I know I’m likely the only one in our class that doesn’t have any sort of teaching/student teaching under her belt. It’s been a bit discouraging reading these research articles and learning about publishing articles for “best practice”, having never truly “practiced” teaching.

Right now all I have to go on is my experience as a student and what I’ve learned from my current program of study. I guess I understand why a class like Curriculum Research is taken by those who are about to graduate!

I understand the connection between the readings, our text and what I believe to be “best practice”, however so I’m not feeling completely lost! It’s actually making me excited to start student teaching; that way I’ll have a better sense of why we plan the curriculum, and the process behind knowing your learners, their interests and how to apply that to your subject matter. 

-Holly-