Professional Development plan:
How will you continue to develop after you have completed the PIDP? I will keep learning, I will keep reflecting and do it more often.I found that it really helps. I may try to tackle the masters degree at SFU, cost and time are two factors that may affect that decision. Describe where you are professionally, and where you would like to be in five years. What are some steps you can take to get there? At the moment I am not working in the education field, I do have opportunities to once I get enough in field experience under my belt I will be able to apply for a trades trainer position. The steps I need to take to get there is be ambitious in learning as much about the utilities field as I can and make a good name for my self. (Some examples of questions you could answer: Are there conferences in your field you could attend? Professional organizations you could join or volunteer with? I can try to get some teaching time in the trades training centre, I have already mentioned given them a heads up about my capstone project. If I do well (hopefully) they will give me more chances to teach and when a teaching position comes up and I am more experience i can apply for it and have a goos chance. Short courses you could take? I will have to look into it, I would like to take another short course on line for sure. Could you start a study group? I could if I was enrolled in a course. Do you need to practice interview skills or update your resume?) Note – if you have employment plans you don’t want made public, please contact your instructor! I am not at that point yet, I have to at least get 3 years of field experience befor i am ready to update my resume. As for for interviews, I am pretty good at talking to people so I think I will be ok with that.
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Chapter 6
Lecturing Creatively What is with it ? why is it done ? is it out dated ? can you get students involved in a lecture or is it just the teacher that takes the stage ? What is the role of the teacher ? the student ? can we make it engaging ? all these questions, that can be asked by educators or students. there are many opinions, some in favour, and some against, some favour discussions over lectures. “an abused calls into question the expertise of those abusing it, not the validity of the method itself.” The Skillful teacher Stephen D Brookfeild Chapter 6 (P172 Ebook) Why Lecture ? In chapter 6 Stephen D Brookfield points out: -To establish the broad outline of a body of material. -To explain with the frequent examples, concepts that learners struggle to understand. -To introduce alternative perspectives and interpretations. -To model intellectual attitudes and behaviours you wish to encourage in students. -To encourage learners interest in a topic. Characteristics of a helpful lecture: -Use a variety of teaching and communication -Clearly organized so students can follow the thread of lecturing thought -Model the learning behaviours expected in the course. In Chapter 6 Brookfield points out some of his favourite ways of varying how he lectures, some I found them to be interesting: -Lecturing from Siberia, I walk all over the room when Im teaching the class to make sure my voice is heard clearly by all students. I do not teach in an auditorium but can relate in a small way -Using Spatial Separation for “ Speaking in tongues I haven’t really considered the importance of this because teaching a trade may not be as sophisticated as intellectual tradition informing critical thinking. I do however give the class an inspectors point of view and some tradesmen point. An example I may use is doing side jobs, an inspector may say you need a permit for all electrical work for liability purposes. where a tradesmen’s view may be different, “ I need the money to pay my bills” “the inspector will just pick more things to make me fix for the customer and the customer may not be happy or willing to pay.” I do this so my learners can put some thought into the different perspectives and it may encourage them to asking questions with both views in mind. I found this chapter by Stephen D Brookfield interesting, I helps with understanding how to do a good lecture. I downloaded an App called ItunesU and there is a course by a good lecturer named Introduction to Phycology by Paul Bloom and I found his lectures very interesting, I never lost interest. url accreditation
"Accreditation is an ongoing process of assessing health and social services organizations against standards of excellence to identify what is being done well and what needs to be improved. It involves all members of your organization, from your board of directors to frontline staff as well as members of the community including patients and families and your community partners. It allows you to understand how to make better use of your resources, increase efficiency, enhance quality and safety, and reduce risk."(https://accreditation.ca/accreditation/) I work in the electrical trade and the apprentice ship is accredited it is regulated by the ITA industry training assosiation and the BC safety authority in BC a number of schools in Canada teach the apprenticeship making it an accredited course or program. It consists of 4 in class periods every year in a four year apprenticeship. Each level is a 10 week duration.I think it is done well and is designed to give apprentices good exposure to the electrical trade before the J man ticket where I really feel is when the higher learning starts. Chapter 16 Understanding student resistance to learning resistance to learning , Is it our productivity is it our fault , responsibility ? I think that some of the factors may be our productivity, We as educators should be aware that every class is different and a small part may be the fact that the students need to adjust and be part of the class. I think its also that the instructor needs to do some shaping and molding to suit the needs of his learners and we should know that one thing that worked in one class may not work well in the other class. So in part I do feel part of our professionalism, approaches, teaching methods and our productivity may lead to some student resistance to learning. According to student-learning-six-causes-of-resistance by Maryellen Weimer, PhD “Stephen Brookfield writes about students who are beyond being passive about learning—they just plain resist it. He suggests that teachers can’t respond successfully unless they are knowledgeable about the sources of resistance to learning. Here’s a sample of possibilities that appear in his book The Skillful Teacher.” 6 causes of learning resistance are: “Poor self-image as learners” They are discouraged by their own opinion of themselvesIf, they don’t feel smart enough and give up the effort to learn and resist.f“Developing a strong self-image as a learner ”regarding oneself as someone able to acquire new skills, knowledge, behaviors, and insights—is a crucial psychological underpinning to learning.” (p. 217)” “Fear of the unknown” Being afraid to go out of their comfort zones and feel safer sticking to what they already know, what their parents already taught them. “People committed to eternal verities can withstand years of dissonant experiences and mountains of contradictory evidence that call these [beliefs] into question.” (p. 218) 3 “Disjunction between learning and teaching styles” Students resisting because of their preferred approach to learning is not the same as the teacher teaching style. 4 “Apparent irrelevance of the learning activity” When the student can’t see how the the learning activity helps their efforts to learn, they may feel like its a waste of time. As a result they resist. You may see this more in students who have paid for their education. 5 “Inappropriate level of required learning” Frustration and anger to not understanding the content, the complexity or the cact that they cant understand the material which leads to frustration and that frustration leads to resistance 6 “Students’ dislike of teachers” Not everyone will like you as their teacher , it may be because of many factors your look, culture, the way you talk your personality or many other things. This can cause resistance to learning. The challenges we face as teacher are not easy but understanding what those challenges may be will help us better succeed in our efforts to do what we love doing. teaching and making a difference in our students lives. Chapter 8 of the skilful teacher Diversity is in the class is very common now a days, I have been fortunate to be in diverse setting most of my life, form the age of 7 when I came to Canada. The communities I have lived have always been very multi cultured and because of this I am not a stranger to this type of setting, which helps with my interactions with my student make up of today. With the different type of learners, learning styles, personalities, culture, race or even beliefs being an effective teacher is not that simple, you have to tune in to all of these differences and pay close attention how each difference encountered can aid or hinder your teaching efforts. How does diversity affect the class room? when students with different backgrounds, sets of experiences, cultures, race and world views come together in a learning environment, this would be defined as a diverse class. In a diverse class there are some similarities many differences, which can be a bit challenging for the educator if they do not acknowledge this diversity. Expectations and importance of the class rooms can differ amongst students as well as teachers. Assumptions can be made and communication may be distorted. Acknowledging and identifying these differences and how they affect the classroom allows them to see the class as a whole, as one class a unit and not many small units occupying a common space. How to promote a feeling of “one class” , a unit as a whole Common ground, this is a good start in team building, providing a platform for all. this is beneficial because it starts everyone in the class on the same page. “grouping students together who share a common curricular interest, or who are at the same ability level, allows them to learn without having to accommodate interests that are not their own” The Skilful Teacher (P183 ebook) Stephen D Brookfeild Setting expectations and learning goals is necessary for establishing a direction, to move towards the finish line. Addressing is just as important as recognizing difference in a diverse class. I would say every teachers goals is to have their class running like fine tuned machine, the challenges very from class to class. By being aware of and embracing these challenges with a positive outlook will allow you to be more open to the huge amount of insight from everyone who plays a role in this diverse world THE 4 CORE ASSUMPTIONS
1-Skillful teaching is whatever helps students learn. 2-Skillful teachers adopt a critically reflective stance towards their practice. 3-The most important knowledge that skillful teachers need to do good work is a constant awareness of how students are experiencing their learning and perceiving teachers actions. 4-collage students of any age should be treated as adults. (Stephan D Brook field P53 The Skillful Teacher) reflection on these 4 points is very important, this allows us as educators to compare our core assumptions, if we have any in mind or trying to figure out what we can assume and practice by.my thoughts on these 4 core points by Stephan D Brook field . 1. This assumption is very true you can follow any method of teaching that you have been taught by the experts but if doesn't help your students learn and you notice this but don't correct it then its not skillful teaching 2.Reflection is very critical to progress and achieve your goals, to notice your strength and weaknesses and be more aware of your situations and experiences in order to improve and gain the right tools to reach your goals. "The] results reveal reflection to be a powerful mechanism behind learning, confirming the words of American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer John Dewey: “We do not learn from experience … we learn from reflecting on experience.” reflection-is-the-most-important-part-of-the-learning-process by Tanner Christensen 3. Being aware of your audience allows you to monitor the learning progress which may reflect greatly on your teaching practices and allow you to make adjustments to better suit the learning environment and be more effective with your teaching 4. Collage requires responsibility and maturity, and every college learner should have these traits and be expected to act like an adult. I feel if I adopt these core assumptions I can use them to help in my success of reaching my goals to be a skillful teacher. Thank you Glenn, I've wondered about this for a while now and now Know what I need for my capstone project. Hello my name is Hassan Ayach, a bit about me, Electrician by trade for 15 years plus I have instructed at KPU as well as CDI as an electrical instructor. I started out my path as a Security Alarm Installer at BCIT, I work in the industry for about 3 years and from there I decide to get in the electrical trade and been there ever since. Recently I had the opportunity to become an instructor at KPU it was a great opportunity to open doors in the education industry .I feel very fortunate to be in this position because of my passion for teaching as well the electrical trade. My goal as an educator is to make a difference from my past teachers and make learning a very positive experience.
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