My Teacher Case (Educational Studies l)

According to my teacher case:

Should the focus be on shaping innate human potentials or on modelling the pupilst through external influences?

In my opinion, teacher should help student on his/her innate potentials. Because because if innate potentials or abilities of a student are not recognised and developed, that child just from the beginning of his/her education life begin to have deep contradictions in his/her life. If one is not happy about what he is dealing with, he cannot be successful and enjoy his time. I all the time say my friend: Not only a students but any body, if does something against his/her innate abilities, that is to say, agains his/her spirit, mind and body; that person can say that “I am happy and I will be successful.” Here I define the term “innate human potential” as “the spirit, mind and body of a person”.  So, what a student deals with should be in accordance with his/her innate abilities or potentials. And most importantly teacher’s focus should behelping his student to use such potentials.  External influences only should be a factor which enables student to find or use his innate potentials. 

Is the best way to learn through practical experience or through academic pursuits?

According to me and maybe so many people, of course practical experience attracts attentions and in reality this is the fact. However, I cannot say that throug academic pursuits learning does not take place effectively. It depends on the features of a person has. But for me practic is much more effective.

Should the skills and knowledge that humans acquire through their upbringing be of use to the society or should they stimulate the personal development?

I think it first should be use of personal development. Then, if necessary should be for society. Because a person is like a member in the family of society. If that person does something good for himself, it is good for all society. I can give a simple lamp as an example. If we turn on a lamp in a room, it gives light to all corners of that room. Just as the same way, if a person develops himself very good, he can give lights to all of his society. Both he benefits and according to quality of his light the others. Perhaps all humanity.

 

Is knowledge something that we can observe and experience or something abstract that we can think our way through processes of thought?

My approach to describtion of knowledge is simply like the “light”. A bunch or ray of light, as everone knows illuminates its environment. So, knowledge, just as the same way, both illuminate the person who has it and the others. It is normally something abstract but If it yields good fruits it becomes something concrete. 

The Lesson Plan (Teaching Colours) Educational Studies I

Here is the lesson plan that me and Paula have made during the Peter's lesson of Educational Studies I.

LESSON PLAN
SUBJECT English	TOPIC Colours	CLASS 4th grade		TIME 1 week
KEY QUESTIONS 1.     Can you write, read and pronounce the colours in English? 2.     Can you say the colours of the classroom’s materials in English? 3.     What colour is this in English?
ACADEMIC AREAS Reading and Speaking about colours Vocabulary			MATERIALS Text Pictures Crayons
OBJECTIVES 1.     To write, read and pronounce the names of colours in English 2.     To associate colours with pictures 3.     To know what the main, secondary and intermediate colours are. 4.     To describe the objects by saying their colours.
ACTIVITIES FIRST LESSON: 1. We will show the flashcards in which the students will see a few things of the same colour and the English name of the colour under them. As the name of the colour is a stick, you can take it out and ask them to guess it (15 Minutes). 2. Students will watch a video related to the colours (5 Minutes). 3. We will distrubute some colourless pictures to the students, they will have to paint it according to teacher’s instructions. (20 Minutes) SECOND LESSON: 1. We will ask them to describe the colours of the pupils’ clothes (15 Minutes). 2. We will ask them to draw a box whit several columns. Students will determine one colour for each column, and write suitable things according to the colour. (15 Minutes) 3. We will show them flags and they will try to call their names in English (10 Minutes).                                                                                                                  (PAULA AND ISA)

We gave a presentation about Turkish Education System for the International Week in Roskilde

Me and my other two friends İlknur and Sıla have been called to give some information about Turkish Education System in Turkey for Internatioal Week in Roskilde Campus. We have been asked to talk about 6-16 years old child education in Turkey. So, we decided to prepare our presentation to give some brief and important information about primary school, middle school and high school educations. I have informed about primary school education. İlknur and Sıla talked about middle schools and high schools respectively. It was a good experience for me. Because, both I have learned so many things about our education system and had a chance to present it in a foreign country in English. I have learned many things about our education system because only last year the system has been changed completely and were many things that I did not know. So, with a deep investigation and study I had lots of beneficial information which will be usuful for me as an educator in future.

To give some basic information about our newly changed education system, I can say that:

Now, the mandatory education year increased to 12 years whereas it was 8 years till the end of last year. End the beginning of school age has been dropped down to 5,5 years from 7 years old. After graduating from secondary school, now, everyone has not to attend to high school classes. They have a option to study high school in open education as long as they give a garantee to finish. So, they can study their lessens at home while doing any other things. 

I think this change has been done because nowadays in Turkey we can see many developments in many aspects. For example the economy of Turkey is increasing and the life standards of its people becoming much better, too. So, Turkey wanted to change it education system for the better one. I hope this change yields good rusults and fruits in future.