visited provides an educational environment for children from twelve months to about two years of age,  The curriculum is designed for the growth and development of these 50 children by applying developmentally appropriate activities. The learning through play, exploration and discovery are vey…

What I have learnt from the observation of my peers and the experienced teachers about effective teaching. From observing my peers and experienced teachers, I have seen that effective teaching can be delivered in different ways yet still has certain key aspects. Perhaps the most important aspect of effective teaching is good planning. If it…

Among numerous changes which take place in the contemporary world changes in pedagogical area are also rather considerable. Estimating the whole situation in the world it can be said that the contemporary school became more free and liberal. The teacher in today’s pedagogical structure isn’t just an executor but an important participant of collective project….

            The latest trend in the twenty first century in education is the online degree program.  According to elearners.com, “Nearly 3.2 million students were taking at least one online course during the fall 2005 term, a substantial increase over the 2.3 million reported the previous year.”  Pioneers such as University of Phoenix are now reaping…

Observation of a Head Start Classroom In June, 2010, I had the opportunity to observe a partial-day of instructor-student interaction in a Head Start classroom, Delaware County, PA. In this facility, the teacher (a female with over 4 years of teaching experience), created and provided multiple environments in which her students could flourish. Primarily, she…

A panopticon is a well-designed circular building in which is always under complete surveillance, allowing the observer to see everyone within the perimeters while people are not able see or acknowledge them back. Michel Foucault mentions in his essay entitled “Panopticism” that there is a common resemblance to this 17th century structure, to many different,…

Guided Reflection Protocol Form 1.      Observation and Description a.       Describe the observed classroom routines. Different classroom routines observed in the video are the following: proper arrangement of a student’s desk, freedom to use classroom facilities, presence of attendance graph which will be updated every school day, practical sign-out area, and freedom to use classroom materials…