• Virtual Field Experience™ Assignment: Science Lesson
This VFE Assignment is designed to promote your development as a professional educator. In this assignment, you will observe a classroom lesson and listen to professional dialogue about what took place during the lesson and the reasoning behind the teacher’s actions and decisions. You will have an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to identify, analyze, and evaluate teaching practices and learning processes using professional language. As you proceed through your studies and expand your knowledge and professional vocabulary, you will bring greater insights to each new VFE Assignment and, thus, demonstrate your growth and development as a teaching professional.
Follow the instructions below to complete this VFE Assignment.
• Review the VFE video documents. Click on the link below to access the VFE Video Analysis Sheet, which you will complete while viewing the video.
Complete the VFE Video Analysis Sheet: 6605 as follows:
1. Look for evidence in the video of the competencies and practices listed in the first column of the Analysis Sheet. These competencies and practices are aligned with the Minnesota Standards of Effective Practice for beginning teachers. Consider how each competency/practice relates to the lesson plan for this teaching scenario.
2. Make notes in the second column about what you heard or observed in the video that provides evidence of the competencies and practices and their effectiveness in this particular lesson with this particular class of students. Pay attention to what the teacher says about the thinking and rationale for instructional planning and decision making.
3. In the third column, jot down comments, questions, and reactions about the competencies and practices evident in the video-noting strengths and weaknesses in the lesson, making connections with educational research and theory, and making suggestions for improvement.
• Write an analysis of the VFE Assignment video. Based on the notes you took while viewing the video, write an analysis that focuses on the standards-based competencies listed on the VFE Video Analysis Sheet: 6605. Use writing skills and educational terminology that demonstrate your professional growth and learning. Include the following in your analysis:
1. Explain and give examples of how the video demonstrated effective application of each of the competencies/practices listed, or failed to do so.
2. With regard to each competency/practice, share insights you gained from the dialogue between the two educators that you may not have gained from observation alone.
3. Comment on the teacher’s effectiveness in organizing, managing, and building a sense of community in the learning environment. Provide evidence to support your response.
4. Based on your current level of knowledge and skill, indicate one or more recommendations for improvement that you would make to this teacher.
(Assignment length: 3–5 pages)
Required Readings
• Article: Helterbran, V. R. (2005). Lifelong learning: A stratagem for new teachers. Indiana University of Pennsylvania Academic Exchange Quarterly, 9(4). Retrieved from http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/6jan3151z5.htm
• Website: eTools 4 Education: Lifelong Learner
http://www.online-distance-learning-education.com/article_info.php/articles_id/5
• Book Excerpt: Vincent, S. (1999). The Multigrade Classroom: A resource for small, rural schools. Northwest Regional Education Laboratory. http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/1155. Review pages 1-12 of Chapter 6.
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