Hi Everyone:
It's been almost 2 weeks since the last time I edited my last post. It is a strange feeling that we are swifting through the last couple of weeks of our program. I've just read Sandi's blog and the comments and it made me remember the one and a half years I lived with my family in Vancouver. The only thing that I didn't appreciate the fair weather of Vancouver until we moved to Calgary because as a newly landed immigrant my experience with the winter in Canada wasn't of much comfort comparing to the winter in Egypt. Now after the Teachers convention I realised that it was a great opportunity for me to attend some interesting sessions as well as meeting some friends and teachers from many schools that we got to share our thoughts and discuss our answers in math sessions and other technology based learning sessions. I have some really good hand-outs which we can share and discuss if you agree. I enjoyed the smart board and D2L classes last Friday. I believe that it is wonderful chance to be introduced to those technical tools that have been debated to be of the most useful techniques inteaching in North America. It's a pleasure to be trained by great specialists Joan ,Darlene,and Shirley. Thanks Sandi for the educational opportunities you facilitated for us as foreign trained teachers in canada.
Amira
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Is Understanding a Skill that can be Taught?
Hi TAC Learning Community:
I've been still working on developing my understanding of what constitutes a proposed understanding. The first condition that contributes to desired understandings is the endurance of the proposition. In other words, if the understanding has proved its validity over time that may indicate its endurance. The second condition is that the ability of the learner to retain or explain his understanding through performance. However as we agreed before that the variety of products which demonstrates the performance reflects the learners' abilities, interests and learning styles. To relate this post to one of our topics in the TAC program which is "Culture and Teaching "I believe that we get to answer a question like this: How do you know that you understand a diverse culture? in other words, how can you be sure that you communicate with people of another culture in a way that reflects understanding?. It is just a question for thinking.
Have a great practicum week.
I've been still working on developing my understanding of what constitutes a proposed understanding. The first condition that contributes to desired understandings is the endurance of the proposition. In other words, if the understanding has proved its validity over time that may indicate its endurance. The second condition is that the ability of the learner to retain or explain his understanding through performance. However as we agreed before that the variety of products which demonstrates the performance reflects the learners' abilities, interests and learning styles. To relate this post to one of our topics in the TAC program which is "Culture and Teaching "I believe that we get to answer a question like this: How do you know that you understand a diverse culture? in other words, how can you be sure that you communicate with people of another culture in a way that reflects understanding?. It is just a question for thinking.
Have a great practicum week.
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