User:Amchelt

/My Sandbox/

My Contents
/Helping Students to Navigate Informational Texts/

Academic Background

 * Teaching Certificate: Erdiston Teachers' College, Barbados
 * Bachelor of Arts: University of West Indies,Cave Hill, Barbados
 * Master of Education: University of West Indies,Cave Hill, Barbados
 * Specialist in Educational Administration: University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A

Personal Belief
I am in the business of stretching minds. As an educator helping children to learn is my main business.

Areas of Interests

 * Teaching Reading
 * 1) With the fast pace developing technological age, children will be required to access more information from the internet.
 * 2) In order to source material they must be able to read. That means unerstanding the information found and determining what is useful for their purpose.
 * 3) They must therefore be proficient readers to do this effectively. It is therefore important for schools to place emphasis on building reading skills.
 * 4) As educators we must understand that children learn to read by reading. Multiple opportunities should therefore be provided for children to read.


 * Teaching Social Studies
 * 1) The world is becoming a Global village. Students now interact with persons all around the world with the click of a mouse.
 * 2) They must understand cultural differences and similarities in order to interact effectively.
 * 3) Teaching the different themes of Social Studies will better enable students to better do this.