Identify and critically analyse how your teaching would support children to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes that underpin the 4 capacities

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At its centre are four fundamental capacities. These capacities are aimed at helping children and young people gain the knowledge, skills and attributes needed for life in the 21st Century. For this assignment you are required to show a critical understanding of the four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence, and to critically discuss the pedagogical approaches that you would choose to ensure that these capacities are promoted within your practice. You should draw on your professional practice, course content, relevant policy and the academic literature to aid your analysis in a 3000 word submission.
Demonstrate a critical understanding of each of the 4 capacities of Curriculum for Excellence

• Explain the importance and relevance of each capacity in supporting children and young people to succeed in the 21st century.

• Refer to policy and academic literature to support your claims
With reference to one curricular area, – identify and critically analyse how your teaching would support children to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes that underpin the 4 capacities

Explain Higher education impact on human capital and economic growth.

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Explain Higher education impact on human capital and economic growth.

Discuss stakeholders such as employers, government, and students and how they affect higher education’s economic impact and curriculum.

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Discuss stakeholders such as employers, government, and students and how they affect higher education’s economic impact and curriculum. A brief literature review on human capital is probably required and education’s role in human capital.

Do you notice anything about the amount of attention each student receives?

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Think about a classroom you are familiar with. Could be your observation setting, could be from a movie, could be your child’s classroom, could be from one of the classrooms you grew up with.
Start with defining the setting. zoom, regular, movie; be specific
1. Tell  about the patterns you see regarding how many times teachers call on students from various sub groups. (gender, ethnicity,)
Do you notice anything about the amount of attention each student receives?
2. What about group representation in the classroom? Does one group (boys, whites, native-English speakers etc.) get more than its fair share of teacher attention. If yes, how do you explain it? If it is justified, why?
3.Read (https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-maslow-bloom-all-day-long?fbclid=IwAR3XmrqA9EXakcBm6Gz3RywOjvyJ2g053JvBozt6Nw0kK6d4p2EgSOyOX6g) What strategies mentioned could you see yourself asking your cooperating teacher if you could try with his/ her class?

Write a brief summary of at least three of the theories explored in the three articles.

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Required Readings:

  1. https://ideas.ted.com/tired-of-procrastinating-to-overcome-it-take-the-time-to-understand-it/
  2. “Why you procrastinate (It has nothing to do with self-control)” by Charlotte Lieberman
  3. “New Ways to Think About Procrastination” by Christy Rotman

Address the following prompts:

  1. Write a brief summary of at least three of the theories explored in the three articles.
  2. Consider an example of the last time you procrastinated on a course assignment or

study session through the lens of the three articles you have read. What can you learn about yourself and what you were feeling/thinking? Knowing what you know now, what could you do differently next time?

  1. Now consider a current assignment that you would be tempted to/are procrastinating on right now. What is one skill or strategy mentioned in the articles that you can try to implement to resist the urge to procrastinate?
  2. To end, consider which theory most resonated with you and how it inspires you to take action and make change.materials provided (video, chapter/article, etc…)

Determine the effectiveness of virtual mentoring in fostering relationships and maintaining positive results while using an online platform.

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The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of virtual mentoring in fostering relationships and maintaining positive results while using an online platform. The goal of the study is to determine if online virtual mentoring is as effective as in-person mentoring

The methodology sections contain the following sections:
Research Design: What type of research design will you use? Why will you use this research design?
Participants: Who are your participants? How many? Describe their demographics. How were they chosen? Clearly describe all of this.
Procedure: Provide step by step procedures of how you will conduct your study.
Instrument: Describe the instrument(s) you will be using for your study. Why were these chosen? How do they align with your research questions?
Data Analysis: How will you analyze your data? For qualitative, are you looking for themes? Are you identifying common words? For quantitative, are you using a two-tailed test, one-tailed test, t-test, etc?

.What is your overall understanding of adolescence?

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1.What is your overall understanding of adolescence? Choose three overall themes to describe. Be sure to cite at least THREE sources such as the textbook or articles from class. No need to find additional sources. (2 pages)
Articles：
Adolescence Laurence Steinberg
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02170-3

Inside the Teenage Brain

Who Knows Why California Crime By Youth Is Plummeting?

2.How will the knowledge you gained in this course help you in your future career or in other future roles (parent, teacher, mentor, etc.)? (.5 pages)

3.Read the scenarios below. Choose ONE of the scenarios to address in this section of your paper. Looking at the theoretical frameworks that you have learned about in this class, select one that resonates with you regarding the scenario description.

Define the chosen theory and then apply the theory to explain what is happening with the adolescent. Multiple theories can be used to explain the scenario, so just select the one that you feel you can most confidently write about. If you would like, feel free to list any questions that you have for the student that would help you understand them better from the perspective of your chosen framework.

Discuss who and what determines curriculum content, and how this affects teaching, learning and assessment

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Discuss who and what determines curriculum content, and how this affects teaching, learning and assessment,

Evaluate approaches to knowledge and how these influence what is valued and taught in the curriculum.

Critically assess the main influences on curriculum development.

The majority of this essay will be about theorists and the input they have in what and how subjects are taught in the national curriculum.

A who and what determines curriculum content
B how does this affect teaching, learning and assessment.

Who says what’s important and what factors are considered when deciding the curriculum

Aspects of knowledge and its subdivisions (subjects, areas, projects, organisations)

Forms of knowledge, what differentiates subjects ? Are they able to merge ? What knowledge finds itself in the curriculum ?

Why is knowledge selected ? Theories behind RATIONISM, IMPIRISM

Body of knowledge – Egglestons model of knowledge – received perspectives and reflexive knowledge.

The theorist HURST on Propositional knowledge and procedural knowledge.

Who does and who should make decisions about which knowledge should be selected for the curriculum ? policy makers, politicians, teachers, parents ect

discuss why those people should have an influence, talk about any flaws in choosing those people.

What does and what should determine curriculum content ? Social issues such as science, citizenship, environmentalism, needs of the economy, technology, political ideologies.

Bert russell
George shaw
John dewey

How decisions about the content can affect delivery, eg limits the teachers creativity

use the theorists Brunner (humanist i think) and skinner and Bouloff (behaviourist) to talk about this.

Absolutist approach, fixed or factual.
relativist approach, co constructor

where is absolutism or relativism seen in the curriculum

Can you talk about how brexit will change the curriculum and the pros and cons of that.

1500 REPORT is a written report on an alternative form of curriculum in which you should discuss your chosen curriculum and critically examine how it differs from the mainstream

Examine different forms of curricula and how these influence teaching and learning

 

 

Describe either a specific play environment you would create, or the type of interactions you would facilitate.

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Informal answer the question but do not need to write the question just indicate which question. No other sources needed.

Use the ELOF goals to analyze the Happening video in slide 12:

1. What goals have the children met or exceeded?​

2. What goals might you want to focus on supporting?​

3. How might you support their development towards the focus goal? ​

4. Choose one child and use evidence from the video to describe how they met at least one ELOF Goal. Then, decide on a focus goal for the child. Again, use evidence from the video to support why you chose this goal. Finally, how you would support them in reaching the goal. Describe either a specific play environment you would create, or the type of interactions you would facilitate.

Whats your opinion on if it is ever appropriate to use non -offensive ethnic humor in the classroom.

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1. What's your opinion on if it is ever appropriate to use non -offensive ethnic humor in the classroom. (laughter can heal, but it can hurt)
For example, are BuzzFeed's captions insulting? Would you use this in a classroom? There is NO right or wrong answer here– and no intent to be offensive. For sure, your response should probably differentiate between age groups.

Actually, it was pretty funny about having to go to Hebrew School, Chinese School because all the childhood that was me, and I'd complain to my parents that no other minority group had to go to another school after school, and my dad would always say that's not true– the Chinese have Chinese school, and we have Hebrew School.. but was that picture offensive to another group? Let's talk about this and come up with guidelines re humor and how it can HELP and how it can hurt, if to use, WHEN to use.
2. Post an experience you remember from your childhood, or that you witnessed, that made it clear your teacher was not a culturally responsive teacher.
3. Your thoughts on Jane Elliot's experiment and classroom use. (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/an-unfinished-crusade-an-interview-with-jane-elliott/)