My role the past five years has been outside the classroom supporting teachers in the union. This position has created a challenge for me thinking about problems in practice as I have not been practicing in the classroom. Listening to other teachers concerns and thinking of my past experience in the classroom has me wondering about student focus in the classroom. How has the pandemic affected student concentration? My last assignment was teaching Science 8 and Chemistry 11 where I had my own classroom. I had a diffuser in my classroom and would have different essential oils which the students appreciated. When it was possible to do so I had lower level lighting in the class and the walls were not overly decorated. In my role in the union I reviewed classroom resource purchases with remedy funds as a result of LOU 12 in the Provincial Collective Agreement. Teachers would purchase wobble stools, fairy lighting, and other classroom enhancements. Using the Ice Cream Cone Method (Turner et al., 2014) I developed my research question. What changes to the environment in a junior science classroom improve student focus? Alternatively, how do you create a welcoming environment in the classroom that is conducive to learning?
BCTF (2023, March 9). Provincial Collective Agreement 2022-2025. Retrieved July 18, 2023, from https://www.bctf.ca/docs/default-source/services-guidance/provincial-collective-agreement-2022_20254aa7ce568c65449f8ea5792651628efc.pdf?sfvrsn=bfc28a35_0
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