Erin's Portfolio
Standard #4: Content Knowledge
The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teachers and creates learning experiences that make these aspects of the discipline accessible and meaningful for learners to assure mastery of the content.
Name of Artifact: Beginning Reflection
Date: June 2015
Class: EDUC 230
Description: For this assignment, I focused on my thoughts about special education and students with exceptional needs. I discuss my thoughts on how students with exceptional needs should be taught in school and if they should be able to receive additional accommodations in the classroom.
Rationale: This assignment relates to Standard 4, Content Knowledge, because it explains how students with exceptional needs should have their learning experiences in school. This standard also helps to explain my feelings and thoughts for how these students should be together in order to assure mastery of the content.
Name of Artifact: End Reflection
Date: July 23, 2015
Class: EDUC 230
Description: For this assignment, I used everything I learned over the semester about special education and exceptional learners to discuss my thoughts on how these need to implied into the school system.
Rationale: To document my understanding of Standard #4, Content Knowledge, I rely on the central concepts of students with exceptional needs to determine what kind of education I think would be best fitting for them. Every learner should achieve mastery of a content and this is what I base my understandings off of.
