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Education and Schooling

Education and Schooling. EDUC 4102 Primary/Junior. NANCY MAYNES Email: nancym@nipissingu.ca Telephone X4388. Table tents. Please make a name tag to “tent” in front of you. These will be used to identify you for the first few classes. I will collect at the end of the class

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Education and Schooling

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  1. Education and Schooling EDUC 4102 Primary/Junior

  2. NANCY MAYNES Email: nancym@nipissingu.ca Telephone X4388

  3. Table tents • Please make a name tag to “tent” in front of you. • These will be used to identify you for the first few classes. I will collect at the end of the class • Please write your first name in bold letters followed by initial of last name • Please use thicker markers.

  4. Find someone who...... Icebreaker activity Using BINGO grid, walk around the room to find a person who matches and write their name inside the grid Once you have completed the Bingo, please partner with the person who matched the last question........get to know more about each other

  5. Introductions • You will have 1 minute to find out more about each other-- where you will do your placement –grade and city (do not identify school). • You will be asked to introduce that person to the group

  6. Course Outline • Overview of the course • Learning Expectations • Assessment and Evaluation • Academic regulations

  7. Education and Schooling • Course Description • Overall Learning Expectations • Required texts • Outline and Timelines • Units 1,2,3,4,5 and their expectations • Assessment and Evaluation • Criteria for each assignment • Academic Requirements

  8. Overview of Education and SchoolingFoundations

  9. Units

  10. ASSIGNMENTS

  11. Unit 1: Understanding Self as a Developing Teacher • “Why did you decide to become a teacher?” On the sticky notes provided please write the reasons or factors that influenced you into becoming a teacher • In groups of 5, compare your sticky notes and see if you can sort and group them together i.e. Family member, love of teaching • One person will record the list for the group in order of “most to least”

  12. Why do teachers enter the profession? Source: Based on a survey by Environics for the Canadian Teachers’ Federation June 2001 Workplace survey

  13. Why do teachers enter the profession? Love of working with children • Make a difference in students’ lives • Appreciate their unique qualities • Enjoy liveliness, curiosity, freshness, openness trust of young children, idealism..... • Significant rewards of meeting the needs of children • Student variability • Student diversity Source: “Becoming a Teacher” Parkay, Stanford, Vaillancourt, Stephens

  14. Why do teachers enter the profession? Love of teaching • Love of the subject • Love of the teaching life • Love of the teaching-learning process “I enjoy what I do...I’ve been teaching long enough to know that when the fun stops...I’ll get out. But it hasn’t yet after 34 years. Every day is different. Every day is interesting” Godar 1990,244

  15. Why do teachers enter the profession? Influence of teachers • A Metropolitan Life Survey of 1002 graduates who began teaching in 1990-91 reported that 52% decided to become teachers before college (Louis Harris and Associates 1990) • Teacher’s influence during the formative years is often a catalyst. In most cases, the adults who have the greatest influence on children beyond their parents or guardians—are their teachers. • ....influenced by their teachers as people than as subject experts Source: “Becoming a Teacher” Parkay, Stanford, Vaillancourt, Stephens

  16. Why do teachers enter the profession? Desire to serve • “Being involved in a service profession is their draw to the field. Twenty-nine percent of Canadian teachers surveyed reported the major factors for remaining in education to be the love of the profession and job satisfaction, followed by the desire to make a difference (15 percent) “ (CTF 2001) • Decision to serve through teaching was influenced by experiences as volunteers...Boy Scouts, summer camps, Girl Guides, church activities, .......

  17. Life Map Assignment • Take this time to think of the factors that have influenced your decision. • Brainstorm as to how you can visually depict this on your “Life Map “

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