I found the article, "Permitting Creativity in Science" by Janet Beavin Bavelas, related to my journey and two-week practicum. The
quote, “Anyone who has been attracted to a field probably began noticing and
thinking about it long before graduate or even undergraduate training” (page
309), took me to the time when I was in the last years of high school in India.
At that time, I started helping the kids who are struggling in mathematics, and
I found my interest and passion for teaching mathematics and that passion takes
me at this point in my life.
Other quotes, “The reshuffling
of ideas already in the field must, by definition, be limited to whatever such recombination can achieve, and the result can be at best a new permutation of
old ideas” (page 309) and “If those fail, then another pair of techniques will
succeed for sure” (page 312), remind me my two-week practicum experience.
During my practicum, I planned to do a scavenger hunt and station activity with
grade 10 math class, but when I discussed my plan with my school advisor, she
told me that due to Covid, students could not move around in the classroom.
Instead, drop the idea of the scavenger hunt, I altered the activity in
corresponds to the situation. I used a big poster on the wall rather than the
stations so that students can work on their desks.
Finally quote, “Our problems
are caused by our efforts to deal with the problem” (page 316), resonates with
my personal experience. Sometimes, when we leave to do things in a rush or
hurry, then there are more chances of making mistakes. I remembered a day when
we are going on vacation; I forgot my passport at home in a hurry due to
last-minute packing.
Very nice, Amrit! Good connections with your practicum experiences.
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