It has been an honor to be a student at Touro University. It is apparent that social justice, intellectual pursuit, and service to humanity are fibers that a built into every course at the university. Participating in the graduate school of education and receiving my masters in innovative education, the root of my pursuit of higher education has been my desire to unite compassion and service in creating a more student-centered spaces for learning.
In this program, I began my action research trying to find a solution to the problem of math anxiety. I saw how defeated my students were, walking into a class that they had already failed once, feeling that there was no way they could overcome the crippling effects that math anxiety had on them. It was only through humanizing practices and collaborating with my students to create a positive community that I was able to develop my initial research into something actionable - flipping my classroom. Flipping my classroom has been one way that I have been able to develop intellectual inquiry, discovery, and passion for life-long learning in my students. After flipping my classroom and challenging my students to take ownership over their learning, I saw more motivated kiddos who were not only more ready for assessment but more willing to participate and ask good questions in class. After more practice with my flipped classroom model in the 2019-2020 school year I will definitely feel confident enough to share my methods out with my department and then with other content areas. This will contribute to the promotion of interprofessionalism that Touro has built into us over the course of this masters program.
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JP
7/10/2019 07:23:17 pm
I am greatly looking forward to hearing how your transition to a flipped classroom goes! It has been super great to hear hear and see your willingness to not stick to "how it has always been done" in your classroom.
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7/11/2019 11:23:01 am
Hey Brandon
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