Chelsea Horsburgh PME 810

What have I learned:  Over the past seven weeks, I feel I have developed an understanding of how conceptions of curriculum, educational philosophy, and curriculum design play a vital role in a teacher’s decision-making process. I felt my greatest areas of growth came from the course readings and working collaboratively to design a mind-map. I found the readings in this course to be incredibly rich with content and by creating a mind map it helped me to make meaningful connections between the different concepts. Through the process, I was able to deepen my understanding of how the philosophy of education and conceptions of curriculum impact and are related to curriculum design. Ornstein and Hunkins (2013) explain, “Curriculum results from social activity. It is designed for both present and emerging purposes. Curriculum is a dynamic field” (p.1). I feel that this course has provided me with more tools and lenses to be able to evaluate and analyze the dynamic field of curriculum. ...

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Section 1: Choosing a Professional Community  When considering a context for professional practices I first started by evaluated an area of need in my professional resources. I currently enjoy utilizing a variety of online professional resources including CultofPedagogy. Last year, I also joined a facebook group Reading and Writing Workshop in International Schools and Units of Study in Middle School: Reading and Writing Workshops TCRWP to support my professional growth in a school that has adopted the Reading and Writing Workshop model from Teachers College at Columbia University. I have found these groups to be a valuable resource to ask questions and obtain resources for Reading and Writing Workshop. When considering my current role and professional communities I wanted to investigate professional resources specifically for teachers working with students with exceptionalities.  In my current role, I work as a Student Support Teacher supporting students with ...