Reflective Fieldnote Blog #4 SPSE6712

My overall impressions of this particular observation is astounding. When I decided to pursue an ESL endorsement, I never knew what was in store for me. The student that I observed taught me so much that I would have never thought of had it not been for this observation. I am still in awe and I feel very fortunate to have had this opportunity.

I learned so many things as a result of this fieldwork, but I have to say the one thing that I think I learned that is so important is that most of these students are not being assessed properly. This is not something that I blame on common sense and close mindedness on the educators part. Let me make one thing clear, I am not speaking of my mentor teacher. She is the one that mentioned this problem to me. She is very creative and she has taught me so much about assessing these students. She has taught me to be very flexible and how to take risks without being held back by silly inhibitions. In my opinion the more creativity implemented by the educator when it comes to finding different ways to assess her students, the better the student will perform in the classroom and in the real world.

The value in my case study is so incredibly great. I got to know this wonderful eager and caring student. I learned about her family and her likes and dislikes. I learned about her strengths as well as her weaknesses and this taught me how to implement different, creative, and flexible ways to teach ESL students.

I have not been able to schedule a time for the ethnographic narrative as of yet. I am hoping to be able to schedule that with my mentor teacher by 10/29/2010.

I really look forward to interviewing my student again and I am confident that I will grow not only as an educator but as a human being as well.

Until I blog again,

Georgia Hemrick

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Georgia Hemrick 10/27/2010