part 1 During your journey as a teacher you will be expected to be a reflective practitioner. Writing and reflecting will become a valuable habit to develop. Each week you will synthesize your journal and text readings and participate in a group discussion in our class. A final journal prompt will capture your thoughts and be turned in for points. The prompt that was given at the Sept 13th class session to be submitted:
Write a letter to your future self; when it is August 2025 and you have your own classroom to prepare for students.
What have you seen/read about the physical environment that you want to be sure to do? Why?
What have you seen/read about the emotional environment that you want to be sure to do? Why?
What will you do and prioritize to be culturally inclusive?
Submission should be about 700-1,000 words and submitted to Canvas by 11:59pm on 9/22/24.
part 2
Individually, each person will elaborate on the reflection prompts.
The prompts include:
(3 points) I used to think… Now I think…
(3 points) As I begin my career as a teacher of mathematics, I feel ….(Use our course goals as inspiration)
(4 points) As a professional educator, I am becoming …(This is in relation to our professional norms)
Courses goals that we are thinking about through this assignment
To understand that children have important mathematical ideas
To develop specialized mathematical knowledge about children’s learning trajectories and strengthen our own mathematical thinking
To learn how to elicit, respond to, and represent children’s thinking and orient children to each other’s ideas
To develop competence in facilitating classroom discussions that are both mathematically productive and socially supportive for all students.
Professional norms
Be willing to take risks with new ideas
Listen actively and generously
Build on others’ ideas and invite others to participate
Give each other time to think & process ideas
It’s okay to share ideas in progress and revise your thinking