Reflect on your time with the child you worked with. What succeeded and why - refer to Dewey and other readings? What did not succeed and why not - again, try to find a reason based on the readings you have done for this class. If you could work with this child again, what would you like to do next time to develop what you today's experience?
In my project I worked with Tristan aged five. We created the most wonderful earth sculptures and indulged in photography. This project succeeded on all levels largely due to the fact that both myself as the teacher and Tristan as the student had room for flexibility and were open to changing and growing our plans and concepts. I think the main lessons an educator I would take from this project is to adjust to fit the needs of my students and I think having that flexibility, that movement and adjustment that comes from being in tune and aware of your students learning is very much a concept of Dewey. I know now more about focusing my students attention and how to listen more carefully when they share with me because it is important to documenting and understanding their learning but I don’t believe I would change anything were I to do it again. The learning I gained even when my project didn’t go to plan were valuable to me as a teacher and even to Tristan as a student as in a classroom setting as with our time together we can never guarantee that the day will go exactly to plan.
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