August 01, 2017

Looking back now on my very first reflection, I can’t help but notice how my perspective has been broadened of what outdoor education is.  I started out with just this one thought of this outdoor education course as a tool for me to develop the ability to teach students value, of how to take better care of our environment sustainability and responsibility.  What I got out of this course now that were nearing the end is so much more than what I expected it to be....

July 11, 2017

What Teacher Made the Biggest Impact on You?

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I have been lucky that I have had a positive learning experience in all my classes both in high school, undergrad, and here in PDP.  If I had to choose which teacher made the biggest impact on me it would be Lara Duke who was my professor during my undergraduate....

July 04, 2017

What Does Student Driven Learning Mean to You?  What is the Role of the Teacher?  What is the Role of the Student?

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For me student driven learning means that students are the main source of figuring out the how, when, and where learning will occur.  What we don’t have full control over is what students are going to learn because this is what the curriculum is for, it tells us what content or competencies students need to learn and develop....

June 27, 2017

What Motivates You Intrinsically?  How are Students Motivated to Learn?  What Needs to Change? 

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There were many times I my high school and undergraduate experience where I have asked myself “why do I need to learn or know this?”.  So, what motivated me to still try and put effort during these times of feeling like the activity seems so pointless?  Reasons such as....

June 20, 2017

How Do You Know You Are Being Inclusive?  What Would You Do in Your Teaching Practice to Ensure that All Students Feel Included in the Learning Experience? 

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One of the best classes I took in my undergrad was a course called Inclusive Education.  This course has not only taught me to look through a different lens on how to be inclusive but it also helped me be aware of the alternative physical activities that I can present in my own practice that will help me build the value of being inclusive within my students....

June 13, 2017

How Does Outdoor Learning & SEL Connect to BC’s New Curriculum & Core Competencies?  How Would You Embed Outdoor Learning & SEL Into Your Teaching Practice & Curricular Area?

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Reading this week article Developing Conducive Sustainable Outdoor Learning: The Impact of Natural environment on Learning, Social and Emotional Intelligence makes me reflect on my undergrad program.  Since the program, I was in was geared for students who want to become teacher or want to work in the field of physio, we were required to....

June 06, 2017

How Would You Embed Environmental Education into Your Practice to Enhance Student Learning Experience? 

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The experiences gained throughout my education journey both in my undergrad and in the environmental and quantitative course has helped provide me with different types of lenses on how to apply environmental education into my own practice.  During my undergrad one of the courses that I took was outdoor education....

May 30, 2017

How Can Teachers Give Students the Confidence to Improve their Self-Concept in Mathematics?

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I believe that one of the strategies that teachers can do to give students confidence to improve or increase their self-efficacy and self-determination in mathematics is providing students with the alternative perception of what math is.  As were slowly learning in this class math is not just numbers, formulas, word problems etc. but is embedded in everything we do....

May 23, 2017

What is Your Quantitative Inquiry Question?

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As of today, I am still very stuck and have no firm idea on what I want to do for my inquiry lesson.  The first potential idea that came to my mind was how much waste we reduce when drinking water from a reusable water bottle vs. a one-time use water container?  Since I have a physical education background, I initially wanted to do something with nutrition and calculating nutrition we consume daily but was having a difficult time relating it to environmental science....

May 16, 2017

What is Your Math Story?

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I experienced the education system in the Philippines up to about grade 2 and my education experience was not positive.  When I was younger, I had this separation anxiety from my mom, every time she would drop me off school I felt like she was never going to come back, and this anxiety was so bad where it affected my school work.  I couldn’t concentrate....

May 09, 2017

Why Am I Here?

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I have always wanted to be an educator at a young age and saw myself in the shoes of teachers that I have had throughout my education experience.  I specifically became interested in this course because I did not major in the science disciplinary but wanted to gain more knowledge and ideas on how to present scientific knowledge in a more creative and unique way....