(Present at least 10 photos with captions—no less than 1,500 words, no more than 3,000 words)
(100 points) (DUE November 8 )
For this assignment, use one of our class themes and related theor(ies) for the framework, and consider one or more aspects of:
Your professional school experiences,
Your students and relationship with them,
The classroom ecology,
Parents and the community, and
The curriculum
to create a detailed discussion of your philosophy and practice of education. Provide an introduction, photos with detailed captions, conclusion
Photos are an amazing trigger for thinking. The content or composition of the photo is not as important as the thinking that comes out of the taking. By holding a camera up to your eye, you are requiring yourself to slow down and to ponder. As a matter of fact, the most powerful photos will be those that are symbolic or “empty stages”—no people in them.
Formatting: insert photos and captions into a Microsoft Word document or Publisher—use NO less than 10 photos. Make the photos small enough that you can fit them and captions onto 7-10 sheets of paper. You can print them in black and white. If you need to borrow a digital camera, let me know!
I am providing an example below. Let me know if you need help with formatting!
Figure 1. This photo represents Piaget’s conservation of liquid volume and cognition. Young students will identify a tall skinny glass as the container with the largest volume, even if the short, wider glass is equal in volume (Berk, 1999). As students age, they figure out the relationship. Yet, my sixth graders struggle with concepts that are SO far apart, such as confusing representations of the solar system and atomic structure. Their inability to visualize what is happening comes from the misuse of analogies and metaphors by teachers. Students can’t “see” or discuss what the drawings or styrofoam balls glued onto paper represent. They just memorize the arrangements and labels attached. Metaphors are important for the learning of science concepts, but too often, I do not spend enough time helping students understand where the analogy breaks down; students need to hear and see concepts in a variety of ways (Glynn, 2002). I intend to address this need in the future. Lind (2003) has an outstanding process for ensuring multiple approaches.
To the Heart of One’s Teaching & Learning, A Photo Essay
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