3 Essays on Gender, Language and Literacy Learning in the Primary School
Assignment Title: Language and Literacy Learning Assignment Class Code X9233 Student ID Number: 201139039 Talk to Support Learning – The Group Work Environment Talk is considered a key component in a child’s learning development (Hodson, 2006.) In the primary school, there is a lot of talk in the playground and during social activities but should we be hearing more talk in the classroom? Curriculum for Excellence (Scottish Executive, 2004) explains that talking and listening are main areas within its literacy experiences and outcomes and, in particular, encourages children to talk together to develop understanding and increase learning of literacy. Scottish Pedagogical Research into Group work (SPRinG) (2007) highlighted that group work is a useful tool to aid learning. Organising children into small groups may be a challenge for a teacher due to some children’s limited communication and listening skills. Bennet, (1995) indicates that the ideal size for group work should consist of four people. Pairs are too small for generating many ideas, three tends to form a pair and exclude one child’s contribution and groups larger than four may prevent the shy, quieter children from contributing to the group discussion. Ideally, the groups should consist of mixed ability pupils and each group member could be given a role to play within the group. Key roles within the group
Analysis of the Education System of Bangladesh.
Overview of the education Education is one of the key elements of human asset. It is also one of the principal sources of increased economic growth, development and enhanced welfare of an individual and a household in the process of economic transformation. Increased labor productivity, effective use of land and other physical assets, and improved socio-economic empowerment are three important routes through which education can contribute to economic development. On the other hand, education can also lessen the burden of poverty ― one estimate for Bangladesh reveals that households without any formal education have about six time higher poverty incidence than those who have access to education. Because of all this, educational attainment is considered to be the most important indicator of development. Right to education is a fundamental human right. Education system in Bangladesh The educational system in Bangladesh is three-tiered and highly subsidized. The government of Bangladesh operates many schools in the primary, secondary, and higher secondary levels. It also subsidizes parts of the funding for many private schools. In the tertiary education sector, the government also funds more than 15 state universities through the University Grants Commission. Bangladesh conforms fully to the Education For All (EFA) objectives, the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and
My Personal Classroom Management Plan
My Personal Classroom Management Plan My Personal Classroom Management Plan Grand Canyon University- EDU 450 March 10, 2013 Abstract: An educator posses the necessary skills and training to be considered a professional in the classroom setting. The teacher is delegated to provide students with a classroom setting that holds conductive to effective learning. Aiding the teacher in creating this effective environment teachers must implement rules and procedures to provide structure for students. This established structure will allow students to clearly understand the expectations of the classroom. Two other important elements of an effective classroom are organization and planning. These elements not only provide a good learning atmosphere for students but also provides structure for students, which is important because it allows students to develop and thrive in the classroom setting. My Personal Classroom Management Plan: It is imperative that educators create a classroom management plan that assists in providing students with proper guidance related to behavior and classroom expectations. Students have the obligation in the classroom to perform in an appropriate and acceptable manner. Guidelines provides pupils with the skills necessary to operate the classroom at an optimal
I am currently working as a nursery nurse (practitioner) in a preschool with children aged 34 years. I am going to describe this job role and how the role relates to the DfEEs (Department for Employment and Education) four part framework.
Rebecca Withers: PI: C335403X Supporting Learning in Primary Schools (TMA 1) I am currently working as a nursery nurse (practitioner) in a pre-school with children aged 3-4 years. I am going to describe this job role and how the role relates to the DfEE’s (Department for Employment and Education) four part framework. The four levels of support are: . For pupils 2. For the teacher 3. For the school 4. For the curriculum Nursery Nurse For Pupils: I currently work in a pre-school with children aged 4 years. I assist the children with basic hygiene including promoting the importance of hand hygiene and other simple tasks such as doing up their coat or putting on their shoes themselves. I am responsible for a key group of 17 children and I am therefore responsible for ensuring that the time that the children spend in my care is interesting and beneficial to them in terms of their learning and development. This is done be ensuring that activities are age and skills appropriate and are engaging for the children to take part in or complete whilst also ensuring that the children are challenged. This if often easier in smaller groups as you have more time to devote to each child then if you were to have a larger group. I support the children by ensuring that I am nearby if they need any gentle guidance however its important I don’t try to take over as the
Teaching and the Law. Summarize the key aspects and current legislation requirements and codes relevant to your subject and the organisation.
THEORY ASSESSMENT 2 . Summarize the key aspects and current legislation requirements and codes relevant to your subject and the organisation. 250/350 words. The current legislation requirement in the education sector has as a main objective to guaranty to all learners the opportunity to be educated in an inclusive and safe environment where they can develop their individual skills without fears or doubts. Gravells (2010) the codes of legislation are presented as the law guidelines that have to be taking in practice or me as a teacher and also are part of my contract when start to work in any education setting. Some of the main regulatory codes of practice are: Equality Act (2010), Data Protection Act (2003), Health and Safety Act (1974), Education Act (1970).Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (2006).It is possible also to list specific requirements relevant to my own subject, in this case the Especial Education Needs code of practice implement an effective policy about ensuring equality and supporting children with learning difficulties or disabilities. My aim as a teacher has go further rather than simply share and conduct information but to ensure that all learners has the same opportunity to develop ans access the knowledge. Children who are disabled or have special education needs must be included, valued and supported and it’s my duty to guaranty that reasonable
Montessori Theory and Practice.
“Concentration is the key that opens up the child’s latent treasures within him. As the scattered elements if his personality comes together, order begins to take the place of disorder, and the work of self-construction, which had been interrupted, is now taken up again, as nature has intended all along.” E.M Standing, Maria Montessori: her life and work, pg 174 Learning, by itself, cannot happen without concentration. Whether we are learning to tie our shoes, write our name, wash a car or solve complex algebraic equations, there is intense concentration specific to the task at hand. Dr. Maria Montessori understood the power of concentration, and her methodology is designed to nurture this power. Concentration in infants is a fragile thing. Concentration is broken by the adult trying to shift the focus of the child. Indeed, Montessori said “no one acting from the outside can cause him to concentrate”. As the child grows and enters the Montessori environment (ages 3-6), concentration and attention span increase. In fact, that is an indirect aim of most Montessori activities. Practical Life activities are the cornerstone of the Montessori curriculum which serves the purpose of building independence, improving coordination, and following steps in a sequence. Our modern culture contains a multitude of distractions: video games, computers, television, and any number of
Self Evaluation As An Early Years Practitioner
________________ SELF EVALUATION Through this essay I aim to reflect on my personal and professional development over this academic year. At the beginning of the academic year I evaluated my own personal and professional skills through a self-audit (see appendix 1). I selected the Early Years Practitioner Status (EYPS) standards (2012) to use as a criteria to evaluate my skills against, as I believed this was relevant to me since I currently work within the early years, and my future career aim is to be an early year’s teacher. Evaluating my skills against the standards helped me form a better and clearer vision of myself in regards to which skills can be considered as my strength’s and which areas need further improvement. Through my self-evaluation, I pleasantly found that I was achieving most of the standards to some extent, as I was already applying them in my current work as a pre-school leader. For example, all five standards in the first topic of supporting the healthy growth and development of children are all a part of my current job role. Within this essay I aim to reflect on how my professionalism has developed through the use of these skills. Similarly, like in any evaluation along with my strengths I was also able to identify the skills which I needed to improve on. My self-evaluation highlighted that there were many areas that needed development in order to
The aim of this essay is to show the impacts of inclusion in UK mainstream education on students with English as Additional Language (EAL)
WAYS OF PROMOTING INCLUSION WITH EAL LEARNERS As a teacher, it is always very easy to focus on the best and most gifted students in the class at the detriment of the less able. It is easier to teach students with more ability in a subject. But it is essential to always include all learners in all lessons not withstanding their background, language or needs. So teachers need to ensure that their teaching take into consideration the learning ability of all students in the class across board. Students with a special need should not be put down or isolated from the whole class, but instead, measures should be taken to facilitate learning for these individuals at the same level and ability as the other students and this can involve some special measures and funding. The Human Rights Act of 1998 made it illegal to discriminate against anyone for age, race, religion, disability or sex, further more; many of these have their own individual specific acts in place such as the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, Race Relations Act 1976 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The aim of this essay is to show the impacts of inclusion in UK mainstream education on students with English as Additional Language (EAL) using St Johns Comprehensive Secondary School as an example. This essay will be used to show that it is economically viable and not detrimental to educate EAL pupils in UK
Reflective Essay on Play and Early Childhood
Reflective Essay on Play and Early Childhood The value of play is a highly recognised and researched subject, the majority of work and information found on this will point in the same direction; that play is a fundamental, intrinsically driven part of a child’s life from birth. It enhances a child’s development in addition to the enjoyment that children get out of participating in play. But what is play, and why is it so important? According to Oxford Dictionaries (2014), play is said to be an ‘activity engaged in for enjoyment and recreation, especially by children’. There are various types of play a child can get involved in, such as active play, imaginative/role play, games with rules, and explorative and manipulative play (Sheridan, Harding and Meldon-Smith, 2002). Each type of play provides different experiences and learning outcomes; for example a child may become more physcially fit and able to take more risks during active play, but it is through playing a game with rules that they will learn to adhere to social norms and values, learning to take turns and conforming to an agreed set of rules. Many Pioneers throughout the history of early childhood studies have published their theories and perspectives around the subject, and have attempted to explain why certain types of play are so significant; according to Giardiello (2013), for Susan Isaacs: ‘…play
The lumber room
THE LUMBER-ROOM by Hector Munro Hector Munro (pseudonym Saki, 1870-1916) is a British novelist and a short-story writer. He is best known for his short stories. Owing to the death of his mother and his father's absence abroad he was brought up during childhood, with his elder brother and sister, by a grandmother and two aunts. It seems probable that their stem and unsympathetic methods account for Munro's strong dislike of anything that smacks of the conventional and the self-righteous. He satirized things that he hated. Munro was killed on the French front during the First World War. In her Biography of Saki Munro's sister writes: "One of Munro's aunts, Augusta, was a woman of ungovernable temper, of fierce likes and dislikes, imperious, a moral coward, possessing no brains worth speaking of, and a primitive disposition," Naturally the last person who should have been in charge of children. The character of the aunt in The Lumber-Room is Aunt Augusta to the life. The story starts with the exposition. The readers are told that "the children were to be driven, as a special treat, to the sands at Jagborough...", but Nicholas wasn't allowed to go with everybody else. He was punished. The setting doesn't occupy any special part of the story - it is scattered throughout. However the lumber-room is of greatest importance - it combines both pleasant and unpleasant things: dust,