1.1. Classroom Management Chart: allows for you to choose and recognize where you stand on classroom management in the categories of teacher directed, student directed or collaborative. Recognizing your stance on classroom management is a good way to begin to understand yourself as a teacher and begin to create your teacher identity. (Levin etal. 2005)
1.2. Personal Reflection: When I was in school, I found that I enjoyed a classroom that was collaborative because the teacher would teach the general topic and for the assignments, I got to choose what interested me and that was connected to the general topic. I find this effective because I was interested in the assignment rather than doing an assignment that I thought was boring.
2. Inclusion in the classroom
2.1. Personal Reflection: I believe there needs to be an environment created where all students feel comfortable and safe, no matter what your own beliefs are about cultures, minorities, or sexuality orientation and from the very beginning the teacher should make it known what is not acceptable in their classroom.
2.2. (Guest Lecture:Melinda McNie) Understand our rights and responsibilities as educators in relation to LGBTQ inclusion: Engage in personal reflection Use inclusive language Normalize sexual and gender minority realities Display affirming symbols and images Establish Safe Spaces Address homo/transphobic language and bullying LGBTQ Inclusive curriculum Support a Gay-Straight Alliance
3. Huge Responsibilities
3.1. Personal Reflection: There is no generic teacher because there are all different styles of teaching, classroom managements and personalities that work for different individuals. Every person is unique and has different ways that work best for them when teaching. I believe you have to really develop your understanding of who you are as a person and who you are as a teacher and then it will all come together
3.2. Being a teacher is a major responsibility because you are teaching young children who are easily influenced. You want to use your teacher authority in the right way. For example, there is the Keegstra Case where the teacher was teaching the students of a small town untrue things about Jewish people. It is important to understand that even though you may have certain beliefs, you always have to remain professional, especially when being a teacher. (Hare, 1990)
4. The Historical Context of How It Was Formed.
4.1. (Guest Lecture: Dr. Frank Peters) Understanding Education in Canada. History of Canada's education: how the education system was formed, the pillars of education (language rights, separates schools, school structure). Understanding the origins allows for us to understand Canada's education system better and allows for improvement.
4.2. Education in Residential Schools: having knowledge about residential schools is very important because it allows teachers to understand what happened and create new ways of teaching that incorporates aboriginal culture which further improves education for Aboriginal peoples. (class discussion)
5. Understanding Aboriginal Education
5.1. Revision of Aboriginal Education. Integrate Native values of Cooperation, Group Harmony, Generosity, Careful Listening and Respect for Nature. Knowing the aboriginal values will make it easier to incorporate it into the classroom. (Native Understandings)
5.2. Personal Reflection: I believe that teachers need to educate themselves in Aboriginal culture because then they will have a better understanding of how to connect with the Aboriginal child and this will further the concept of inclusion in the classroom.
