Reflective Essay On Education

Writing in Major Report: Education

Teaching is not a career a person can choose, it is a career that a person must have a passion for. Teaching is a career that requires patience and nobility because it is a job that will require a lot of work with little recognition. I chose my major in education of social sciences because I have always been passionate about helping others. Throughout my life I have had the help of teachers and mentors and I believe I am where I am because of them. One day I want to help children so they can feel like they can do whatever they choose to with their life, whatever it is that makes them passionate. I think that something the US lacks is global education and that is why I want to teach in the social science. In education writing can be informal but it does require different types of research. The main types of research according to Smith and Smith (2014) are lesson plans, curriculum guides, assessment reports, classroom observations, case studies, journal writing, reflection papers, research papers, position papers, annotated bibliographies, electronic portfolios, and conference

Most schools require a student to declare a major before their junior year. Although this may seem a little soon, because of the pressure to choose a major some classes require students to do deep research on what they intend to do. As part of my research on education I interviewed a friend who teaches at a local school, and sought information from other sources. I used an article by Diane Dawson (2015), an article written by Kim Sawyer (2015) from the University of Richmond, and the book Building Bridges Through Writing. As my secondary research I used some of the things mentioned by Cullick and Zawacki (2011) on Writing in the Disciplines, Rebecca Alber on “How Important is Teaching Literacy in all Content Areas?”, and by Peg Tyre on “The Writing