Date: May 13, 2014 Semester 2014 Course: EPC 315
Description of Artifact:
Classroom Layout
Level II: Applied Elements of the TPE
Teaching Performance Expectation address:
1) TPE 5: Student Engagement
2) TPE 11: Social Environment
Classroom Layout
This artifact reflects the candidate’s ability to create a Classroom layout that demonstrates effective use of social environment. In the classroom, layout students are required to help students learn to work responsible with other and independently. (TPE11) According to Sternberg, “Never assume because students are from poor families that there are incapable of doing well” (Sternberg R.J Williams, W. 2002 Educational Psychology. Pg.207). It is not what the student know; it is what they can do with what they know. With group work, you have a lot of socializing going on. You do not have the acting up or distractions you might have with instructional teaching. Small groups keep their members in check. Students check in with their peer group first and go to the teacher second.
The Classroom Layout also requires candidates to get and keep their students engaged is perhaps the most important step in creating a successful learning outcome. Candidates ensure that students understand what they are to do during instruction and monitor student progress toward academic goal. (TPE 5) “Students are more positive about each other when they learn cooperatively than when they learn alone, competitively, or individualistically – regardless of differences in ability, ethnic background, handicapped or not.”(Johnson Roger and David 1988). For my classroom layout, I will have group areas for students to work in. It is important for students to feel as though they can learn with each other rather than be alone. Children feel more comfortable with other kids in same age group. By having students, work in groups