After watching the movie, I was very surprised to see the culture values men than women, for example, the husband cared more about the gender than the mother and the baby’s well being. The husband portrays his disappointment after finding the baby is a girl “enough girls now. We need a boy.” (2:58 Winnie Mandela, 2012). I believe that everyone is valuable in the community and should have a voice and an opportunity, but as I become more aware of cultural differences, I learn to acknowledge their beliefs and traditions. The setting of police informants on fire with a tire around their neck alive and the killing of the teenage boy was surprising and bothering. I felt that this is cruelty and goes against my practices and culture where there is a justice system, however, this might be acceptable in their culture, and I should not impose my beliefs, practices and values or stereotype. The killing of the teenage boy also bothered me even though justice prevails at the end.
The most intriguing thing is when the two people come to evaluate and shocked to see the teacher is doing a great job. The classroom is an open field where there are no tables or desks, but the kids are learning, for example, Winnie reciting the Shakespeare Sonnet was both intriguing and engaging. I
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The classroom is an open field where there are no tables or desks, but the kids are learning, for example, Winnie reciting the Shakespeare Sonnet was both intriguing and engaging. I was making my own assumption that the environment was not conducive for kid’s learning. The teaching in the middle of an open field seemed more of a distraction to me in addition to cattle’s grazing at a distance. This reinforced my cultural awareness that assumptions are wrong and that vulnerable population will use the available resources and lack of classroom did not halt the kid’s education and
Help students increase their perception of control over their environment by showing them how to better manage their own stress levels. Instead of telling students to act differently, take the time to teach them how to act differently. By introducing conflict resolution skills, teaching anger and frustration management, helping student set goals, role-modeling, teaching and exemplifying social skills, as a teacher I can have a huge impact on these children and could help buffer the effects of their habitus, cultural capital, SES, and step in to help stop the cultural reproduction of social inequality in my classroom. Ultimately, I want my students to benefit from the hidden curriculum in my classroom, and I would work hard to ensure that the unwritten, unofficial, and often-unintended lessons, values, and perspectives I expose my children to are beneficial and positive in shaping their
In conclusion, after view this film, it is clear that one can see how black youth are being viewed as killers and savages. This is not true. There have been many admirable scholars and scientists who come from the African American culture. This movie, though it depicts what goes on in South America, takes the violence committed by black youth too far. One cannot view a film and take it that this is what a race is like. The filmmakers depicted black youth in a harsher light.
This demonstrates to us that no matter how much your legal or moral laws are violated, what matters is how you as an individual react to the situation, justly or unjustly. This movie is centered around the notion that if you are a person of ethnic background, that alone is reason for others to forsake your rights, although in the long run justice will prevail
The room is silent. The only noise that can be heard are the soft inhales and exhales coming from the audience. Dazzling lights illuminate the stage. The spotlight is on Nate Parker. The writer and director of the period drama, The Birth of a Nation. That night, Nate Parker was awarded the grand jury prize and the audience award at the Sundance Film Festival. As a black man in America, he defied the odds by attaining a prestige award that most only dream of. The crowd roared with excitement as Parker stood on stage with his unblemished prize. Months before its nation wide release, The Birth of a Nation was already getting Oscar buzz and was being praised by dozens of critics across the country as one of the best films
It is my strong belief that each child is entitled to a safe, secure, stimulating and caring learning environment. I always believed that each child is a unique individual with much curiosity and many academic, social and emotional needs. Children need our support in order to mature emotionally, intellectually, physically, and socially. As a teacher, one should aim to help students in fulfilling their dreams to become successful and educated individuals. We must provide them with a safe learning environment for their learning to succeed.
It takes a lot of skills to get these kids situated. This might help me in my future career because I’m already prepare to work with kids in the future. Especially during lunch time, I have to watch the kids while they eat. Personally, I learned kids love when adults care about them. They like it when I teach them math and they are very motivated when there’s a reward. For example, if the kids finished their home, they get to go play soccer after which motivates them to focus on their homework. They are also excited when they finished their homework at the club; thus they don’t have homework at home. This personally impacted me because it amazes me to see how much the kids love to learn even if they live in poverty places. These kids are motivated to learn which is good for them in the future. Scholarly, I can relate these kids to the book A Hope In the Unseen because these students are similar to Cedric. They live in a poverty area where the education system is low because there is not enough school funding and the dropout rate is high. However, they are motivated to learn. This shows me that there are still hope for the society and people can change that by helping other
To begin, my observation was at Webster Elementary School, a school placed in the city surrounded by houses and other schools. The specific classroom I am observing is full of Kindergarten students who seem to very advanced than I had imagined. The classroom walls are brick and white, but the classroom teacher Mrs. O'Brien does an amazing job keeping the space use for both an upbeat and educational vibe, especially for environmental print. Everywhere you look there are educational posters, numbers, and mental state vocabulary words, as well as, students completed work. To add, students sit in medium sized tables with 4-6 other students when they aren’t having whole group instruction on either
“Brink reaches for that unexpected potent strand of Afrikaner thought: an almost religious repugnance toward governmental corruption. And by using a ‘very ordinary’ Afrikaner as victim, Brink proclaims that no one in South Africa is any longer safe (Redman 5).” Andre Brink’s powerful novel, A Dry White Season, was made into a film directed by Euzhan Palcy about ten years after it was written. Euzhan Palcy did an excellent job directing her film, which was intended to open the world’s eyes to the injustices being committed in South Africa as a result of the apartheid, and it is successful in doing so. However, it fails to reach out to the reader, as does Andre Brink’s novel on which it was based. The movie omits many characters and actions that take place in the book in its attempt to expose the political struggle in South Africa. But what it lacks is the personal struggle that is the main focus of the novel. The novel uses this strategy of personalizing the main character’s situation to involve the reader further than the film does- to the point that it leaves the horrible situation in the reader’s hands- both literally and figuratively. The reader must decide what to do with what has fallen into his or her lap.
The space and area in which a child is learning must be accommodating to all of their needs. A responsive environment is a space of any size that is set up and presented in a manner that promotes social-emotional development, physical development, spiritual development, intellectual/cognitive and language/literacy skills. It is important that the class or room promotes a healthy learning environment which allows the children to be independent while still pushing their skills and abilities. Environments are able to shape and direct a child’s learning experience, “We now know that the environment is a valuable teacher if it is amiable, comfortable, pleasing, organized, clean, inviting and engaging…This is true of floor space, ceiling, and wall space” (Krentz, Emerita, & University of Regina, 2013, p.44).
... I appreciated the opportunity I got to observe students in their classroom. Elementary schools are diverse in nature. When I compared the previous school visit and this visit, I realize that environment in which children learn affects their success in the future. All elementary schools I visited thus far strive to create academically and socially sound scholars. Each school implements different resources to maximum success for their students. One personal insight I’ve seen in Banaadir is that the staff members and the students are connected even though majority of the staff members are white and the students are African. I’ve also noticed teaching is a profession that requires a great deal of patience because an educator deals with fragile students. If the educator is not patient, then their attitude might influence students to abhor school and learning in general.
The class I visited is comprised of 24 five and six year old children, a lead teacher and a ‘Para-Pro” who assists the teacher and provides support and guidance for the children. Within the classroom itself, there are 6 tables organized in the center of the room in a grid formation. Children have their own workspace at a shared table. Around the perimeter of the room are ‘centers’ where each day, the children work on tasks such as listening, story development, gross and fine motor skills, math, reading and other important skills that are needed to develop socially and academically. In several places on the walls, there are displays or ‘brag boards’ where children can post their work that they feel best represents their efforts. The walls are brightly decorated and are filled with pictures, letters, numbers and other basic elementary school information. It is energizing and interesting without being chaotic or overstimulating.
This book has really been beneficial to me this semester. I have grown so far as a cinematographer, I have grown to love that more than editing. I really felt confident about the cinematography of our short film.
My time observing was not only educational for me on how to become the teacher I desire to be, but as well as how to better myself as a student and improve my own learning. I observed some wonderful learning tools that I have since implemented into my own education to develop my own learning.
Learning initially begins with one's attitude toward themselves, others, and the world we live in. It is our attitudes that play a major role in shaping our experiences, which in turn affects the way in which we learn. We must first be able to interpret the world using information we already know, in order to understand something entirely new. As a teacher, I could only hope that I can provide children with a positive educational experience, one that will broaden the scope in which they view themselves, others, and the world on a larger scale. Children already acquire a desire to learn, however, it is up to us to sti...
The learning environment connects the classroom to the community through a democratic approach. This community based learning brings the world into the classroom so students can implement social change and challenge social inequalities. The curriculum focuses on student experience and taking social action on real problems such as hunger, violence, and discrimination. It is important to instruct students to explore in group settings so they can work together to analyze and develop theories that can help each other and make a real different in the world. As a future educator, it is important to not only to teach my students the issues in our world, but how we can work together to find