Believe it or not, there are standards even in teaching! The standards are there to help guide the teachers so they can provide a better learning experience for the students, also they are there to help the public to have more trust in the education provided and in the teaching profession.
The standards are split into 2 sections, which are ethical standards and the standards of practice for the teaching profession. Ethical standards include care, respect, trust, and integrity. Pretty much self-explanatory. Those are the traits that the teachers must practice and model to meet the ethical standards.
The standards of practice for the teaching profession are more complicated. The teachers must show commitment in helping the student to succeed. Also the teachers must apply professional knowledge and use professional practice to educate the students, they must adjust to fit the needs of the student. Another part of this standard is that they must have leadership in learning communities, therefore they must have leadership and be involved in making a better learning community. Lastly the teacher must have commitment to lifelong learning to continue to improve their knowledge so they can educate the students better.
Information on how the standards are formed can be found under the subsection of standards review, and under development of professional standards. Resources are also offered on the site, such as the fostering professional inquiry resource kit. Which can be found under the standards education, research & resources subsection.
Overall, I found this very informative as it gives a lot of information on the standards. It even explains thoroughly what the standards are and all the parts of the standards. Also it even provides background on how the standards were developed. And most of all, the section provides resources to help the teachers explore further easily and a resource kit is provided to help the teacher meet and apply those standards so that the standards can be met. You could even contact them for more information or if you don't understand something under the subsection of standard review, then under contact us. So I felt this section was very well done.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Reflection 4: Newspaper Articles
Africentric Schools
Personally, I don't agree with the idea of an africentric school, rather I find it very racist. Although I understand that there are many benefits that come with an africentric school but those benefits mostly only apply to African students, so what about the other students? For example, at Oakwood, 40% of the students are African students, but that’s less than the other 60% who, I think, mostly want a school that is not racist at all to any background. I don’t think there should be a school where they learn African culture and heritage because that would ruin the point of coming to a different country. When you’re coming into another country, you should be ready to immerse in other cultures because you made the choice to leave your country. I also feel that it’s rather unfair to Canadian students who would want to learn about their country but are forced to learn about another culture and heritage when they’ve never even visited Africa before! I also feel that it’s unfair to students of other back grounds such as Asian students, why don’t they get a school where they learn about Asian culture?
Teaching in the 21th Century
Because all the other countries are surging ahead in their level of education, I understand the need for Canada to achieve a better education system. But I don’t think it should be done based on student performance, because some students just don’t bother to try to do well in school and so just because the students are lazy it means that the teacher is horrible. Not true. This could also cause teachers to give their students high marks on purpose so it seems like the students are doing extremely well in class, when maybe they’re not even learning anything. I think it should be a requirement for the teacher to achieve a master’s degree, so at least they’re well educated. Also I think the teachers should be evaluated more often, like once every year, that way it’s more up to date rather than every 5 years. The teachers should be evaluated on how they interact with the students and the depth of what they’re teaching, because both are important when it comes to educating the student.
Personally, I don't agree with the idea of an africentric school, rather I find it very racist. Although I understand that there are many benefits that come with an africentric school but those benefits mostly only apply to African students, so what about the other students? For example, at Oakwood, 40% of the students are African students, but that’s less than the other 60% who, I think, mostly want a school that is not racist at all to any background. I don’t think there should be a school where they learn African culture and heritage because that would ruin the point of coming to a different country. When you’re coming into another country, you should be ready to immerse in other cultures because you made the choice to leave your country. I also feel that it’s rather unfair to Canadian students who would want to learn about their country but are forced to learn about another culture and heritage when they’ve never even visited Africa before! I also feel that it’s unfair to students of other back grounds such as Asian students, why don’t they get a school where they learn about Asian culture?
Teaching in the 21th Century
Because all the other countries are surging ahead in their level of education, I understand the need for Canada to achieve a better education system. But I don’t think it should be done based on student performance, because some students just don’t bother to try to do well in school and so just because the students are lazy it means that the teacher is horrible. Not true. This could also cause teachers to give their students high marks on purpose so it seems like the students are doing extremely well in class, when maybe they’re not even learning anything. I think it should be a requirement for the teacher to achieve a master’s degree, so at least they’re well educated. Also I think the teachers should be evaluated more often, like once every year, that way it’s more up to date rather than every 5 years. The teachers should be evaluated on how they interact with the students and the depth of what they’re teaching, because both are important when it comes to educating the student.
Reflections 3: Shakespeare Video
It was our first video, so i'm not surprised that it's not perfect. I liked that everyone was in the video and i'm surprised that the scenes were not as shaky as i thought it would be. I think that we could do better in decreasing the background noise in some of the scenes. Also, some of the information was repeated, so if we organized it better, there wouldn't be so much repetition. But I really enjoyed the process and it was pretty well done :D
Reflection 2: Guinea Fowl Child
Although i couldn't pick out a definite theme, I was able to pick out two theme, but i think the second one is more of a important theme. I think the theme of the story was that even though there are hard points in life but good things will come to those who wait and that bad things will come to those who do terrible things. At first I though the story’s theme was that good things will happen when you are kind and considerate of others. But that point of view was completely changed after Pitipiti didn’t accept the guinea fowl as her child and rather she put herself first. She was more thinking about how people would mock her. Also when she did accept the guinea fowl, she only thought about it would be better for her to have some company. And the ending of the story was rather superficial, who would stab themselves to save them?
I think I can connect with the story’s theme with myself because there are many days where it starts off with a terrible start and continues to be horrible. But at the end of the day, this one good thing happens that lightens my whole day. I can also connect with the fact that bad things come to those who do terrible things, because after saying or doing something horrible, either I receive a form of punishment for what I’ve done or the guilt bites at me. I think this story can even relate to Over the Edge that we watched a few days ago. Because Sam smuggled drugs and desired for money so badly, he was caught and put in jail.
I think I can connect with the story’s theme with myself because there are many days where it starts off with a terrible start and continues to be horrible. But at the end of the day, this one good thing happens that lightens my whole day. I can also connect with the fact that bad things come to those who do terrible things, because after saying or doing something horrible, either I receive a form of punishment for what I’ve done or the guilt bites at me. I think this story can even relate to Over the Edge that we watched a few days ago. Because Sam smuggled drugs and desired for money so badly, he was caught and put in jail.
Reflection 1: Over the Edge
I actually found the video rather intriguing, because it talks about a person’s life that was completely different from mine. Not only did it allow us to experience or understand another way of living, it also taught us the consequences that can come from smuggling drugs. Though I don’t completely understand why Sam chose to end his life, because he should have known that there would be heavy consequences that would come from this dark business that he’s involved in. So if he knew, he should have been prepared to take the risk, but instead he ended his life just because he got caught. If he was so scared of getting put in jail, then why did he stay in the business anyways?
After hearing the story of Sam’s childhood, I actually felt sorrow when he died. He was just an ordinary kid like any of us and he also had the perfect childhood that was free and full of joy. When he got into smuggling drugs, he was in the business just for the adrenaline. But then it turned into the desire for money, which then changed my whole point of view of him, it was almost like he deserved it. But what was the most tragic part for me was that he was starting to settle down and he was breaking away from the dark business of smuggling, until his co-worker/friend got arrested. That was the most heart-breaking part of the video. He could have almost lived a normal life, the fact that he was so close made me feel a deep remorse for him.
The video was nicely taken. It was very interesting how many points of view were shown through interviewing other people rather than it being a very biased video. I also felt that the pictures and videos of Sam made us closer to him. Overall, I enjoyed the video.
After hearing the story of Sam’s childhood, I actually felt sorrow when he died. He was just an ordinary kid like any of us and he also had the perfect childhood that was free and full of joy. When he got into smuggling drugs, he was in the business just for the adrenaline. But then it turned into the desire for money, which then changed my whole point of view of him, it was almost like he deserved it. But what was the most tragic part for me was that he was starting to settle down and he was breaking away from the dark business of smuggling, until his co-worker/friend got arrested. That was the most heart-breaking part of the video. He could have almost lived a normal life, the fact that he was so close made me feel a deep remorse for him.
The video was nicely taken. It was very interesting how many points of view were shown through interviewing other people rather than it being a very biased video. I also felt that the pictures and videos of Sam made us closer to him. Overall, I enjoyed the video.
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