Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Data Collection (AKA Foreign Language 101)
Today, it was a nice change to regular class to have a guest speaker join us and explain how to collect data in the classroom and the reasons why this is important. I am not sure how much I would be using this in the Music classroom; however, the process and results are quite interesting. I believe this material applies to me in that I should be as sensitive as possible to individual students' needs such as academic strengths/weaknesses, cultural backgrounds, and what their lives are like at home. All teachers, regardless of content area, should be aware of students' needs as much as possible regarding these areas. This certainly connects with Standard 1D, "Teachers advocate for their students." The process of data collection should ultimately be for the benefit of the students in regards to their learning as well as their individual lives.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Chrysalis,
ReplyDeleteI also really enjoyed the guest speaker, and learned a lot about the data driven side of education. I'm sure you could find a way to apply this in your classroom, I believe in you! I like how you related that Standard to what happened in class! Keep it up!!! :)
The guest speaker today was amazing and I enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteI think data is important in every content area, however, I believe that some data holds higher stakes than others. For example, common content areas such as language arts, science, social studies, etc, in my opinion hold a *insert synonymous word for "more important" that I can't think of right now that sounds less harsh*. Whereas specials, such as art, music, band, etc, requires data to see if the class is prospering and worth keeping around, but not necessarily as *insert better word for "as important" that sounds less harsh* as those in which the school depends on. I hope that made sense; it made much more sense in my head!
ReplyDeleteChrysalis,
ReplyDeleteI love the title of this blog post. It speaks exactly what I was thinking. Since we are both music students we both share the common question, "How can I apply this in a music classroom?" I really like what Shaquavia commented because it makes a lot of sense. I feel like data in a music classroom is to very similar to the other classrooms. However; the way we collect data is a lot different.