AN EXCERPT FROM DR. SYLVIA CHARD'S WRITING:- WHY IS PROJECT LEARNING
IMPORTANT?
One of the major advantages of
project work is that it makes school more like real life. In real life, we
don't spend several hours at a time listening to authorities who know more than
we do and who tell us exactly what to do and how to do it. We need to be able
to ask questions of a person we're learning from. We need to be able to link
what the person is telling us with what we already know. And we need to be able
to bring what we already know and experience we've had that are relevant to the
topic to the front of our minds and say something about them.
REFERENCE:
http://www.edutopia.org/sylvia-chard-project-learning
AN EXCERPT FROM PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON'S INTERVIEW WITH TIME'S RICK
STENGEL, ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK 'BACK TO
WORK' AND HOW TO FIX THE ECONOMY.
First of all, we face more and more
intense competition from around the world, and at the same time we have adopted
- except in the eight years I served and the first two years President Obama
was serving - this antigovernment philosophy, which has mostly, as I point out,
been an antitax and antiregulation philosophy, so that we have dramatically
increased the national debt and our reliance on other countries to fund it. Now
we are facing the retirement of the baby boomers and once again a dramatic
increase in health care cost. So we have to figure out a way to put the country
in the future business. We have to get a
hold of the long-term debt problem, and we have to revitalize the private
sector. And you can't do it with an antigovernment strategy. You have to have a
smart government and a strong economy. That's basically the argument of the
book.
REFERENCE:
http://swampland.time.come/2011/11/09/qa-bill-clintons-vision.
QUOTES ABOUT PASSION, MOTIVATION, AND WISDOM FROM PROFESSIONALS IN WEEK 2
MEDIA SEGMENT.
Sandy Escobido
"Fortunately, I was lucky enough
to enter the field of Early Childhood Education, and it's in Early Childhood
Education that I was able to really see what a unique opportunity we have in
working with children. We as professionals in the Early Childhood field have an
opportunity to shape a child's life for the better, and so, that's what makes
me passionate about this field".
Raymond Hernandez Ms.Ed.
''I am not here to save the world,
I'm here to make a difference in the community where I'm working, and to me,
making a difference may sometimes mean helping one child to be able to be
successful in the classroom''.
ADDITIONAL QUOTE:
Renatta M. Cooper
''Working intently with children and
their families was almost like earning a Doctorate, because every year there
was always a specific challenge that I was in charge. I had to meet it. I had
to meet it for me. I had to meet it in
terms of what I was modeling for my staff, and what they will be taking away and incorporate it into their own
personal repertoire. And also, I had to meet it for the families that I worked
with".
REFERENCE: Course
Media: ''The Passion for Early Childhood'' http://www.waldenu.edu
Our profession posts to us many challenges and rewards everyday that we are at work. The children bring out the best in us because everyday is different and is never the same. We have responsibilities no only the the children that we are teaching but also to the staff and families that we are serving with. There is always something new to learn from the other professionals in the field that we all call home.
ReplyDeleteI really relate to Robert Hernandez's quote the most. My passion also comes from wanting to make a difference in at least one child's life because if I can make that difference to them then hopefully they will pay it forward and make a difference in someone else's life. I am amazed as my former students come back to see me how many of them have gone into teaching. But what amazes me the most are the little things that they tell me they remember. You don't think they would be impressed with the little things yeat it is those things that they come back to talk about. That is the way we make a diffence in their lives, through the little things we do.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
Denise;)
In the field of working with children we must always think of new ways of reaching them and challenging their minds. At the same time we also have to appreciate the road that was paved for us by our professional colleagues from the past as well as the present. With the world constantly changing it is good to know that we can continue to move forward but also appreciate what the past has done. Great post.
ReplyDeleteIt is true that working with children is like earning a Doctorate degree. Each child is so different and spontaneous. When we approach them we have to wonder at the endless possibilities that lies within those little minds and "forget about ourselves" as Renatta Cooper says. I truly enjoy the thoroughness of your post.
ReplyDeleteWorking in our field can be very challenging, and we must complete the task for several people that are depending on us to complete the challenge.
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