For the initial master of arts in teaching course, the Framing Experience, it is required that students do classroom observations in an academic setting. At the time, my observations were many and varied, and it was hard to make sense of all the information and data I collected.
However, after now having successfully completed my next two classes, Educ 517A: …
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Laurel Bennett
Hi, My name is Laurel. I currently live in San Diego, CA where I am working on obtaining my Master's in Teaching from USC. I am originally from Santa Barbara, CA. but am loving life in San Diego. I hope to go onto higher education once completing the MAT program and continue to enhance my education as well as my future students.
Posts by Laurel Bennett
Connecting Studies to the Classroom
Watching Others Learn Outside the Classroom
I wanted to share an experience about how I’ve applied what I’ve have learned while getting my masters in education outside of the classroom. My sister has a two and half year old son. He is constantly exploring and learning new things everyday. I was watching him and my sister together as they interacted and played in their backyard. After …
A Community within the World
After reflecting about my experience getting my master of arts in teaching thus far, I realize I am truly connected to a greater community. This greater community is USC and the USC community is everywhere. Last week I was at Disneyland and proudly noted many people had on USC hats or t-shirts. I had an extreme sense of pride and …
Connecting with my peers
My ability to connect with other individuals and my peers in a meaningful and reciprocal way has been awesome! As I mentioned last week, the 2sc platform we use in the master of arts in teaching program is both user and socially friendly. I have made some very good friends over the past couple months. I have had the opportunity …
Great Technology, Effective Lectures, Accessible Professors
There are three things that I found very surprising about the masters in education program. First, I love the technology that we use on a daily basis. I am computer literate, having used a computer for a number of schools. However, I feel it would be easy for individuals who do not share this experience with myself as well. It’s …
