Educational Goals.
Professional Semester 1 Goal:
During my first Professional Semester, my goal is to design, implement, and evaluate hands on learning strategies within my grade 4 classroom. I want to support my students learning by igniting a sense of excitement in the classroom. I will do this through observation, reflection, and formative student feedback. This led me to the inquiry question: To what extent does “hands on learning” influence student engagement, motivation, and enjoyment in the classroom?
Rather than learning about static electricity sitting in a desk, we explored how it interacts with us and our environment!
I truly believe that students learn more when they are having fun and engaging in hands on activities. Alongside this, I highly value the idea of learning through discovery. Throughout my practicum, I attempted to incorporate as many “hands on” learning methods while simultaneously teaching the materials provided by my mentor teacher.
This is an image of the grade 4 students testing their egg drop contraptions to discover how gravity acts on objects. This lesson got a little messy!