Unit 2 Reflection: Standards

1.    On a personal level (for example, as a student - in my case, as a parent) how do you feel about standards?
Throughout the years I have lots of contradicting opinions about education standards, and with just about everything in the world I believe there are both positives and negatives that go along with them. For the most part, I believe that especially in the education field we need standards to help guide educators and students in the right direction, but I also think that these standards should be a bit more fluid as time continues and as students change. I also do not think they should box in teachers, but regardless they are important in educating our students. 
2.  As a future teacher, how do you view content learning standards?
I think that content learning standards can be a great help for teachers because they outline what each grade level should be practicing throughout the year. I have looked fairly extensively at the CCSS for English Language Arts for grades 6-12 as a Secondary major, and found that they were pretty vague, but I like this because it gives teachers a lot of room to create lessons that fit the standards but also are creative and fun for students. 
3.  What did you learn about deconstructing standards and how confident are you about being able to do so?
I have not learned much about deconstructing standards so far, but I know that we need to start with the standard, and take a deeper look at what each element of the standard means for students. I am fairly confident in deconstructing standards because I am an English major, and we deeply analyze EVERYTHING, and that's a helpful skill when looking at standards. 

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