How the contexts of family, peers, and/or early schooling affected your own development
Reflect on how the contexts of family, peers, and/or early schooling affected your own development or the development of someone you know.
EDUCATION
Enhancing Student Motivation and Engagement in the Classroom
To prepare to teach students with different developmental needs, teachers must be able to connect with and motivate students. A student’s needs, cognitive development, and sociocultural environment play a large role in developing motivation. Educators must also understand how their beliefs and behaviors can promote or hinder student motivation. Identify three basic human needs that …
Enhancing Student Motivation and Engagement in the Classroom Read More »
Multicultural Practices in the Film “Hidden Figures”
Media Literacy Exercise 10-30 points – General Criteria: Critical viewing of a film to identify evidences of bilingual and multicultural practices. If you have a film (other than one from this list) please let me know before using it for this assignment. The following films are recommended for viewing: Hidden Figures The Hundred-Foot Journey …
Multicultural Practices in the Film “Hidden Figures” Read More »
Learning Resources on age, ageism, and practice with older adults.
Review the Learning Resources on age, ageism, and practice with older adults.Access and navigate through the Adolescent Case interactive video in the Learning Resources, selecting your responses as the session progresses.Reflect on the choices you made as a social worker engaging with the adolescent and consider how those choices may have been influenced by the …
Learning Resources on age, ageism, and practice with older adults. Read More »
Learning Resources on conducting ethical research and promoting social change
Review this week’s Learning Resources on conducting ethical research and promoting social changeThink of a study you would like to conduct that has implications for positive social change.Identify at least one ethical guideline that you would need to consider as part of your researchPost a response to the following: Briefly describe the study you would …
Learning Resources on conducting ethical research and promoting social change Read More »
“The Name Jar”
Select a multicultural book that you think would be effective with ELL students and record/write a reader response log, first giving basic information about the book (title, author, illustrator, setting, characters, plot, etc.) and then responding to it, indicating why you selected the piece, the context in which you would use it, and …
Modifying Activities for Elementary ELLs
Videos: (for Writing Assignment) Elementary: Word Study in Action: Activating Prior Knowledge (~4 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B3ZcDm7i-g Middle school: I Do, We Do, You Do: Scaffolding Reading Comprehension in Social Studies (~6 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gleNo8dqHb8 High school: Think-Pair-Share (~4 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmHU6t8ZhRE Writing Assignment: Modifying Activities View the videos above which show teachers at various grade levels helping students …
The Importance of Building Trust in Infant and Toddler Care
Principle 9 Build security by teaching trust. Don’t teach distrust by being undependable or often inconsistent. “Look at this dolly, Cameron,” says her mother as she tries to get 12-month-old Cameron involved in the dress-up area. The two have just arrived, and this is the mother’s first day to leave her daughter. The caregiver …
The Importance of Building Trust in Infant and Toddler Care Read More »
Early Childhood Education
Step One: For this assignment, you’ll observe the videos below, take notes, and record in detail specific examples of the teachers or caregivers in each setting providing the three-R interactions of quality infant and toddler care. You must document one instance of respectful care, one instance of responsive care, and one instance of reciprocal care …
“How do I Know I am Learning”
Review the “How do I Know I am Learning” resource located in the Topic 2 Resources and answer the following questions: What is the relationship between the topic objectives, the assignment, and the rubric? How is each component important to completing an assignment? What are some strategies you have learned from the readings and assignments …
