Reflective journal. Unit 1

Reflective Journal. Unit 1

 In this post, I will express my reflections, questions and thoughts about the unit 1

I would like to learn different materials that teachers can use to assess their students. Normally, I have used the teacher´s diary in which I write the most important things that I observe of my students. Also, I use the teacher´s book in which the teacher writes the students´ grades. Charts in which I make a tick or a cross if the student achieves the subject objective are also usual. However, I would like to be familiarized with more resources that the teacher can use.

Now, I would like to express my thoughts about the assessment of previous knowledge. It is because I learnt the importance of assess the students´ previous knowledge not so many years ago. 

Before discovering that, I thought that it was useless. However, the first time that I worked at a school, I realised that previous knowledge are a really important part of assessment. It is because using students´ previous knowledge, I could adapt the objectives, as well as my way of teaching to my students´ need. In addition, carrying out the previous assessment, I could see the progress of my students in an easier way. Another interesting thing that the previous assessment provided me was that I could see the strengths and weakness of my students. However, I have seen that some teachers do not carry out this important previous assessment.