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While collaborating with other educators is important, I also need to think about how I will work with support staff in my classroom. Throughout my academic career, I have seen many support staff in classrooms ignored or used as assistants to the teacher when they are not working directly with the students with whom they have been assigned to work. This is not only a waste of a valuable resource in your classroom, but also extremely demeaning. My hope is that I will be able to learn from the support staff information about students I might otherwise never learn – such as advice on how to appropriately help a student with ADHD who might need to take some time out of class to refocus. No matter how much research I conduct on my own about various …show more content…

Project-based learning is a wonderful way to get students directly involved in their education. With project-based learning (PBL), students seek the answer to a question or problem that they believe needs to be solved. This could be something in their community, in their school or in the world. It usually aligns with the unit they have just been working on in class; for example, students in a Global Geography class might work on a project that addresses conservation in their town. In this type of project, the teacher does not own the learning; “teachers generally serve as facilitators, providing scaffolding, guidance and strategic instruction as the process unfolds” (Holm, 2011, p. 1). The educator helps students as they embark on their own learning journey – I will not be the expert on every students’ project idea; they will be learning about their topic and teaching me as they complete their work. I can guide them, offer assistance with organization or developing deeper driving questions and maybe steer them in a different direction, but ultimately they own the learning in this kind of project. PBL has been shown “to be an effective means of teaching both content information and related skills” (Holm, 2011, p. 8); students “exhibited greater gains in content knowledge than their traditionally taught peers” (Holm, 2011, p. 8). In comparison to lecture-based classrooms, students also improved in areas of process, group skill development and information literacy skills (Holm, 2011, p. 8). Studies have also shown that student motivation and engagement increased when learning through project-based learning (Holm, 2011, p. 9), and that they preferred this hands-on approach to education. While it is not possible to teach in this way all the time, there are certainly areas in which I might be able to put this approach to use. It helps students to become

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“After completing a project, students understand content more deeply, remember what they learn and retain it longer than is often the case with traditional instruction. Because of this, students who gain content knowledge with PBL are better able to apply what they know and can do to new situations” (“Why Project Based Learning”, Buick Institute for Education 2017). The Buick Institute for Education is a grand supporter of PBL learning, they strongly believe that PBL is the most effective way of learning by making school more engaging to students, building success skills for college, career, life and connecting what students learned to the real world. “In PBL classrooms, students demonstrate improved attitudes toward learning. They exhibit more engagement, are more self-reliant, and have better attendance than in more traditional settings” (Thomas, 2000; Walker & Leary, 2009).

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In sum, the project method is a based-on students’ motivation to learn and their will to stay dedicated to their goal in succeeding to learn what they set their mind on

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Group projects are researched and each worker many times will have a specific duty for the project and they all pull resources together for the end product. There has been a big emphasis in colleges on group work, projects, and students being able to work as a team for their future success in the workforce. Therefore, starting students at an early age in Project-Based Learning will teach them to work together for a common goal or product that they produce together as a team. They will learn social skills of working together, getting along, cooperating, taking direction, and dividing responsibilities amongst each other as a

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Project 2 taught me that others may send work back and request more if they are not satisfied. It also taught me that this should not be taken personally. This specifically resonates with myself because of past negative reactions to criticism. I now believe that constructive criticism is essential to one’s growth. Project 3 involved a great deal of group work.

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This was achieved by conducting an external and internal assessment of the organization( ), to bring to light the organizations strengths, weaknesses, road blocks and obstacles. This analyses provided TCLT members with key understanding of what project –based learning consists off and the challenges the implementation can face. Team member’s met to gather input and

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For this reason, I have been actively involved in the developing and implementing creative ways to engage students. From the use of technology in instruction to the implementation of field experience exercises, all of which have positively improved student learning for a diverse group of learners. Furthermore, I constantly challenge myself to prepare exercises and assignments that help students make connections across various

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PBL is a student-centred approach that involves learning through solving realistic problems, while promoting skills in collaboration, communication and reflection from numerous perspectives (Savery, 2006; Yelland, Cope, & Kalantzis, 2008). When teaching science it is important to create problems that are as close to real-life scenarios as possible. Students can examine the problem, research and analyse possible solutions, gather data, develop and test design solutions and produce the final answer (Roberts, 1997). Collaborative learning is another approach to teach science as it encourages group work.

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In addition there is a process of learning through the PBL approach this consists of the assessment. The point is to have the previous learning stimulated (Cheaney & Ingebritsen, 2005). This can be done with a proper learning assessment (Genareo & Lyons, 2015). Through student communication there is a cooperative elaboration of the past experiences form each student. All students will be able to make the connection for the assignment and how they would use it in everyday life.

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A five-day project-based program is implemented consistently, which incorporates a multi-model approach to learning. Students have access to instructional materials that are presented in kinesics, auditory, and visual formats.

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Fact 1: I liked project-based because I can show my abilities creatively. Fact 2: (say the example of how it’s gives us different topics and we have the choice to pick from all of them) Fact 3: It is a lot more fun than listening to a teacher, or reading a book, and doing tests that you will most likely forget right afterwards. Fact 4: We also had a lot of information to choose from and learn about, in ways that you understand. Fact 5: (say an example of a project that you did, any project)

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Reasons for entering the teaching profession Throughout my whole life, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my advanced education until my junior year of high school. I had a teacher that really related to my personality and talked to me about education and how much she enjoys teaching. I saw a lot of myself in her personality and she was a great fit for her role in teaching. When it was getting closer to graduation of high school, I knew that I wanted to be successful in my future and make a difference.

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Accountability and pride are very important skill or value that I want my students to learn to have and to obtain. I also found that I was no longer was the teacher that had a cookie cutter end result or process, and this made it hard for me to ensure what I was doing project based learning in the correct way of process. With that, I had to be on my toes to make sure that I was correctly and appropriately supporting my students in the best possible way. I feel that the discomfort of not knowing if my students are headed the right direction or if I am supporting them effectively might subside over more project based

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The numerous conventions of today 's political discourse have been specifically crafted in order to appeal to the general public. Some politicians deviate from these conventions in order to stand out. However many political leaders conform to them since it is the most reliable way to create a wide range of support. These carefully developed political norms are present and detectable among numerous speeches done by the most powerful and influential political leaders in the world. Since the public is easily manipulated by these conventions, presidents are usually found to utilize them.

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Project-Based Learning offers a wide range of benefits in teaching and learning activities. Project-Based Learning offers as highlighted by Thomas (2000), Boos & Krauss (2007), and Fragoulis (2009), project-based learning can increase students’ learning motivation, increase students’ academic achievement, increase cooperation/collaboration ability, increase the ability to communicate, increase students’ skill in managing learning resources improving library research skill), create fun learning, increase students’ attitudes toward learning, increase students’ creativity, lowers students’ anxiety level in the learning process, increase resource management skills, and increase problem solving ability. Project-based learning increases students’

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