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The competent teacher understands the diverse characteristics and abilities of each student and how individuals develop and learn within the context of their social, economic, cultural, linguistic, and academic experiences. The teacher uses these experiences to create instructional opportunities that maximize student learning.
Educational Autoethnography.pdfEducational Autoethnography
Educational Autoethnography
This is a paper I wrote for EDUC 205: Teaching, Learning, and Schooling about Homeschooling and Its Impact on my K-12 Experience.
This paper connects to standard 1F: "understands his or her personal perspectives and biases and their effects on one’s teaching" because I examined my own educational experience, how it impacted me, and how it has has influenced the way I view education and the role of the teacher.
Through this paper, I learned more about how my experience homeschooling compared to others by reading a couple of different studies. I also learned that as a teacher I want to create an atmosphere where students have the freedom to dig deeper into what interests them. In addition, in both my experience with my CC tutor and my mother (as my teacher), I have learned how important love, commitment, and genuine interest are in the role of the teacher. They were both committed to my success, which means they weren’t always easy on me, but they wanted what was best for me and guided me in that direction. I view education as an ongoing process, I know I will never be done learning, and I am excited to learn alongside my students in my classroom one day.
Contextual Factors
Contextual Factors
This is the research I did and a paper I wrote about my school using the Illinois Report Card.
This connects to standard 1H) analyzes and uses student information to design instruction that meets the diverse needs of students and leads to ongoing growth and achievement; because I researched about the students in my school, and gained more information about them which in turn helps me teach better.
When working on this, I learned about the demographics of my school, including the percentage of students who are English learners, are low-income, and have IEPs. Something I also found interesting was that Arabic students are counted as "White" demographically. The two schools I was at (Kolmar Avenue Elementary and Covington Elementary) both had a large Arabic population, but that is not reflected in the statistics.
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