Reflection 2

The article " Frames, Paradigms and Paradigm shifts" basically states that the species man are thinkers and that when there are situations, problems, and or schemes we try to figure out how to fix them. Man has created inventions i believe to solve their problems. Every single envintion ever created had to be thought of to solve something. Just like the inventions shown in the article ; the plain, telephone, and the rake. Man needed a more efficient way to travel other than the automobile or a ship they needed away to get across the ocean in a faster time. This was a problem. So man has to use their paradigm and use past experiences to fill in the blank and the blank being the solution man thought of birds.
Many inventions were born like this. Were is a problem there is a solution. These inventions changes the way that man sees and thinks in so many ways. These inventions gives man confidence that any scheme can be accomplished. It makes man more knowledgeable of the world. The essential things that man has proven through the years is that there are several things that will always remain essential to human life. The first being food, second communication, and third transportation.
Without these things survival would be very minimal in todays society becasuse our paradigms are so acustomed to having them there. For example if for some reason the intire world went to war and all of our high technology was used and destroyed we would have to depend on our animal like survival skills to succeed and posibly try to start over. This task is more easier said than done because we have become so acustomed to our invetions that some peoples mind may be so dependent on them that they can not opend up their minds to have a paradigms shift; which is only a signe for failure.
We have our frames and we have our paradigms. However to a certain extent if we don't learn to let our frames open or until we are ready to change our papardigms there will be no paradigm shift. Our paradigm is our way of looking at our world; it's our organized view point. Fact "When your brain changes your paradigm changes." Mr. Mc Nair.

Reaction 1

Teacher preporation has really evolved from the colonial times drastically. For example in colonial America teacher education scarcely existed. A wide majority didn't even attend secondary schooling and they didn't really have any formal preporation. The training was basically reduced to a "monkey see monkey do" training because some teachers learned by serving master teachers. The biggest change in those times for teacher was in 1832 Reverend Samual Hall established a Normal School. This was a private school which provided elementary school graduates with formal training in teaching skills.
These schools back then only provideda two-year teacher training program which consisted of academic subjects as well as teaching methodology. Also there was also a rather unusual requirenment called the "Teaching Contract". This contract seemed to only apply for woman. Basically woman were not allowed to have a social life outside of the school house. This contract consists of no smoking, drinking, cleaning chores like a maid. But one thing that made a major difference in the Colonial era of teaching was the Tomorrows Teachers.
This program caused quite a bit a controversy because this ment that teachers needed higher level of learning to meet standards and to be certified. These programs were designed to make teachers better and to also have teaching strive towards a more professional status. Today's programs are more structured. There is a program now called Teach For America. Teach for America has been known to be a very challenging program. However it has enjoyed great success in recruting highly motivated and talented recruits which many of the volunteers become great teachers. I believe that another reason why the program is so successful is because it small in size so its easier to focus on the goal at hand. With the traditional and alternative teacher education approaches you can see how teaching has evolved to the benefit of the teacher s who really do work hard to acheive. As long as there is a school standing there will always be a teacher; and as long as there's a teacher there will always be a student even when the student is a teacher.

Introduction

My name is Dominique Armenteros and I was born here in south Florida. I am currently twenty years old and coming into my own. I am a very warm, kind, and caring person. Anuthing involvong art, I'm there. I am an artist in almost every aspect. Singing, drawing, painting, writing songs; you name it. If I'm not good at it i've at least tried it twice and had fun doing it. Three years ago I found my love which would be photograpghy. I get a feeling which can not be replaced when i enter the darkroom. Since that momment I've never felt more connected to myself.

After high school my mother had convinced me that photography was not a dependable feild so I let direct my future into opticanry. Obviously this was a major mistake; eventually i knew that i would lose interest and not give my all because my heart was not in it. After my freshman year i decided to take my future into my own hands. I decided to do something that i was passionate about. Through my entire life i have observed that i love teaching people new things even more so young people. It felt as though my greatest reward was them understanding what I ust taught. Remembering when i was in my teenage year I wuld enjoy helping my peers with their assignments.

Due to my observations Art Educationis now my major. I know that i will not regretchanging my majorbecause i believe that I am a very maternal person and I believe that trait is greatly needed to be a great teacher. My goal is to to be more than a teacher to my students I will be there friend, counselor, and a role model. I've had perfect examples of these kinds of teachers in my life and I want to carry out the same kindness and wisdom that they have shown me. I have a saying that goes "When you teach you don't just teach a lesson; you teach who you are to your learners as well." I believe in this strongly because I've had good and bad teachers, even some in between. But if I don't remember anything else that they taught me I will always remember how they treated me and how they made me feel about learning in their class.

My intentions for this course is to absorb all the knowlegde that I possibly can so that my stydents will remember me. I want to be that person in their lives that believes in them when no one else will. I want to make my students to be able to smile in the face of failure and laugh because they have enough confidence to know that failure is not an option. With time I want to be one of the best and I'm ready and willing to learn everything to accomplish that.