Field Blog #5

Shaker Heights High School
Angela Harrell-Math

Today is project day. Working on collecting data, analyzing, and graphing the data. Students are working in groups compiling data explaining their analysis of the data. This project is a very useful and important skill to learn being that the student will definitely have to do this many more times in furthering their education. I appreciate this project because it is practical and very useful. What I have  noticed with Ms.Harrell is that she does not just teach the lesson but make the lesson practical that can be used in the future and that the students learn it and it stays with them. When I was a younger student it annoyed me to be given concepts with no context. The classic thought of "Learning things that I will never use." Ms. Harrell teaches in a manner that shows them that they will be using what she teaches and show the practicality. This kind of teaching enables the student to be engaged in class and be encouraged about learning. I definitely appreciate Ms.Harrell and her classroom presence. I will definitely incorporate this into my development in becoming a teacher. Ms. Harrell truly loves her student and her student truly love her. This is my final day of observation.

Course Blog #7

When planning for my students my main idea is how can I get the most out of my student and how am I going to accomplish this. What I have learned up to this point the teachers that have the biggest success, by success I mean getting the most out from their student and making an impact on their students. For example, say their is an student that really does not like school at all. The motivation to do well isn't there and their body is in class but their mind is not in class. Now you may not be able to make the student excited about school but you change their perception and have them understand that school is an investment in self. That comes from building a real relationship with the student that is encouraging and motivation by showing that you are vested in them and their success. From my observation up to this point, every teacher that I have observed has a different relationship with each of their students. The common thread from these relationships is that the teach genuinely cares about the students and the students can fell that and respond positive to it. This had me think back to when I was in grade school and the teachers that made fell that way. Those are the ones you never forget.

Blog Post #6

This week we read a piece from "Education from Liberation" by Paulo Freire. The piece was based around what Paulo called the "Deposit banking education." This idea is based around how teachers do a disservice to their students by just giving out information and wanting their students to just recite it back. Another idea from this piece, is how a teacher can oppress students in the classroom. There were many other ideas around these ideas in the piece but for me a couple of things really stood out.
The oppression fact in the classroom can be real if a teacher is not careful. This is pointed out by segregating the students by how well they are doing in class or showing more attention to the student that the teacher may more relate to by others. This type behavior can have the student create negative self image about themselves or it may feed into some insecurities  that the student may already have.
The "Deposit banking education" is doesn't help the student because the student is not leaning anything at all. The information being taught definitely has to be applied so it can be understood by the student. When this happens the students can explain what the teacher is looking for in their own words.

Field Blog #3

Shaker Heights High School
Angela Harrell Math

Class starts with a warm up of review material. Preparing the class for the up coming quiz. The review is not just giving the answers but how the students came to the answers. The review for today Standard Deviation, Mean, Outliers. Today's lesson, margin of error. Very interactive with the class. Allows them to work through the problems and then reviews the answers with the class interacting. This class is an Algebra II course consisting of sophomores and juniors. The teacher Angela Harrell has a great re pore with her students and they enjoy her as well.