Community Photo Project Essay Reflection
This artifact is a reflection I wrote after exploring the community of Lewisburg, PA, where I did my student teaching. The purpose of this exploration I did along with the other student teachers assigned to the Lewisburg School District was to gain a better understanding of the varied socioeconomic situations and parts of the community that the students I would be student teaching come from. This project definitely better informed me about the varied backgrounds that I should expect my students from the Lewisburg area to have, and gave me a better idea of some of the potential challenges my students might be bringing to school depending on their home life.
I believe that this artifact is important to the competency "knowledge of students" because it demonstrates my reflection on how the influence of a students community can impact a students' learning, and therefore shows the importance of a teacher's knowledge and familiarity with the community to which their students belong. Students bring so many different experiences and ideas to school in part as a result of the family in which they are raised and where they grow up, and through this project I was able to begin to take a critical look at some of the roots of these.
Community Photo Essay Attachment:
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I believe that this artifact is important to the competency "knowledge of students" because it demonstrates my reflection on how the influence of a students community can impact a students' learning, and therefore shows the importance of a teacher's knowledge and familiarity with the community to which their students belong. Students bring so many different experiences and ideas to school in part as a result of the family in which they are raised and where they grow up, and through this project I was able to begin to take a critical look at some of the roots of these.
Community Photo Essay Attachment:
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