Annalitic Essay

Minds and Hearts
Karla Calderon a school teacher and writer in her article Minds and Hearts, establishes “Education provides knowledge that opens doors for the future and promises happiness and success”. After analyzing her arguments, I can tell the article is too vague because it just refers to the general idea of education and the ideal of to be a teacher. However, through specific examples the writer shows the positive effects of education on people.
In developing her ideal of education, Calderon support her statement though her experiences of life and advisers that she received by her father. In addition Calderon underlines the advantages of education on people lives. The writer intends to show a perfect pattern of good teachers but she doesn’t mention how to do it.
On the other hand the structure of the article is a mess, disorganization is in everywhere. The first paragraph starts with a definition of an ideal teacher; nevertheless, there is no any support of experts related to education. After the definition the second paragraph is about the purpose of education and specific examples. The order of the elements of the article produces that the reader gets lost easily. Consequently the reader cannot appreciate the important message that

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Calderon is trying to express that Education and teachers must develop life skill in students in order to make conscious them about their lives.
The disorganization in the article makes reader gets confuse about the real message of the article. It is difficult to identify the main purpose of Calderon’s article. Maybe is education as a solution for society problems or maybe Calderon is focus on the teachers’ job in the classroom or the teacher as a supportive person in students’ lives.
In contrast the third paragraph which refers to Calderon’s experience of life with her father who always says “power is knowledge” it is a strong argument. However her father is not an expert of education but her own story related to her own past shows how sensitive is Calderon to the importance of education and the reader feels closer to the article.
Furthermore, the writer identifies the main elements of education and she underlines the importance of trust in the relationship between teacher and student. Trust is fundamental for students because a teacher who does not believe or trust on her or his students the students probably will fail. On the other hand if a teacher trusts in her or his students, they will feel self-confidence in their students’ performance because the teacher is there to support and guide them. In addition to states the importance of the relationship between teacher-student demonstrated that Calderon is really involved in education.

Annotations

Shin Kang, Joan. “Developing Dynamic Units for EFL” English Teaching FORUM 2007: 2-8 Learning English in a real context in real time with purpose and meaning for students is a complex challenge for teachers. This article helps teachers to develop attractive lesson plans for students in order to connect English as a subject to their lives. The article also explains how important it is to consider the variables of the students at the moment of planning a lesson. In order to do research about how to improve student academic life in the classroom work? it is necessary to know how important the lesson plan is and the variables that influences it. So the relationship between lesson plan and students performance is vital in order to improve the academic life of a student through the classroom work. This article has an attractive style, many important teaching tips, activities and examples of designing a lesson which support their main idea, the connection between lesson plans and academic students’ results.

Wright, Tony. Roles of Teachers and Learners. Oxford University, 1987. In any kind of relationship it is fundamental to follow a role and to know what are the duties and the responsibilities of any role that we have to do in life are. I believe Teachers and students have their own roles in the classroom. However, from the both sides do not see clearly what are their duties and responsibilities. Effective education is related to know what duties are involved in our professional role. Improve the academic life of a student in the classroom work is strongly associated with roles. If student knows what are her or his duties and teachers duties the student will have the conscious of her or his own job and he or she could demand an effective work from the teacher.

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Final revision


“How to improve the student academic life in the classroom work”
Saffie, Nubbia. ¿Valgo o no valgo?. Chile. LOM, 2000.

Student’s performance is deeply connected to self-esteem. Since students are very young, mistakes and achievements are tested. These issues affect students’ self-esteem. Negative effects are very difficult to take out of the child’s mind. Success in students’ lives gives shape to their self-confidence. A child who has high self-esteem, she or he is going to have better relationships. On the other hand, the student who does not trust in her or his abilities, he or she will not have motivation to face challenges or even worse an academic life. The book “¿Valgo o no valgo?” by Nubia Saffie Ramirez develops the important connection between self-esteem and student performance. In addition, the period adolescence is analyzed because it is a complicated period in students. When students are adolescents, they need to be accepted by others, they need love and autonomy. Behave badly, alcohol and drugs abuse can appear at this moment. These reflections are useful for teachers and parents showing a way for an effective education system in order to achieve students’ goals. It is important for teachers to know the importance of self-esteem in student’s performance. This knowledge can improve students’ performance. Also the book has many exercises that teachers can apply on their lesson plans. From the psychological point of view this text is fundamental for the research project about factors that influences on student’s performance. However the book needs more exercises that can be applied in the classroom and activities in the lesson plan.

Transforming your summary into an annotation
Burns, J. David. “Will I do as well on the final exam as I expect? An examination of students´ expectations”. Journal of the scholarship of Teaching and Learning 8.3 (2008): 1-19. The author David J. Burns, a business C teacher, researches students’ results in comparison to their expectations at the Business College in Xavier University. Burns establishes students’ expectations unpack self-handicapping a harmful factor for students’ performances. The author highlights different elements which affect students’ performance in tests. However he does not show a clear pattern and teachers cannot overcome these negative elements in students’ performance. On the other hand, this article is useful in terms of recognition of negative factors that affect students. Consequently, the recognition of these negative elements will be helpful for teachers. The article encourages teachers to do their own researches about this negative elements and how to eliminate them.

How to improve the student academic life in the classroom work.

The student performance is deeply connected to self-esteem. Since students are very young, they are tested their mistakes and achievements. These issues affect students’ self-esteem. The negatives effects are very difficult to erase in the child’s mind. Success in students’ lives gives shape to their self-confidence. A child who has high self-esteem, she or he is going to have better relationships. On the other hand, the student who does not trust on her or his abilities, he or she will not have motivation to face challenges, even less an academic life. This book “¿Valgo o no valgo?” by Nubia Saffie Ramirez develops the important connection between self-esteem and student performance. In addition the adolescence period is analyzed because it is a complicated period of students. When students are adolescents, they need to be accepted by others, they need love and autonomy. Misbehave, alcohol and drugs abuse can appear at this moment. These reflections are useful for teachers and parents showing a way to an effective education system in order to achieve students’ learning. It is important for teachers to know the importance of self-esteem in the student performance. This knowledge can improve students’ performance because the book has many exercises that teachers can apply on their students. This text is fundamental for the research project from a psychological point of view that influence on the student academic life. However the book needs more exercises that can be applied in the classroom and activities in the lesson plan.

Transforming your summary into an annotation

Burns, J. David. “Will I do as well on the final exam as I expect? An examination of students´ expectations”. Journal of the scholarship of Teaching and Learning 8.3 (2008): 1-19. The author David J. Burns, a business teacher, researches the students’ results in comparison to their expectations at the Business College in Xavier University. Burns found that students’ expectations unpack self-handicapping a harmful factor for student performances. The author highlights different elements which affect the students’ performance in a test. However he does not show a clear pattern for the teachers in order to overcome these negative elements in the students’ performance. On the other hand this article is useful in terms of recognition negative factors in the students. Consequently the recognition of these negative elements will be helpful for teachers. The article encourages teachers to do their own researches about this negative elements and how to eliminate them.

Sources for research in education

Journals
1- This journal has open access and it has a lot of interesting articles in order to support academic writings. http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=14873
2- Media in education an important topic for teachers this journal has a lot of articles about it. http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/
3- Teachers must know different strategies for primary and older students this journal tells us about it http://www.bentham.org/open/toeduj/openaccess2.htm
4- A professional preparation never stops for this reason you must visit this journal http://www.usca.edu/essays/vol19winter2007.html
5- Diversity in the classroom is a fact. For this reason we must know about possible disabilities about our future students http://www.internationaljournalofspecialeducation.com/
Databases
1- If you want to add art in the second language acquisition process you should visit this database http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/artindex.htm
2- Here appears a lot of information regarding to education and another important topics connected to education issues. http://www.openaccess.edu.au/library/library_services.html
3- This website is amazing because knows everything and it explains everything in depth. Also it is a data base of education. www.wikipedia.com

MlA STYLE

Below is a list of various sources a student plans on using for a research paper. Help him by putting the information for each source into an MLA works cited entry. Use the links to MLA style guidelines provided on the right.NOTE: You might not need to use all the information provided.

BOOK1.Contemporary Theories and Practice in Education (Paperback)by Yves Bertrand# Paperback: 464 pages# Publisher: Atwood Publications; Madison, WI2 edition (March 2003)# Language: English
Yves Bertrand. Contemporary Theories and Practice in Education. Atwood Publications; Madison, WI. 2003
Making Sense of Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Theory of Education (Hardcover)by David Carr# Publisher: Routledge Falmer(January 6, 2003)London
David Carr. Making Sense of Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Theory of Education. London: Routledge Falmer. 2003

ARTICLE FROM A PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL3.Group Projects: Student Perceptions of the Relationship between Social Tasks and a Sense of Community in Online Group WorkAuthor(s): Cameron, Bruce A.; Morgan, Kari; Williams, Karen C.; Kostelecky, Kyle L.Source: American Journal of Distance EducationVolume 23 Number 1p20-33Jan 2009
Bruce Cameron, Kari Morgan, Karen Williams, Kyle Kostelecky .” Student Perceptions of the Relationship between Social Tasks and a Sense of Community in Online Group Work”. American Journal of Distance Education. 23.1(2009): 20-33.

ARTICLE FROM ONLINE JOURNAL OR MAGAZINE
4.The New YorkerMarch 30, 2009Annals of Human RightsHellholeby Atul Gawandehttp://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/03/30/090330fa_fact_gawandedate accessed: April 1, 2009
Atul Gawande.” Annals of Human Rights.” The New Yorker March. 2009: Hellhole. April 1. 2009 http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/03/30/090330fa_fact_gawande

5.Student-Initiated Attention to Form in Wiki-Based Collaborative WritingJournal: Language Learning and Technologyhttp://llt.msu.edu/Volume 13 Number 1February 2009Greg Kessler, Ohio Universitypp. 79-95Accessed April 5, 2009
Greg Kessler. “Student-Initiated Attention to Form in Wiki-Based Collaborative Writing.” Language Learning and Technology Feb. 2009:79-95. Ohio University. Volume 13 Number 1.April 5. 2009 http://llt.msu.edu/

6.Jesús Nieto and Suzanne ValeryCreating a Sense of Community in the ClassroomThe Journal of Pedagogy Pluralism & PracticeA Publication of Lesley University, Cambridge, MassachusettsIssue 11: Fall 2006http://www.lesley.edu/journals/jppp/11/nieto.htmaccessed December 30, 2001
Jesús Nieto and Suzanne Valery. “Creating a Sense of Community in the Classroom.” The Journal of Pedagogy Pluralism & Practice. 2006. Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts December 30. 2001

PROFESSIONAL ARTICLE FROM JOURNAL DATABASE
7.Developing Students' Emotional Competency Using the Classroom-as-Organization ApproachAuthor(s):Sheehan, Beth J.; McDonald, Mark A.; Spence, Kirsty K.Source: Journal of Management Education, v33 n1 p77-98 2009Pub Date: 2009-00-00Pub Type(s): Journal Articles; Reports - ResearchPeer-Reviewed: YesERIC databaseAccessed February 5, 2007ED454301.
Beeth Sheehan, Mark McDonald and Kirsty Spence. Journal of Management Education. 2007. Reports – Research. ERIC database ED454301.

.8.Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and LearningVol. 8, No. 3Will I do as well on the final exam as I expect? An examination of students’ expectationspp. 1 – 19.David J. BurnsOctober 2008Academic Search PremierEBSCOhostaccessed September 4, 2006
David J. Burns. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 2008 Academic Search Premier EBSCOhost.