The End

Now that Social Studies Methods for Childhood Education has come to an end, I can look back and see how much I have learned from this class. I walked into this class in January and immediately hated the idea that it seemed to revolve around technology. Though I still do not agree that technology should be the main focus of education, I have learned of how helpful it is in engaging learners of the 21st century. 

In this class, I also got to teach a full class for the first time ever! This was stressful, overwhelming, and and a lot of work, but it was also the biggest learning experience that I have had in college. With the combination of this class and the fieldwork portion of this class, I have been able to really see what type of teacher that I want to be in the future. 

I have now developed the following teaching philosophy thanks to the newly gained knowledge and experience that I relieved from Social Studies Methods. 

Social Studies Methods for Childhood Education was very stressful. It consisted of hours upon hours of work every week, thousands of tears, and an overwhelming amount of frustration. Social Studies Methods was also the class that gave me the most teaching experience and provided me with the constructive feedback that I needed to improve my teaching skills. Thank you to my peers and Dr. Smirnova for a wonderful class!!!

An even bigger thank you for this wonderful poem, which completely sums up all that we have learned and all that each us should hope to be in the future.