All students do have the ability to learn. I am a special education teacher and I have seen many different types of students and different types of learners from students labeled SLD to FMD. All of the students who have special needs are able to learn and have learned something while working with me. It might not be core concepts or even to use the bathroom independently but, all of these students are able to learn. Teachers have a great influence on the learning process and capacity to which students are able to learn. For example, if students are put in a room and are expected to “hang out” all day without access to curriculum or even life skills then they will not learn much and what they will learn they will pick up from conversations or their surrounding environment. On the other hand, if teachers are able to meet students at their ability level and teach them in ways they are able to process and understand then those students will be able to learn many different skills and information sets. Students capacity to learn is a lot about their ability level, but all students have the capacity to learn it just depends on the knowledge presented and how that knowledge is presented. The fact that all students have the capacity to learn makes my instruction in my classroom more student based. I always assess what my students know and then how they best learn and work on teaching them important and relevant information that is taught in a way they are interested in and can understand.
I would like to pick the last domain, domain 4.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Task Two
What is the purpose of curriculum and what role do we have as teachers in this purpose? The purpose of curiculum is to give teachers a guide line to what is important to be taught and how is would be best taught in the right environment. I believe the role of curriculum is different in every school and the role as teachers towards curriculum is different in every school. In my first year of teaching I was not given a curriculum program, book or topic pacing guide and was told to teach high school algebra and geometry. This was very different from where I am teaching now and hae access to many different curriculum programs.
How much control do we have in the designing of curriculum? How much should we have? As a special educator I have a lot to do with the designing of the curriculum in my classroom. I am able to look at what the students in my classroom need to move forward in their education and create lessons that will best meet their academic needs and hopefully interest them. I think we should have a lot of control in the designing of curriculum especially in special education.
Ho does the curriculum that you have look like in your classrooms in a day to day environment? In my classroom we have many different curriculum and intervention programs to choose from. I teach all of the math in the MMD unit in my building and have assess to pull materials from the everyday math, number worlds and V-math curriculum. This year we are trying the V-math program and supplementing the other curriculum when we feel the students need extra practice or another way of looking at a math concept. I also pull a lot of materials from the internet and use many computer intervention programs. I feel very blessed to be in a teaching position where i am able to be flexiable and have the resources to pull the best curriculum for each of my studnets.
How much control do we have in the designing of curriculum? How much should we have? As a special educator I have a lot to do with the designing of the curriculum in my classroom. I am able to look at what the students in my classroom need to move forward in their education and create lessons that will best meet their academic needs and hopefully interest them. I think we should have a lot of control in the designing of curriculum especially in special education.
Ho does the curriculum that you have look like in your classrooms in a day to day environment? In my classroom we have many different curriculum and intervention programs to choose from. I teach all of the math in the MMD unit in my building and have assess to pull materials from the everyday math, number worlds and V-math curriculum. This year we are trying the V-math program and supplementing the other curriculum when we feel the students need extra practice or another way of looking at a math concept. I also pull a lot of materials from the internet and use many computer intervention programs. I feel very blessed to be in a teaching position where i am able to be flexiable and have the resources to pull the best curriculum for each of my studnets.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Module 2
Why do we need to consider curriculum?
We need to consider curriculum in all aspects of teaching. Curriculum needs to be standards based and proven effective by the appropriate data. Programs in curriculum need to work effectively and so do the interventions in the curriculum.
What model of curriculum do you feel best fits your current role? What model are you most attracted to? What would be your preference?
The curriculum that fits my current role the best is the correlated and fused curriculum because we work to combine information across content areas. I really like this model but I would like to move more towards the modern curriculum to help create more inquisitive students. I would love to combine all three of these models and create the super curriculum that would encourage students to learn and to want to learn and would combine all curriculums and create a collaborative environment for teachers and students
Wiggins talks about the need for a “modern” curriculum - what could this look like? Do you buy that we need a new approach to curriculum? Why or why not?
I really like the idea of the “modern” curriculum. The idea that the curriculum would be based on questions is wonderful. The modern curriculum reminds me of the Montessori Method how the teachers provide information or opportunities to get the students thinking and asking questions and the students learn at their level about what interests them. I love the quote, “To put students in the habit of thoughtful inquiry.” (p 47) To teach students how to want to learn and to be in the “habit of thoughtful inquiry” would be amazing. Students would want to learn more and would strive to be life long learners.
I think it would be very hard to move to a new approach to curriculum. It would be a great to try and move towards. Anything that would help students want to learn and be excited to learn is a great approach to learning.
We need to consider curriculum in all aspects of teaching. Curriculum needs to be standards based and proven effective by the appropriate data. Programs in curriculum need to work effectively and so do the interventions in the curriculum.
What model of curriculum do you feel best fits your current role? What model are you most attracted to? What would be your preference?
The curriculum that fits my current role the best is the correlated and fused curriculum because we work to combine information across content areas. I really like this model but I would like to move more towards the modern curriculum to help create more inquisitive students. I would love to combine all three of these models and create the super curriculum that would encourage students to learn and to want to learn and would combine all curriculums and create a collaborative environment for teachers and students
Wiggins talks about the need for a “modern” curriculum - what could this look like? Do you buy that we need a new approach to curriculum? Why or why not?
I really like the idea of the “modern” curriculum. The idea that the curriculum would be based on questions is wonderful. The modern curriculum reminds me of the Montessori Method how the teachers provide information or opportunities to get the students thinking and asking questions and the students learn at their level about what interests them. I love the quote, “To put students in the habit of thoughtful inquiry.” (p 47) To teach students how to want to learn and to be in the “habit of thoughtful inquiry” would be amazing. Students would want to learn more and would strive to be life long learners.
I think it would be very hard to move to a new approach to curriculum. It would be a great to try and move towards. Anything that would help students want to learn and be excited to learn is a great approach to learning.
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