The Class project this year for field experience was to complete a forty-minute presentation on a grouping of the UVIC teacher competencies. My team was tasked with presenting on competencies five through eight on collaboration and community engagement. Group projects are always an interesting setting for seeing how projects develop. I have found that I […]
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jounal entries for edci 330
Collaboration
The UVIC teacher competencies are an essential part of EDCI 330 as they are the guidelines that we are to adhere to during practicum and at all times in our journey to becoming educators. While each competency is important in its own right for this post, I want to engage with competency number seven, “practice […]
Continue readingIF Not Here, Then Where?
This week’s post is a reflection on the article “If not here, then where by Jo Chrona. You can find the article here. The article examined why it remains important to teach about Indigenous culture even when those students are not represented within one’s class. Many schools and educators default to teaching about the cultures […]
Continue readingComparing and Contrasting Reflection Models.
As we delve further into this semester, we are asked to reflect on how we reflect and the models that people use. The purpose of this post is to compare and contrast Graham Gibbs’ reflective cycle and John Driscoll’s. Now what? model ultimately choosing one to use to reflect on an experience, and then connecting […]
Continue readingTeacher World View
As part of our practicum prep class for this semester, we have been asked to reflect on the bc teachers’ competencies. These competencies outline what is required to engage in the workforce as an educator in a professional setting. The first competency outlined is to examine one’s own worldview to develop awareness of it and […]
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