Standard 1: Learner Development and Individual Learning Differences
The most critical standard in my opinion is Standard 1. As educators, we must make an effort in getting to know our students. Figuring out the best way they learn, what they are interested in, their family background and understand how they develop. Once we know that, we can differentiate any lesson or activity. This will then make it meaningful to them and they will enjoy learning.
This part of the e-Portfolio will focus on a narrative and a reflection based on the NAGC-CEC Teacher Preparation Standards in Gifted Education and Talented Education. Standard 1 is defined as “Beginning gifted education professionals understand the variations in learning and development in …show more content…
The movie I focused on was Matilda, a 1996 American film that was directed by Danny DeVito. The movie is about a bright little girl by the name of Matilda. She was born into a very unusual family that didn't care about her. Her family included her father, mother and brother, the Wormwoods. Matilda was forced to stay home till the age of 6, while she was home she learns to do many things on her own, by the age of four she had read all the magazines in her house and was ready for bigger challenges. That lead her to asking her father for a book, after she is denied, she takes it upon herself to get what she wants and ends up at the library. It took her parents some time to realize that she was old enough to attend school, but once she attends school, she comes to find out that the principal is a horrific and cruel human being. Matilda ends up loving her teacher, who supports her in every way and believes in her, Miss Honey her teacher ends up adopting her towards the end of the movie because her family is running away due to Matilda's father being a
The most critical standard in my opinion is Standard 1. As educators, we must make an effort in getting to know our students. Figuring out the best way they learn, what they are interested in, their family background and understand how they develop. Once we know that, we can differentiate any lesson or activity. This will then make it meaningful to them and they will enjoy learning.
This part of the e-Portfolio will focus on a narrative and a reflection based on the NAGC-CEC Teacher Preparation Standards in Gifted Education and Talented Education. Standard 1 is defined as “Beginning gifted education professionals understand the variations in learning and development in …show more content…
The movie I focused on was Matilda, a 1996 American film that was directed by Danny DeVito. The movie is about a bright little girl by the name of Matilda. She was born into a very unusual family that didn't care about her. Her family included her father, mother and brother, the Wormwoods. Matilda was forced to stay home till the age of 6, while she was home she learns to do many things on her own, by the age of four she had read all the magazines in her house and was ready for bigger challenges. That lead her to asking her father for a book, after she is denied, she takes it upon herself to get what she wants and ends up at the library. It took her parents some time to realize that she was old enough to attend school, but once she attends school, she comes to find out that the principal is a horrific and cruel human being. Matilda ends up loving her teacher, who supports her in every way and believes in her, Miss Honey her teacher ends up adopting her towards the end of the movie because her family is running away due to Matilda's father being a