Due to COVID-19, teacher candidates in the 2019/20 Bachelor of Education program have had to quickly adapt their teaching and learning styles through the use of online platforms. We are showcasing some of the wonderful examples of projects created by them as part of the community field experience.
Tom Dong Hoon Ji & Matthew Poon BEd Secondary (Business Education)
- What is the name of the community partner or group you are working with?
- UBC business teacher candidates
- What is your project’s subject area(s)?
- Business Education
- Tell us about your project!
- The issue that all business education teacher candidates experience is the lack of age-appropriate education resources and content for high school students. Many of the topics found online are too complex for youths to understand. Also, the state of our business & economy is changing rapidly every year, and the business teachers need to continuously follow the trend to deliver the right content for their students. Business teachers spend a lot of time trying to search for suitable content. As such, we want to compile a list of resources for the futures Teacher Candidates to help them jumpstart their lesson plans.
- Did you face any particular challenges in the planning, making or delivery of this project?
- It was the first time using WordPress and designing the website was a little bit challenging.
Another challenge was collecting and compiling good resources for future business TCs.
- How was the project received? Did anything surprise you about the outcome?
- The website just went public, so no feedback has been received yet. But, we look forward to getting our feedback!
- Can you tell us about a highlight of creating this remote lesson plan?
- While working on this project, we approached it as if we were prepping lessons from scratch. It was an insightful experience as we researched and found some new sources for different business courses and we kept asking ourselves ‘what could be done to improve the quality of lessons?’, ‘what are some interesting resources that teachers can use?’ We think the highlight of creating this project was reflecting back on the steps and procedures teachers take to prep a business lesson.
- What media did you use to create your project?
- WordPress!
- Where can we view your project?
- ubcbusinesstcresources.wordpress.com
In addition, we also developed our skills in creating a website!