"Chosen Researchable Topics"

I chose option 2 and the topic that I chose to research was Asperger Syndrome. I chose to this topic because my cousin was diagnose with the condition and what I found out was the fact that it was a social disorder. My cousin is not able to function socially and that created a problem in the classroom because he is surrounded by people. At one point, they took him out of the general classroom setting but I have been told recently that he is back in. He has had people to coax him into trying to talk but any progress is minimal if any. I think that if we, as educators, were trained on how to interact with students such as these, we would be better equipped in handling them. More research would make assessing students who are this way easier and it would help the teachers and the students know what to expect.

"Topic Chosen for Simulation"

I originally chose student and teacher interaction. I narrowed that down to three subtopics and the one subtopic chosen was incorporating real-life scenarios into the classroom. I think that this chosen subtopic is one that will allow the teacher and the student to get to know each other and by doing this, they may be able to create a more positive learning process. On a personal level, I find that there are times where teachers become so busy with preparing students for the test that they lose sight of the big picture. The big picture is the idea that children learn more when they feel as if they are a part of the learning process. I can also remember sitting in class and feeling as if the lesson was not relevant to me as a child. I would like to make my own teaching more relevant to the life of the student rather than being driven by the information found within the textbook.