Reflective Essay

I spent three weeks in a secondary school, observing, planning and teaching lessons, marking work, talking with teachers and working with small groups of pupils. This has given me a valuable insight into a number of important issues related to teaching.

Perhaps “rigor” isn’t the best word for what we are trying to achieve. Dictionary definitions of rigor include such things as “something hard to endure” and “strictness or severity.” Perhaps the most familiar form of the word is “rigor mortis,” which means “a state of rigidity that prevents response to stimuli.”

As I sit down to reflect on my time in the English major at Berry, I’m roughly three months removed from my last English class. At the moment, I’m in the middle of a semester-long student teaching experience at Armuchee High School, finishing out my Secondary Education minor and preparing for the “real world” of …

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The purpose of this assignment is to provide a critical reflection of an incident that occurred within a nursing context. The assignment firstly provides a short analytical consideration of the nature and importance of reflection. Following this, the Gibbs Cycle is used to provide the framework for the reflective exercise.

In taking History 304 Ancient Greek History with Col Sheldon, and writing the three term papers on Akrotiri, The Mask of Agamemnon, and Alcibiades. I have learned quite a lot about ancient Greek history, culture, and military history.

To travel or not to travel? This is a common question many people ask. It is a pertinent inquiry, as salaried workers often do not want to shell out loads of cash to see the world.

All the activities connected to the course of Economic Sociology in the first semester of the academic year 2004/2005 were very important for my own development as an academic, researcher and educator.

Both the rhetorical analysis and the research paper and the whole process that went into that was different than the work I have been asked to do in previous writing classes both in high school and in college.

In reflection on my experience in the GEM program, I have gained clarity on what sorts of competencies geriatric social workers need, as well as in what areas social workers and students tend to feel most strong in their practice.