Professional Reflections Guidelines Timeline Please construct a timeline of your professional life. Make two columns on a page. Label one column as “Positive Events” and the other as “Challenging...

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Professional Reflections Guidelines Timeline Please construct a timeline of your professional life. Make two columns on a page. Label one column as “Positive Events” and the other as “Challenging Events.” List each item that appears below in either column where you believe the event belongs and provide the approximate year of the event. Please include the events listed below. You are free to list additional events if you like. Development 1. Your first memory 2. The first time you remember feeling different or unique 3. The happiest time in your life Schooling 4. Your most memorable difficult, challenging or negative school experience 5. Your favorite teacher Understanding the Memories Now that you have made a timeline and listed the events, you are to write in detail about these events and the impact they have had in your life. For each of these events, write a paragraph or more that describes your memory. Follow the instruction for each event as listed below. This portion needs to be computer generated and double-spaced. Development 1. Your first memory. (Describe it. State in which Piagetian stage it belongs. Describe characteristics of this stage. Note how it may have affected your future.) 2. The first time you remember feeling different or unique (Describe why you felt you were different. State which of Vygotsky’s theories apply most. Describe the characteristics of this stage. Note whether/how this may have affected or contributed to your cognitive development at the time.) 3. The happiest time in your life (Describe it. State in which Eriksonian stage it belongs. Describe characteristics of this stage. Note how it may have affected your future.) Schooling 4. Your most memorable difficult, challenging or negative school experience (Describe it. State the Eriksonian stage in which this belongs and why you believe this. Describe characteristics of this stage. State how it made you feel at the time. State how this experience makes you feel now. What do you wish your parent/caregiver should have done about this? What do you wish your teacher should have done about this? Did (and how) this experience influence whom you have become today? 5. Your favorite teacher (Describe why he/she was so special to you. How did she/he make you feel? Could any of Vygotsky’s theories apply to this? State, describe and link these theories to the experience. Conclusion In this section, summarize how you think these memories are going to impact you as an educator. How might they affect how you will treat your future students? Details 1) The timeline and paper are both due at the beginning of class. 2) Margins should be one inch on all sides. The paper should be double spaced. 3) Number each page in the bottom footer with your name and page number. (Example: Makris/1) 4) The paper should be proof-read and written in proper, readable English. (If you need help, either come to me or go to the Writing Lab on campus.) You will lose points from your total points earned for each typo, each incorrectly spelled word, and each nonsense or incomplete sentence. Remember not to use contractions, not to use the word “you,” to write out all numbers under 100, and not to end a sentence in a prepositional phrase. Evaluation Points on this assignment are earned based on your having successfully completed the entire assignment. The first section, your Timeline, will earn you 10 points. The Memories of Timeline Events earns up to 80 points. The Conclusion earns up to 10 points. Rubric: Professional Reflections Timeline and Paper: Section Less than full points Full points (word processed) Timeline (10 points) Errors in spelling and grammar Lacks clear distinction positive and challenging events Events are not labeled or organized Proper spelling and grammar Presents clear distinction positive and challenging events Events labeled and organized Memories of Timeline Events for each memory: (80 points) Errors in spelling and grammar Incomplete or lacks description of memory Incomplete or lacks descriptions of feelings associated with memory Incomplete or lacks description of how event/memory may impact own teaching Proper spelling and grammar Presents appropriate description of memory Presents appropriate description of feelings associated with memory Presents appropriate description of how event/memory may impact own teaching Conclusion (10 points) Errors in spelling and grammar Incomplete or lacks reflections on how events impacted own development Incomplete or lacks reflections on how to use memories to help make instructional decisions Incomplete or lacks reflections on how developmental events impact self as teacher Incomplete or lacks recommendations for other teachers Proper spelling and grammar Presents appropriate reflections on how events impacted own development Presents appropriate reflections on how to use memories to help make instructional decisions Presents appropriate reflections on how developmental events impact self as teacher Presents recommendations for other teachers