Courses
EDTS 232 - The Teacher: Professional Dimensions I
This course began my Education courses at Medicine Hat College. It introduced me to the qualities of ideal teachers, teaching strategies in the classroom, and ways to incorporate my knowledge into my future career. Alongside this course was a ten week (30 hours) practicum in which we were able to observe the classroom as a working environment and reflect on different topics while growing as educators.
EDTS 234 - The Teacher: Professional Dimensions II
This course was taken in my second semester at Medicine Hat College. This course went deeper in the the profession of teaching and explained society and culture in schools, students, and teachers. It also outlined lesson planning, Tribes and Kagan strategies, and the History of Education. This course included a six to seven week practicum (22 hours), as well as three school visits which allowed us to see many different learning environments to help shape our philosophies.
EDTS 321 - Educational Psychology for Teaching
This course was taken in my second semester at Medicine Hat College, it introduced me to developmental theories, diversity in the classroom and society, and ways that children learn and think. This course will assist me in becoming a diverse teacher who will hopefully be prepared for many different scenarios when it comes to dealing with children, parents, and other teachers. This course also gave me the opportunity to learn how to properly observe students and report on the observations, which will be useful for conducting research in my future.
GEOG 201 - The Physical Environment
This course was a course that is not in my area of expertise, however this course was very interesting. It covers topics like rock and landform formation, climate and weather, and volcanoes and earth quakes. This course helps me become a more well-rounded teacher, and contributes to creating a more wide array of knowledge that I can eventually share with my future students.
HIST 233 - Canada: Origins to 1867
History 233 is a course that I am very comfortable with. This course explains a detailed history from the origins of Canada to Confederation in 1867. To my understanding, a lot of the social studies curriculum in Alberta has to do with First Nations people and Exploration/Immigration of Europeans. This course covered these topics in great detail and will add to my expertise of Canadian history.
HIST 333 - Popular Culture in Nineteenth Century Canada
This other history course is quite different from the other. This course outlines the every day mainstream life for Canadian citizens. This includes family life, education, sports, literature, and substance use. Understanding Canada's roots as a society is important, especially understanding the history of Education and the profession of teaching.
POLI 201 - Introduction to Government and Politics
Political Science is a course that was very interesting. It explains the history and evolution of politics and party policies in Alberta and Canada. It also touches a little bit on American politics as well as many different ideological views. Social studies in Alberta covers these ideologies and different political views in the curriculum, so I will be very informed and knowledgeable about these subjects.
SOCI 201 - Introductory Sociology
This course was a basic sociology course that touched on many different topics like education, family, race, culture, and some history. This course forced students to think with their "sociological imagination", which essentially means thinking broadly, as well as specifically about any of the given topics. For example, we had to think of education as as aspect of society, as well as how families and students see education.
SOCI 321 - Youth Crime
This course was a more specific sociology course as it taught specifically about youth crime. This course explained how gender, age, race, and sexuality contribute to crime, outlined different crime theories, and explained why kids turn to criminal behaviour. As a teacher, this knowledge is useful because I am aware of the warning signs that students could potentially behave criminally and could help them steer away from those options to direct their negativity into better things.
STAT 251 - Introduction to Applied Statistics
This course was a basic introduction statistics class which instructed students how to read graphs, complete mathematical equations, complete proficient lab write-ups, and make use of statistical software. As teachers, it is important to be able to analyze graphs and statistics about students and teaching. Being able to read these graphs and possibly create statistics based on my own research will benefit myself in the future.
This course began my Education courses at Medicine Hat College. It introduced me to the qualities of ideal teachers, teaching strategies in the classroom, and ways to incorporate my knowledge into my future career. Alongside this course was a ten week (30 hours) practicum in which we were able to observe the classroom as a working environment and reflect on different topics while growing as educators.
EDTS 234 - The Teacher: Professional Dimensions II
This course was taken in my second semester at Medicine Hat College. This course went deeper in the the profession of teaching and explained society and culture in schools, students, and teachers. It also outlined lesson planning, Tribes and Kagan strategies, and the History of Education. This course included a six to seven week practicum (22 hours), as well as three school visits which allowed us to see many different learning environments to help shape our philosophies.
EDTS 321 - Educational Psychology for Teaching
This course was taken in my second semester at Medicine Hat College, it introduced me to developmental theories, diversity in the classroom and society, and ways that children learn and think. This course will assist me in becoming a diverse teacher who will hopefully be prepared for many different scenarios when it comes to dealing with children, parents, and other teachers. This course also gave me the opportunity to learn how to properly observe students and report on the observations, which will be useful for conducting research in my future.
GEOG 201 - The Physical Environment
This course was a course that is not in my area of expertise, however this course was very interesting. It covers topics like rock and landform formation, climate and weather, and volcanoes and earth quakes. This course helps me become a more well-rounded teacher, and contributes to creating a more wide array of knowledge that I can eventually share with my future students.
HIST 233 - Canada: Origins to 1867
History 233 is a course that I am very comfortable with. This course explains a detailed history from the origins of Canada to Confederation in 1867. To my understanding, a lot of the social studies curriculum in Alberta has to do with First Nations people and Exploration/Immigration of Europeans. This course covered these topics in great detail and will add to my expertise of Canadian history.
HIST 333 - Popular Culture in Nineteenth Century Canada
This other history course is quite different from the other. This course outlines the every day mainstream life for Canadian citizens. This includes family life, education, sports, literature, and substance use. Understanding Canada's roots as a society is important, especially understanding the history of Education and the profession of teaching.
POLI 201 - Introduction to Government and Politics
Political Science is a course that was very interesting. It explains the history and evolution of politics and party policies in Alberta and Canada. It also touches a little bit on American politics as well as many different ideological views. Social studies in Alberta covers these ideologies and different political views in the curriculum, so I will be very informed and knowledgeable about these subjects.
SOCI 201 - Introductory Sociology
This course was a basic sociology course that touched on many different topics like education, family, race, culture, and some history. This course forced students to think with their "sociological imagination", which essentially means thinking broadly, as well as specifically about any of the given topics. For example, we had to think of education as as aspect of society, as well as how families and students see education.
SOCI 321 - Youth Crime
This course was a more specific sociology course as it taught specifically about youth crime. This course explained how gender, age, race, and sexuality contribute to crime, outlined different crime theories, and explained why kids turn to criminal behaviour. As a teacher, this knowledge is useful because I am aware of the warning signs that students could potentially behave criminally and could help them steer away from those options to direct their negativity into better things.
STAT 251 - Introduction to Applied Statistics
This course was a basic introduction statistics class which instructed students how to read graphs, complete mathematical equations, complete proficient lab write-ups, and make use of statistical software. As teachers, it is important to be able to analyze graphs and statistics about students and teaching. Being able to read these graphs and possibly create statistics based on my own research will benefit myself in the future.