Reflection

 Blog Post: Reflections on Your Practicum and Thoughts on Next Steps


  1. Name: ______May Qin__________________________________________


  1. Teaching specialty/specialties: _________Math_____________________________


  1. Highlights of your teaching practicum experience: 

    1. Experiences that you remember with a smile (learning, growth, “I love this job!” sorts of things)


The kids were very cute. Some would come up to me and say thank you for teaching me. They were so polite and I loved that part.

  1. Challenges: Things that were a struggle, perhaps in the “We learn and grow through challenges and hardships” category of “learning experience”


                I think classroom management sometimes were challenging. Getting the children do all the things correctly and on time was hard. 
                

  1. Ongoing learning: Things that, at the end of your practicum, had you thinking, “I want to learn more about, or work on developing my skills in .…” (?)

I need to learn more about how to make class more engaging and fun for my students. I need to know how to get along with them better than before. I need to be more outgoing.

  1. Reflecting on the way the video, “Message from the future II”, plays with the notion of messages across time: What is the most important thing that would write in a letter to your future teacher self (e.g. five years from now)?

Be really aware of climate change and related knowledge. Pass them to the students. Take care of yourself and the planet. Be courageous about all the things that will happen around you on this planet. I'm sure the world will be changing at a faster pace than ever.

  1. Post-BEd plans: e.g., if you have already secured a teaching job, what/where? Or, some other sort of job? Or, further studies? Or, if you don’t have solid plans, what are your hoped-for post-BEd options?): Note: The purpose of this question is to provide us (Amanda and Mati) some context to get a sense of your interests and potential needs as you move into your career

    not yet due to covid situation but I will probably go to China to teach... next year.


  1. Anything else? If there is anything else you would like to share, please do! Amanda and Mati would love to learn more about you - 

       It would be helpful to know more websites or information about how to design an engaging class 
( a fun class)  and how to connect with your students properly. 

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  1. Mati 2021年7月15日 15:23

    Very thoughtful insights -- Regarding your question about websites on how to design an engaging class ... there isn't really a "one size fits all" sort of solution to the challenge of creating engaging lessons, but, I think your answer to the first question actually points the way, a bit ... The thing that you remembered with a smile is the students themselves, and their connections and relationships with you -- who they are as people, and how they relate to you as human beings. So, in a way, the students show us how to connect with them and make the lessons engaging for them, but we have to pay attention to them in a bit of a new way -- paying attention to who they are as people, and what matters to them, rather than only focusing on who they are as academic students. There are loads of resources with different ideas for engaging activities, but the key to making those activities work is to start with human relationships within the class, and between the teacher and the students. We can discuss more about this in class - It's a very interesting, and challenging, topic to explore! Well done -

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