Final Reflection

 I have learned so much about the combined use of maths and art this term (an area I have never been able to incorporate into my practical teaching before) my favorite was the maths art  topic and learning to draw a maze post, in the maths art topic we chose as a group I incorporated one of my favorite maths lessons from university, knot theory, into our display and I also really enjoy doing crafts and I showed how to weave an intricate and beautiful Chinese knot. My most rewarding lesson was my micro-teaching class, I never thought I would be teaching a whole class and it was a great exercise for me. I love musical theatre, the combination of singing and dancing with drama is the most beautiful form of art in my opinion, and in this class I learned how to group and distribute students. I also enjoyed the puzzles in 342, even though I found some of the puzzles logically challenging for me (who has a math major), these puzzles are great examples of what I can teach my students to explore in the future. It also gives me a great example of a maths assignment for students that could be for them to write about what they think the topic is thinking and what stuck with them.

I don't think the assignment for designing a unit plan should be at the end of the list, for me I feel that unit plans are an area of my teaching that I am not very good at because I have never taught an entire chapter of a lesson at the appropriate grade level. I feel it is a little too late to receive comments and make changes after the semester. I need more time to talk to my students and prof about how to edit it.

Inquiry project

 Inquiry Powerpoint

Inquiry project reflection: 

I have learned a lot in this project. At first, our topic was "How Mathematics Curriculum Changes", but when we entered school, we found that our project problems were not very suitable for research/resources were limited, and we were unable to gain a deeper understanding. So we modified our direction based on the original question purpose. The first thing I learned was how to determine the topic. During our interviews with teachers and parents, we found that even though "equity" has been achieved to some extent, there are still some drawbacks. Therefore, our future direction may be more inclined to delve deeper into the benefits and drawbacks of equity brought about by this approach. What I also learned in this project is how to conduct interviews. In our "connect to the real world" section, we need to go to the school to learn and conduct interviews with our SA, parents, as well as teachers and staff from other departments of the school. The questions I initially asked confused the teachers a bit and they didn't know what the focus of the questions was. Later, after I made revisions and prepared some effective questions, the teachers could provide me with detailed answers. We do not have the opportunity to directly interact with parents regarding their views, and can only provide us with some information through the interaction between SA and parents before. There may be an information gap in between, and after the long practicum, there may be an opportunity to have direct contact with parents.