The Highlights of My Teaching Pedagogy
Through my own experiences, and as enforced by others' opinions in the profession, I have found that teaching is one of the most rewarding careers. Not only are you placed in the position of instructing and guiding children and young adults through the life long learning process, but you are able to give back to the schools and communities which have supported your early education and experiences that opened you up to a bright future. In becoming an educator, I hope to someday share the knowledge and lend the helping, supportive hand that I was once given, allowing students to formulate their own perspectives of the multicultural society and world around them. Teaching is a career I have been interested in pursuing throughout high school, and as my experiences and study in the field expands, I feel that my desire to teach will grow stronger and develop more soundly.
As a teacher, I have numerous personal goals. Mainly, my goal is to provide students with the opportunity and encouragement to succeed in life and to develop as free-thinking individuals in society. I consider myself a progressive and an essentialist, according to theory. I feel that students need to be given multiple opportunities to explore many different life skills that sometimes are overlooked in the education system. Testing, rote memorization, and lecture, in my opinion, do not promote students' own inquiry and does not give students opportunities to tap into their own source of knowledge that they each bring with them to the classroom. As a teacher, I hope to leave my students able to set and accomplish goals through the use of these life skills. Some teachers I have had while in hi...
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...hods of fill-in-the-blank or multiple choice exams. In my classroom, grades won't carry as much weight as the actual learning the students undertake.
I could go on at length, discussing all aspects of my praxis as an educator, however, that would lead to a paper of excruciating length. These aspects of my teaching pedagogy that are delivered in this praxis statement are those that I feel strongest about upholding. It is important for educators to value their students and the perspectives and cultures they bring to the classroom. Student-centered education is what I find to be the key to great teaching, and overall, is the greatest way to allow students to value and grow through their own self-exploratory and self-directed education. Valuing and appreciating each of your students is what makes teaching such an enlightening, uplifting profession.
Youth crime is a growing epidemic that affects most teenagers at one point in their life. There is no question in society to whether or not youths are committing crimes. It has been shown that since 1986 to 1998 violent crime committed by youth jumped approximately 120% (CITE). The most controversial debate in Canadian history would have to be about the Young Offenders Act (YOA). In 1982, Parliament passed the Young Offenders Act (YOA). Effective since 1984, the Young Offenders Act replaced the most recent version of the Juvenile Delinquents Act (JDA). The Young Offenders Act’s purpose was to shift from a social welfare approach to making youth take responsibility for their actions. It also addressed concerns that the paternalistic treatment of children under the JDA did not conform to Canadian human rights legislation (Mapleleaf). It remained a heated debate until the new legislation passed the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Some thought a complete overhaul was needed, others thought minor changes would suffice, and still others felt that the Young Offenders Act was best left alone.
Science is a broad field that covers many aspects of everyday life and existence. Some areas of science include the study of the universe, the environment, dinosaurs, animals, and insects. Another popular science is the study of people and how they function. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Dr. Victor Frankenstein is an inspiring scientist who studies the dead. He wants to be the first person to give life to a dead human being. He spends all of his time concentrating on this goal, and gives up his family and friends. When he finally accomplishes this, everything falls apart. So, Victor Frankenstein is to blame for the tragedy, not the monster he has created, because he is the mastermind behind the whole operation, and he is supposed to have everything under control, working properly as a good scientist should do.
Chevron Corporation is an American global energy corporation that is head office in San Ramon, California. Chevron Corporation can be dated to 1870 when it was known as the Pacific Oil Coast Company. Following successive mergers with various oil firms, they finally changed their name in 1911 to Standard Oil Company. Due to the U.S. Supreme Court ordering the Pacific Oil Coast Company (POCC) to be liberated into various oil companies because it violated the Sherman Antitrust Act (New York Times). Later on name they would change their name to Standard Oil Company of California (SoCal) because of the acquisition of Pacific Oil Company. After a decade, the firm agreed upon a contract with Texas Oil Company which resulted in the formation of the Caltex Corporations. Furthermore, with successful tactical mergers with companies such as The Standard Oil Company of Kentucky, Standard Oil Company of California acquired 2,000 retail stations, increased its channel and market equity in southern region of the United States (Mattera, n.d).
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Vandergoot determines that the reasoning capacity of an adolescent, the ability to make legal decisions, and filter unnecessary information is unclear to a juvenile in the justice system; the vagueness of youth stepping into the courts prevents them from fully participating in the justice system. ( Vandergoot, 2006). As a result of this impreciseness youth encounter Vandergoot concludes a separate justice system allocated for youth to adhere to adolescent needs. Vandergoot discusses the Youth Criminal Justice Act a justice system devised to adhere to youth needs. She summarizes the system that benefits young offenders in contrast to adult offenders. Vandergoot concludes “the goals of the youth legislation…its major objectives are reducing the use of incarceration for young offenders…the YCJA emphasizes restraint, accountability, proportionality, and discretion… it encourages use of extra judicial measures” ( Vandergoot, 2006, p30). Vandergoot determines that the objectives of the Youth Criminal Justice Act is in the interest of youth, however, she accounts for the long term effect on adolescence as well. Vandergoot concludes the emotional and social consequences as youth interact with the system. Vandergoot claims the system leaves juveniles “debased”, suffering an “assault on their self-image”, that “block or snares in the adolescent psyche”, ultimately lowering their motivation and self-esteem which advances youth to have the “they think I’m bad I’ll show them I’m bad” mentality(Vandergoot, 2006). The mentality that derives from direct encounters with the youth justice system, often damages the adolescence completely disregarding the purpose of a youth justice system. Mary Vandergoot’s Justice for Young Offenders Their Needs, Our Responses clearly emphasizes the need
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Unfortunately, to reiterate Shaw’s (2010) point from earlier, the representation of youth has declined in the last 30 years, with young people being largely associated with deviance and anti-social behaviour (Foster and Spencer, 2011), which means policies, like stop and search, are put into place so adults can surveillance young people and prevent them from being at risk as well as causing
According to World Youth Report (2003), the intensity and severity of juvenile offenses are generally determined by the social, economic and cultural conditions prevailing in a country. There is evidence of a universal increase in juvenile crime taking place concurrently with economic decline, especially in the poor districts of large cities. In many cases street children later become young offenders, having already encountered violence in their immediate social environment as either witnesses or victims of violent acts. Based upon what goes on in a child’s daily life and their surroundings determines whether or not they will turn into youth offenders. For example of the
In this paper you will learned about a company named Exxon Mobil. That company was founded by John. D. Rockefeller and partners. The company was established in 1870. As you start reading first paragraph, you will see how their hardworking skills made the Standard Oil controlled 95% of the US refining capacity by the year of 1878. As you read further you see how they almost ruined their reputation because they misled the public about Climate Change for a long time. Exxon Mobil company tried to fix the problem by having a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and encourage people to follow the Paris Climate Agreement.
ramming down test-taking strategies. In place of trying to instill lasting knowledge is trying to
Chevron Corporation is a one of America’s multinational energy-producing company that yields safe and efficient energy to others. It was established in 1879 during which they dealt with the energy products such as oil, gas, and geothermal energy industries. Geothermal energy industries include marketing, refining, production, exploration, and sales. Chevron has been a successful standard oil-manufacturing that is widely recognized throughout 180 quarters across the world and resides in San Ramon, California. Chevron Company has been renamed continuously, ranging from Standard Oil Co. in 1911, Standard Oil Co. of California in 1926, to the finally Chevron Corporation in 1984 as the company has been using the chevron retail brand name for many
A consortium of foreign companies (mostly Texaco and Gulf, now both part of ChevronTexaco) made the find, heralded as the salvation of Ecuador’s economy (Kimerling, “Indigenous Peoples…” 414). Ecuadorians looked towards oil as a way to pull the nation out of chronic poverty and underdevelopment. After Texaco completed the construction of a 313-mile pipeline to transport this crude oil from the remote Amazon region, across the Andes Mountain in central Ecuador, and then to the Pacific Coast, exports of Amazon crude began in 1972 (Kimerling, “Indigenous Peoples…” 417). In a matter of five years, Ecuador’s Gross National Product (GNP) had increased from $2.2 billion to $5.9
Learning is a part of everyday life and teachers are to credit for it, whether it is teaching a sing-a-long or a life lesson. Teaching is a very important career that allows children a chance to better themselves. Knowing that a child will walk away with a better understanding and feel good about them gives me a great sense of accomplishment. With my love of children and the qualities I bring to the classroom, I feel that as a teacher I can make a difference.
Crime is a very universal and complex situation in our society today, humanity has grown with the concept of crime as being an act that is unacceptable in society. Today the topic of crime is seen as an ongoing topic or debate for many professions around the world, in particular one of the most looked upon topics, how can crime be processed in an acceptable way for the youth? Individuals within the ages of 12-17 legally fall under the youth criminal justice act or better known as YCJA, is it now the ongoing controversy that has erupted since the YCJA has been introduced in 2003. The constant debate on whether YCJA is appropriate when it comes to youth and crime or whether it is too lenient in regards to youth offenders, with clear analysis
The first main reason that I have chosen teaching as a profession is because I believe that it’s continuous rewards will help me to lead a happy and fulfilled life. For example, teaching young children is one of the few jobs in which you can give and receive hugs on a daily basis. Children have an innocence and a passion for knowledge that I find amazing and I do not feel complete unless I am around them. Teaching will help provide this fulfillment for me every day. Also, teaching is a job in which it is ok, and even encouraged, to laugh each and every day. I feel that this is important for a person’s well-being and I think that it helps to keep people young and alive. I feel that in many other professions the day-to-day routine would become monotonous and boring, and I do not think that I would live a truly happy and fulfilled life unless I could be around children. I feel that a classroom provides many unique and dynamic opportunities every single day and I find that very appealing. Also, I am a very relationship-oriented person and I feel that I will enjoy building unique relationships with each child. I plan on knowing every child as thoroughly as possible because I feel that this will help me to be better at my job.