It has been a week since I submitted the final assignment for my first term of the PDPP. I have now completed the following teacher education courses:
- Field Experience Seminar,
- Indigenous Education,
- Learners and Learning Environments (Educational Psychology),
- Literacy and Language, and
- Physical Education.
The past few months have been intense, but nowhere near as intense as the next year of the program will be! Before starting the 2015 chapter of my learning journey, I will be spending time reflecting, visioning, and expressing some of this through blogging. I will be writing more specific posts, but here are a few things that I learned this term:
- I am so lucky to be sharing this journey with an incredible cohort of colleagues. As we have learned from sources such as this video by Alan McLean, "affiliation, which is a sense of belonging," is a key ingredient in motivation, along with "agency, which is a sense of confidence and self belief, and autonomy, which is a sense of being self determining and trusted." I am so grateful to all of them for what they have taught me, and for their continued support.
- Mind maps are an effective way for me to document my learning. During my B.Sc. studies I used them as study tools before midterms and final exams; this term I started to use them as in-class note-taking tools. I find it helpful to spatially organize ideas, and to leave room to add future reflections or insights.
- I am qualified to teach French Immersion practicum placements, so I will be signing off as...
Mlle. Allen
