SED really taught me everything that I could experience in a classroom. I didn’t realize until the class that there are so many children with different kinds of learning disorders and physical impairments. It was really helpful to learn about how to deal with these kinds of children because most of us have never been involved with them. To also get a background on each disorder helped because it’s good to know what they experience and that way you can try to make class time more manageable for them. Plus all the stories she has from her experience are just amazing because in other states there are really out of control children and I’m surprised she still teaches after some of the stories I have heard.
EDU filled us in with the history of education and how the patterns have taken place. It’s interesting to know where education came from and how much it has improved. It was also helpful to have the opportunity to go to the autism conferences because it just gives you a glimps of what life is like for them. With our guests coming into class gave us a introduction to what teaching is going to be like. With the first year students, it seems like lesson planning is going to be the hardest part of the job because you need to decide to what you want to cover in your class. With the teacher who has 40 years under her belt of teaching, it was interesting to see how she viewed things differently from the first year teachers. With so many years of experience, there must be something that makes her keep coming back to teach. I have a feeling it’s the kids themselves and the relationships you develop with them.
It makes me realize that there are so many other things that go along with teaching that I didn’t think about before. I’m glad I had these too classes because they brought up subjects that I didn’t even think about when I said I wanted to be a teacher. Although, after learning about children and disabilities and the history behind teaching, it still doesn’t change my mind about my major. So this probably means that I chose the right major after hearing all these stories about different types of children.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Blog E
Webster dictionary defines diversity as, “ difference, and variety.” What does that really mean though? My own experience with diversity has never really come up and hit me in the face. Does it mean different people from different places? Or different in general?
I’ve had an African American cousin all my life. Her father lives in Granada and she lives with her mother in Maine. They divorced when she was around six years old. She now has a stepfather and stepbrother.
All through our childhood it never even occurred to me that she was different than my family and friends. We would play together every day either at my house or at her’s. She made my childhood very memorable and was a very big part of it. I was a year older than her. She was my best friend up until middle school when I moved up into a different school, and left her behind. Our bond is still strong today, but not even close to what it used to be. Now that I think of it, I haven’t seen her in a long time, yet I’ve come home every weekend. I didn’t even get to see her during Thanksgiving break because I was so busy. To me, people who have different backgrounds, religions and heritage have a story to tell and an opportunity for me to learn something threw their eyes.
Teaching a diverse subject would be hard because you would have to be careful of how categorize things. Making sure that any of your diverse students wouldn’t get offended by something you said. So teaching a diverse subject with diverse students in it, you would have to teach with caution and plan your lessons accordingly.
As for just teaching for diverse students, I wouldn’t think twice about it. Since I’ve grown up with someone who is different than me, it’s hard for me to even notice. However, if I did notice it would make me curious to see how their life is like outside of school. I would want to develop personal relationships with my students, so that way, if they have a problem at home, they could come to me without feeling uncomfortable.
When I see diverse students, it wouldn’t make me want to treat them any differently than any of my other students, it would actually just make me even more curious to know how much differently they do daily tasks from me.
I’ve had an African American cousin all my life. Her father lives in Granada and she lives with her mother in Maine. They divorced when she was around six years old. She now has a stepfather and stepbrother.
All through our childhood it never even occurred to me that she was different than my family and friends. We would play together every day either at my house or at her’s. She made my childhood very memorable and was a very big part of it. I was a year older than her. She was my best friend up until middle school when I moved up into a different school, and left her behind. Our bond is still strong today, but not even close to what it used to be. Now that I think of it, I haven’t seen her in a long time, yet I’ve come home every weekend. I didn’t even get to see her during Thanksgiving break because I was so busy. To me, people who have different backgrounds, religions and heritage have a story to tell and an opportunity for me to learn something threw their eyes.
Teaching a diverse subject would be hard because you would have to be careful of how categorize things. Making sure that any of your diverse students wouldn’t get offended by something you said. So teaching a diverse subject with diverse students in it, you would have to teach with caution and plan your lessons accordingly.
As for just teaching for diverse students, I wouldn’t think twice about it. Since I’ve grown up with someone who is different than me, it’s hard for me to even notice. However, if I did notice it would make me curious to see how their life is like outside of school. I would want to develop personal relationships with my students, so that way, if they have a problem at home, they could come to me without feeling uncomfortable.
When I see diverse students, it wouldn’t make me want to treat them any differently than any of my other students, it would actually just make me even more curious to know how much differently they do daily tasks from me.
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