5. Pedagogical events and reflections

a.    Observation Stage:

This artifacts are two pictures taken the second session that I attended in the 5^th grade. It represents how significant this experience was (and still is) to me in terms of the quality of teaching you need to represent to your students.

I selected this artifact because it represents a very important part in my process of connecting of theory with practice of Pedagogy. It made me think of how affectionate the teacher should be with his/her students, because is with that tool that students could get a lot of confidence in reaching their goals, whether it is related with a precise course or if it is an aspect of their personal growth.

Also this experience made me realize that how much important is the attention you gave to your students in their knowledge acquisition. I wrongly believed that this topic was something secondary in the activity of knowledge delivery, and that is absolutely false in the practice, you must see it in action to ensure those kinds of assertions. I believe I have grown my understanding of been emphatic with them and more if you already know that they come from social risk situations, for any reason whatsoever, so I will be more empathic with all my students, I just want to look as the same person for everyone.

b.    Team-teaching stage:

The artifact used in this stage is a quote of Mark Van Doren: “The art of teaching is the art of helping to discover”. It represents the spirit of teaching that all teachers must have alongside their lives as educators, and the fact that we will be guiders to the knowledge of our students in almost all the situations inside the school and even outside it.

I select this artifact because is the kind of spirit that I could see in my guiding teacher while my practicum was in course. It made me reflect about my own motivation, spirit and sense of commitment that I need for doing the best job for them. 

Also the experience made me realize about how focused can be the children who really are interested in obtain information from their teachers who are really “there” for them, and thanks to that my perspective about been a guider is stronger than ever.