Hodan Hassan

Foundations Semester 4 Reflection

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Vision of Teaching and Learning Semester 4

(Turn to Personal Statements Home Page)
When I look back to my personal statements at the start of semester 1, I realize that my teaching
pedagogy has grown to include new ideas that I have learned throughout my time at the BEd
program. Initially, my reasons for why I want to become a teacher were to promote life-long
learning. Currently I would like to edit that statement by adding that I would promote life-long
learning by addressing students learning needs in the classroom through differentiated
instruction. Furthermore, as I self-reflect on how I have changed in the program, I have become
more self-aware of both my strengths and weaknesses in teaching. In terms of my strengths and
weaknesses in teaching, I find that my strengths in teaching are in my friendliness and empathy
towards students and colleagues. However, I can sometimes be too nice towards others which
can be a weakness as some may take advantage of my friendliness. In future, I aim to ensure that
I maintain my self-awareness to ensure that I can improve upon my actions in the school
environment.
(Turn to Reflective Analysis)
Goals for my first-year in teaching are: to get involved in the school community, building strong
communication skills, and knowing my students. I think that getting involved in the school
community is very important to show initiative about student success in extra-curricular
activities. During my first year, I would be excited to participate in extra-curricular programs
like the Me to We club, Lego League and Forest of Reading book club programs as I already
have experience participating in these clubs. My second goal is to build strong communication
skills by collaborating with other teachers in the department on long range plans, communicating
with parents about their childs progress in the class, and communicating with students about
their progress in the class. My third goal is to know my students learning needs and in turn build
an inclusive learning environment. I think that my third goal would not have been present during
the start of the program as I did not think that knowing your students would in turn promote an
open-minded classroom. However, during my second placement, I learned that mutual respect
between students and teachers makes a significant difference in how students view their classes
which reduces the amount of time spent on classroom management. Overall, my vision of
teaching and learning has grown to include new ideas that have shaped my teaching pedagogy
and my own personality as I value mutual respect and equitable learning environments to ensure
that students become critical life-long learners in society.