Inquiry & Dialogical Understanding
Curriculum, Pedagogy & Assessment
Social & Ecological Justice & Diversity
Language Literacies & Cultures
Field Experiences: School & Community

Of all of these five strands of the Education program two of them really stood out and provided the most insight for me. Despite this I felt like each strand had much insight to share and were valuable tools of the program. The two stands that stood out the most for me were the Language Literacies & Culture and the Field Experiences: School & Community.
In my LLED courses I was able to obtain a lot of resources that I could use in the classroom. These resources ranged from novels, articles, ways to bring technology into the classroom to activities or lesson ideas. Not only did I gain useful tools for the classroom but I was able to produce a lot of creative work that I am really proud of. Carl Leggo’s LLED 367 Teaching Writing class will forever be a favourite of mine. In this class I was able to develop my writing but most importantly my poetic voice.
The Field Experiences were definitely the most beneficial aspect to this program. I feel like I learned the most while on both my long practicum and my Community Field Experience. I’m sure many people would agree with me when I say most of my knowledge gained from this program occurred while on practicum. I was supported by two wonderful School Advisors and an amazing Faculty Advisor (Elaine Barr) who helped me improve many things in the classroom and in my lessons. The advice and resources that they gave me will be used in my future classrooms. The time spent with my students was also priceless and I am really grateful that I had such a great practicum experience.
The only question that I have lingering is one that I’m sure many of my colleagues have wondered or asked at some point during this program. The question being: why hasn’t the program been restricted so that all of these great classes are offered before we go on to the practicum? I feel like the teacher candidates to follow us will benefit from these classes a lot more and also be a bit more prepared for their practicums if UBC can structure the program differently.

King Arthur Comic
MOA Project
Writing Portfolio
Portfolio

Visual plot outline for Hills Like White Elephants- LLED 449

Fahrenheit 451 Game Board- Student created
Capture a scene- LLED 449
My comic version of ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson- LLED 449