{"id":1112,"date":"2023-12-15T21:46:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T05:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/rileyrae\/?p=1112"},"modified":"2023-12-15T21:52:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T05:52:45","slug":"reflection-5-taking-ownership-of-the-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/rileyrae\/2023\/12\/15\/reflection-5-taking-ownership-of-the-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection 5: Taking Ownership of the Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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She made the review of the last weeks a competition between teams. They kept their hands on the table, then the first team to raise their hand after the question was finished got to guess the answer first.<\/td>I noticed that competition makes students more engaged because they want to win. This is a technique I will likely use to get students excited about remembering content and wanting to participate.<\/td><\/tr>
They ran their own election with the stages of elections. The teacher used Bible characters as representatives so students didn’t get wild about who they voted for from classmates, or it could become a popularity contest.

She reached various learning styles by reading the explanation, students answering questions on a written worksheet, and experiential learning through the tactile activity of holding an election.<\/td>		I was surprised at how young students are learning about politics now. I did not learn some of what they were learning until high school.

It was impressive to see how the teacher laid out the lesson. I think the students have a quite thorough understanding of how elections work now, for their age. I see how this is important because they are informed about what their vote means and how it is counted before they have to decide to vote themselves.

I also liked how the teacher suggested that students ask their parents to bring them along the next time they voted. This gives students a chance to see how their learning takes place in the real world.<\/td><\/tr>
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When she has a worksheet to give, the mentor teacher has students do this for her. Students are excited to do this so she has a rotation. Every time there is a handout, she gets two to three children from a table to do it, and the next time, she calls up the kids from the adjacent table, and so on.<\/td>I like this because it allows the teacher to focus on the needs of the whole class rather than use time handing out papers. It also makes students take ownership for the classroom space. I remember hearing about this idea of ownership in EDUC 495 and EDUC 222. If the students feel like this is “their space,” they are more likely to respect it and care for it.<\/td><\/tr>
In Science, the class learned about correlations between the heart and lungs by measuring their heartbeat and breaths per minute before and after exercising. She explained how this works and talked about breath oxygenating the blood. The more we use our bodies, the more oxygen and blood needs to go to different parts of the body.<\/td>This helped them understand not only that exercise increases heartbeats, but that it also speeds up breath and the two affect each other.<\/td><\/tr>
Students are responsible for moving tables, vacuuming, stacking chairs, and wiping tables at the end of the day.<\/td>As I mentioned earlier, this is a form of taking ownership of the class. They feel like it is their space, but also they see their garbage as their own. If they make a mess, they clean it up. This teaches them to be responsible family members, citizens, and future employees. It also reminds me of my previous practicum where the teacher told me to never pick up a scrap that students have left out. That is their job. If I pick it up, they will not see it as their responsibility, and I will be left cleaning for a long time. Teachers are busy, so it is good to not take on extra work, if possible.<\/td><\/tr>
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