Journal Table Five

Name: Ruth Detlefsen DeLano

Important Societal Factors/Significant Course Content
Observations from Field Notes
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together,helpyounowinterpretthe3partsofthePedagogical illustratetheassets,strengths,andresourcespossessedbythe
TrianglelistedintheTeacherNoticingPPT?(Note:Youhave learner(s)examinedinyourclinicalsetting.
My rationale for the Funds of Knowledge that
thisPPTinyourEDFD460/461IntroductoryMaterialssubfolder
onyourcomputer). illustrate the assets, strengths, and resources
possessed by the learners examined in my clinical
The EDFD 400/401 and EDFD 460/461 courses, taken setting is that in talking with students I learned that
together, helped me to interpret the 3 parts of the they (the students that I talked with) have many
Pedagogical Triangle listed in the Teacher Noticing opportunities through the school and through their
PPT in that the courses dug home the importance of communities to learn many things. Many of them
understanding and having a relationship with their either live on or have parents who work on farms, so
students in order for the students to understand the they are very knowledgeable when it comes to
content that the teacher is trying to teach. For teachers animals and farm equipment. Others have parents
to understand how their students learn best, we have to who are mechanics, so those students have
take the time to get to know our students and their knowledge of motor vehicles. One student has a
families. We do this by inviting families into the parent who works at the Winona Area Humane
classroom, making home visits, and by making Society, so this student has a knowledge of animals
ourselves available to the parents when the parents are that is different than that of the farm children.
available. By understanding the families and home The students at Ridgeway are also in a particularly
lives of our students, we understand where they are unique position because, although the school is quite
coming from, what prior knowledge they bring to the small with only 100 students, there are a vast amount
classroom, and we have a better insight into of extra curricular activities for them to be a part of.
difficulties or customs/traditions that the family and This is largely in part to community support and
student has. All of this information helps teachers to desire to see the students achieve and be active. The
plan lessons so that students will be interested in the activities that I observed include band, football,
content, will feel connected to the content, and will volleyball, floor hockey, skiing, archery, soccer, and
best learn the content that we are trying to get across baseball. The students that I observed were often
to them. The Pedagogical Triangle addresses the engaged in more than one of these activities, with
importance that the relationships between teachers and some engaged in all of them. Because of the small
students, teachers and content, and students and school size, the sport activities are not teams; just
content have to Pedagogy. clubs that they can join and that are lead by the
teachers. The activities teach the students about good
health and about physical activity.