Impressions of Teaching: The Coalescing of My Educational Beliefs
In a reflective discussion of educational beliefs, the importance of culturally relevant pedagogy and its impact on students of color takes center stage, emphasizing academic success, cultural competence, and critical consciousness.
Impressions of Teaching: The Coalescing of My Educational Beliefs
Creativity Development in the Social Studies Classroom (133)
Creativity must be viewed as a skill that can be developed, not an innate trait.
Student's must develop creativity in order to act as agents of change
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Students as Agents of Change (249)
This concept holds special relevance for me due to he school I currently work at, Academia Cesar Chavez.
Constructivism and its role in the Social Studies Classroom.
Prior to this course, I got a taste of constructivist thinking from reading Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed. The beliefs espoused in that text, particularly the power of dialogue as a means for learning, were highly influential in my choice to enter the teaching profession.
Teacher Support: Relationship Building in the classroom (92)
Relationship building is particularly important with the demographic I currently teach, Hispanic students.
Student teacher relationships are the foundation on which the educational process rests
Envisioning Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development: Effective Differentiated instruction (61)
Differentiated instruction: Flexible approach to teaching that matches content, process, and product based on student differences in readiness, interests, and learning needs. Takes into account prior knowledge, and challenges so that instruction matches not only the subject being taught but also student needs.
Zone of Proximal Development: The phase at which a child can master a task if given appropriate help and support