Jedyna rzecz ktora przeszkadza w sprawie mojego uczenia sie jest moim edukacja. Albert Einstein
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My Literacy journey began I guess when I was born, as a small child I remember my grandmother and mother always singing to us children. I don't remember being read to a lot but I guess I probably would have been.
I did not like Primary school much as a child. The rules to learning seamed to have escaped me. I had a couple of close friends and enjoyed socialising, I just couldn't quiet grasp what the teachers were trying to teach. I understood what it was they were saying I just had trouble relaying the message or writing information down. I remember a few times having to read aloud in class, a thing I was not very good at, consequently I would get laughed at when I had trouble reading and pronouncing words. This caused me to hate school even more. I use to write words and numbers back the front until my mother noticed one day and showed me the correct way to write and pointed out where I was going wrong. This did not happen until I was already in grade four. Up until then my teachers would just mark tests incorrect and move along. This is why I put the images on the side of this text for this part of my assignment, I believe I had bad teachers.
Looking back to my schooling education in the seventies I guess you could say I may have been dyslexic, ADHD, or had some other undiagnosed learning difficulty. The reason I have set this page out the way I have, with the images looking like they are burnt like an old photo or memory that you want to discard, burn or forget. This is what school life was like for me. I am also pointing out that images have powerful meaning. Winch states, Illustrators are co-producers of picture books and share the telling of the story. It alerts us to the fact that pictures are not just ornaments or frills or visual embroidery but part of the narrative process. Winch, (201O). It is funny how our brain never lets us forget the bad things. It is through these bad experiences that I believe I will be more inclined, in my own teaching practices to not allow myself to be like the teachers I had growing up. I will be more able to empathise with the struggling students as apposed to just writing them of, and leaving them behind labelled as a low achiever, dumb, or a waste of my time. This makes me literate.. If you can see it and say it you are literate because you can change it. Jemma Whitaker, (2014).
High school was pretty much a blur mainly teacher centred learning. With the teacher writing stuff on the board and us students copying it all down. The school got a computer lab when I reached grade nine but we only had about ten computers for five hundred odd students. I never got to explore computers, instead I had to do typing on a type writer.
I was an average student by the time I left school except for when it came to the Arts here I excelled, straight "A's" all the way. Finally something I felt I was good at and came easy to me.
I did not like Primary school much as a child. The rules to learning seamed to have escaped me. I had a couple of close friends and enjoyed socialising, I just couldn't quiet grasp what the teachers were trying to teach. I understood what it was they were saying I just had trouble relaying the message or writing information down. I remember a few times having to read aloud in class, a thing I was not very good at, consequently I would get laughed at when I had trouble reading and pronouncing words. This caused me to hate school even more. I use to write words and numbers back the front until my mother noticed one day and showed me the correct way to write and pointed out where I was going wrong. This did not happen until I was already in grade four. Up until then my teachers would just mark tests incorrect and move along. This is why I put the images on the side of this text for this part of my assignment, I believe I had bad teachers.
Looking back to my schooling education in the seventies I guess you could say I may have been dyslexic, ADHD, or had some other undiagnosed learning difficulty. The reason I have set this page out the way I have, with the images looking like they are burnt like an old photo or memory that you want to discard, burn or forget. This is what school life was like for me. I am also pointing out that images have powerful meaning. Winch states, Illustrators are co-producers of picture books and share the telling of the story. It alerts us to the fact that pictures are not just ornaments or frills or visual embroidery but part of the narrative process. Winch, (201O). It is funny how our brain never lets us forget the bad things. It is through these bad experiences that I believe I will be more inclined, in my own teaching practices to not allow myself to be like the teachers I had growing up. I will be more able to empathise with the struggling students as apposed to just writing them of, and leaving them behind labelled as a low achiever, dumb, or a waste of my time. This makes me literate.. If you can see it and say it you are literate because you can change it. Jemma Whitaker, (2014).
High school was pretty much a blur mainly teacher centred learning. With the teacher writing stuff on the board and us students copying it all down. The school got a computer lab when I reached grade nine but we only had about ten computers for five hundred odd students. I never got to explore computers, instead I had to do typing on a type writer.
I was an average student by the time I left school except for when it came to the Arts here I excelled, straight "A's" all the way. Finally something I felt I was good at and came easy to me.
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I learned to read music and play the bagpipes when I was thirteen and still enjoy playing them today. I play with the local band and play solo at such events as Adelaide river war graves ANZAC day dawn service, and I get paid to play at funerals and weddings. I am comfortable getting up and performing in front of sometimes thousands of people this makes it easy for me to talk to children in a classroom, my first prac was a breeze and although I was nervous you would never have know. I believe my artistic abilities and ability to think outside the square is what will make me a good teacher. I think creatively, and am able to solve most problems I encounter to have favourable outcomes for all involved. I left school at sixteen and gained employment as an apprentice sign writer. This made me very aware of the importance of correct spelling. I finished my apprenticeship and went into business for myself at the age of twenty. I am still in business for my self today and have still got clients I've had for twenty years. My profession has changed a lot in twenty years I have seen the trade evolve and transform from being every thing painted to now we can simply make digital prints and stickers in a third of the time. We now change images and text with the simple click of a button. When I was first in business I had one of the first mobile phones, It was like a small car battery and I rented it from Telstra known back then as Telecom and its only function was as a phone, no camera or internet. Lap top computers were not even invented, and I don't think we had email for a few years either. I now, like most of us have an iphone and my own lap top. How times have changed.
As I have matured and had children of my own I found my priorities in life have changed. I now find myself at University studying to become a teacher. Probably an art or music teacher as this is my passion and my life. I found my literacy in many areas is growing and continuing to grow. I found myself doing things I would never have dreamed a few years ago. My literacy journey continues.
I recently found these great quotes from Ania Lian and Carl Orf ,who was a composer and music educator.
Tell me and I'll forget, Show me and I will remember, Involve me and I will understand. Karl, Orf (year unknown).
This is the sort of teacher I aspire to become. Someone who gets involved and incites others to do the same. Someone who has passion and is not afraid to be wrong. An empowered, resilient teacher is one who is compassionate, informed, understanding and can negotiate. Ania Lian, (2014). Without love nothing happens. Ania lian,(2014).Thank You.
Prawda (prawdziwy) oznaka rozumu nie jest wiedza ale wyobraznia. Albert Einstein
This is me playing my pipes.
As I have matured and had children of my own I found my priorities in life have changed. I now find myself at University studying to become a teacher. Probably an art or music teacher as this is my passion and my life. I found my literacy in many areas is growing and continuing to grow. I found myself doing things I would never have dreamed a few years ago. My literacy journey continues.
I recently found these great quotes from Ania Lian and Carl Orf ,who was a composer and music educator.
Tell me and I'll forget, Show me and I will remember, Involve me and I will understand. Karl, Orf (year unknown).
This is the sort of teacher I aspire to become. Someone who gets involved and incites others to do the same. Someone who has passion and is not afraid to be wrong. An empowered, resilient teacher is one who is compassionate, informed, understanding and can negotiate. Ania Lian, (2014). Without love nothing happens. Ania lian,(2014).Thank You.
Prawda (prawdziwy) oznaka rozumu nie jest wiedza ale wyobraznia. Albert Einstein
This is me playing my pipes.