I honestly had no idea what to expect before the first class because I had heard that EP 401 was significantly different than EP 210. I didn't understand the purpose of taking educational psychology, and I had no idea what we would even be learning in the class. After the first class session, I was actually excited to go home and do the readings for the next week. I think that this class will give me a lot to think about and work with during my internship year.
My main personal objective for this class is to acquire the necessary skills to appropriately manage my classroom. I think that classroom management is something that we're all worried about, and I hope that I can learn more about it in this class. I know that I've gotten off to a rocky start in this class so far, so another personal objective of mine is to prove that I am willing to work hard in this class and put in the amount of time and effort that it will take to succeed. I definitely want to explore cultural/ethnic differences and students at risk deeper. Those are the two topics that first caught my eye on the teaching projects list. I'm in the Urban/Multicultural cohort, so any opportunity to learn more about teaching at risk or culturally diverse students is important to me.
I don't have any specific questions or concerns other than about the CSEL. The project seems incredibly overwhelming, and I'm already getting nervous about it. I know that I tend to psych myself out about these kinds of things, so I'm trying not to worry too much about it. I'm sure that I'll feel more prepared as the semester goes on, but it seems like this big and scary thing looming over me right now.
Finally, I know that this is probably completely unrelated, but I would love to find some way to use this in my classroom (and it just always manages to brighten up my day):
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