Reflection Blog #6

- October 17, 2020

Chapters 18 & 20

1. What information surprised you or was new to you in this chapter? Hows does this information connect to info in the main course text?

In Chapter 20, it talks about how teaching the children that the process rather than the grade or result are most important. That surprised me because it's an unspoken rule of thumb, or at least for me it was, that the grade is the reflection of what you learned which is more important than anything else. If you get a bad grade, that means you didn't learn anything. It relates to the chapter 12 in the text because in the book by Pica, it talks about who should be leading the learning. If the teachers are leading the learning then, chances are, it's more grades focused, but if the class was more student led then, it wouldn't be so focused on grades and more what the student learned.

2. What information do you agree with and why? What info do you disagree with and why?

I agree with the information about classes should be student led because some kids just don't learn to their full capacity if they know they will be tested on it. It's too stressful. There wasn't any information that I disagree with because I thought it was all good information that would be beneficial to me as an educator.

3. Describe an experience you have had that relates to the information in this reading.

In my current Astronomy lab, we don't have any tests but we all work together on our labs at the meetups which is nice. In other classes, group work wouldn't be acceptable but for this class it's really cool to work together to make sure we understand the hands on experience.

4. How can you use this information in your personal or work/school life?

At work, we do basic things like colors, shapes, and counting with the children. There are not written tests, however we do make sure that each child understands it all.

5. Rate this chapter on a scale of 1 to 5 and explain your rating (1 = low and 5 = high).

These chapters both from the Pica book and the text book would receive a 5 because it was all really informative. I can take what I learned and implement it into the classroom of preschoolers that I work with.