Ellen Nichole Leggins
Appalachian State University
Portrait of a LearnerThis is a study of a child in which my goal was to become educated about how they learn as an individual. Through assessments, lessons, activities, resources, interviews, and observations, I learned about how I would adapt and modify my own curriculum as teacher if this child was placed in my own classroom. An example of this is an e-mail correspondence I had with one of my professors about my student and what necessary changes or alterations would be needed in one activity (12.3). In my learning about my portrait student, I consulted varying media such as cable television and computer software to help aid his learning processes (13.2). Part of this project involved creating a video about my discoveries that would portray my portrait student and their learning to my professors (12.2). However, in order to document my student, I had to first gain permission of his involvement from his parents through a consent form for child protection purposes (14.1).