How are the disabilities portrayed in the movies, and what traits do the characters represent the disabilities? Do you consider them stereotypical? To what extent do the two films treat these issues differently (compare/contrast)? Explain your answer.

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Film Analysis

Select two films below and answer the five questions with a compare/contrast analysis–minimum of 1500 words (about six double-spaced pages). Find a minimum of three (3) scholarly articles (post-2018) to incorporate into your responses. The articles should be based on the impairments, issues, supports, history, etc. Citations and references should be by APA (parenthetical notes, reference page at the end, no abstract necessary).

You can find almost all of the films on Netflix, Amazon Prime, YouTube, and other streaming services. Alternatively, if you happen to own a DVD player, you can rent most from the public library.
As you watch your selected films, pay particular attention to the disabilities, handicaps, and limitations experienced by the main characters. Also, take time to notice interactions with the other people portrayed in the films.
Films:
*I Am Sam
* Darius Goes West
*Ordinary People
*My Flesh and Blood
* Rain Man
*Open Heart
*Blindsight
* Smile Pinki
*Radio
*Forrest Gump
*Educating Peter
*Sound and Fury
*My Flesh and Blood
*My Left Foot
*Mask
*What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
*Children of a Lesser God
*A Beautiful Mind
*Philadelphia

Questions:
1. How are the disabilities portrayed in the movies (positive, unfavorable, life-changing, heroic, etc.), and what traits do the characters represent the disabilities? Do you consider them stereotypical? To what extent do the two films treat these issues differently (compare/contrast)? Explain your answer.
2. Do you think the portrayals were accurate? Do you think they represent the majority of the individuals with these disabilities? Why or why not? Does one or your two films do a better job with this? Support your response with additional research.
3. Did the movies change your perceptions of disabilities? Compare and contrast the films in this regard as well. If yes, how? If not, why not?
4. What are the educational implications of these disabilities (i.e., how could they affect a student’s educational performance)?
5. Identify one specific scene from each movie (related to the characters with a disability) that you found particularly interesting, uncomfortable, enjoyable, etc. What aspect of the scenes made you feel this way? Compare and contrast the two films about these aspects.

Format: typed in a word processing program, edited for grammar, spelling, etc., 12-point, Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, page numbers top right corner, cover page, and references page at the end (not included in totals), saved as a PDF.

Sources: scholarly articles, post-2019–please no websites, movie reviews, news stories, or textbooks.

Develop one traditional outdoor game for early learners from another culture. Analyze the Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines which are posted on blackboard.

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Outdoor Game

Students will develop one traditional outdoor game for early learners (ages 3 – 7) from another culture. This assignment is designed to help emphasize the importance of allotting time for gross motor activities that promote language and literacy, social skills as well as the awareness of diversity in play.

1. Select one children’s game, from another culture such as “Latino” games, “Doña Blanca” or “La Rueda de San Miguel,” or hand clapping games often found in the African American culture. You do not need props, but the games must include gross motor activities.

2. Analyze the Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines which are posted on blackboard.

Submit the following paper in an essay format and double spaced. The outdoor game is up to 5 pages.

-Cover page (name, title of the assignment and date) page 1

-Body of the paper ( Name of the Game, Background of the Game, Prek Guidelines, and

Reference page) 2-3 pages

-Reference page (last page)

Use headers (center the headers) from below

Name of the Game

-Explain where the name of the game comes from

 

Background of the Game

-Discuss the background of the culture and its relation to the game

-Directions to play the game

-Include any ideas for what you would do differently (Avoid saying you wouldn’t change anything).

 

Pre-K Guidelines

-List 2 appropriate Pre-K Guidelines (in blackboard-Outdoor Game folder) and explain how the Pre-k Guidelines align with the game.

(See sample in the Outdoor Game folder)

 

References

-APA 7th edition

-Cite the Pre-K Guidelines (I provided below), course textbook, and the website, where you found the game.

-If you use a website, cite it in APA 7th edition. See APA 7th edition Style Guide in blackboard.

Texas Education Agency. (2015). Texas Pre-K Guidelines. Texas Education Agency.

Pre-k Guidelines I. Social and Emotional Development Domain a. I.C.3: Child shows competence in initiating social interactions. The child: participates spontaneously in a variety of group activities, tasks, and play. II. Social Studies Domain a. VII.A.1: Child identifies similarities and differences between himself, classmates, and other children inclusive of specific characteristics and cultural influences. The child: identifies similarities between among people like herself and classmates as well as among people from other cultures. Students’ development and play will derive from these guidelines, where they will show competence in initiating social interactions as well as learning about the different cultures in the classroom. Socially, students will interact in role playing the animals and their characteristics. Aligning with the game presented, students will participate in the game performing social interactions by learning one another’s name and acquiring listening skills as well. In the Social Studies domain, students will learn about the Australian culture and the different animals. Connections can be made by students learning about their own pets and the similarities and differences of the animals in Australia. Respect is another example in the Social Studies domain. Students will can learn to respect animals in different cultures and their importance.

For each of the following theorists, give a brief description of the theory they developed. Include information about their early life, their training/education/career, how they contributed to the educational field, and how their contributions affect education or schooling in the present.

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Contributions to education writing assignment part 1

For each of the following theorists, give a brief description of the theory they developed. Include information about their early life, their training/education/career, how they contributed to the educational field, and how their contributions affect education or schooling in the present.

  • John Dewey – Social Learning Theory, his role in Progressivism
  • Lev Vygotsky – Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), scaffolding
  • Howard Gardner – Theory of Multiple Intelligences including a description of each one
  • Jean Piaget – Theory of Cognitive Development including ages and description of each one

 

Write an essay on how educational leadership styles effect on staff performance and moral.

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Educational leadership styles

Write an essay on how educational leadership styles effect on staff performance and moral.

Develop a plan to get parents actively involved in the school, which is located in New York City, The Bronx. In the Fordham Section of The Bronx and to recognize parents who serve as volunteers.

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Parents and Community

Develop a plan to get parents actively involved in the school, which is located in New York City, The Bronx. In the Fordham Section of The Bronx and to recognize parents who serve as volunteers.

What was your process for searching for scholarly articles? What challenges did you experience, if any? How does this new learning complicate, enrich, or support your original discussion?

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Graduate-Level Skills and Using Research to Expand Your Reach

Support your writing with evidence-based research.

For this Discussion, you revisit your Week 1 Discussion to integrate research on the topic. You then consider your database search process and how the research you found informs your writing and your practice.

Assignment

Post a revision of your Week 1 Discussion post that integrates at least one paraphrase with an APA citation from one peer-reviewed article from the last 5 years in the Walden Library.

Additionally, address the following prompts:

  • What was your process for searching for scholarly articles? (For example: What keywords did you use, and what database did you access? Did you use the advanced search features such as Boolean operators?)
  • What challenges did you experience, if any?
  • How does this new learning complicate, enrich, or support your original discussion?
  • How does this new information contribute to your ability to be a stronger advanced human services professional practitioner?

 

 

What ideas from the text are currently integrated into your personal sphere of diversity and curriculum knowledge and/or what ideas are new territory for you? OR To what extent are the ideas as presented in the text acknowledged and integrated into the theoretical mindsets, practical decisions and policy documents in your professional setting?

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Discussion Board

On the Discussion Board, provide a brief summary of the information learned and provide your thoughts on What ideas from the text are currently integrated into your personal sphere of diversity and curriculum knowledge and/or what ideas are new territory for you? OR To what extent are the ideas as presented in the text acknowledged and integrated into the theoretical mindsets, practical decisions and policy documents in your professional setting? (500 -700 words)

Use the following videos:

Provide a full picture of all relevant background information and demonstrate that you are approaching planning from an informed, sociocultural perspective.

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Musicking, Moving, and Storying with Young Children

Answer ALL questions. (Total 100 marks)

Part 1 Situational Analysis (400-450 words)

Prepare an analysis of the setting in which you are teaching. Address essential contextual data about the particular setting such as (but not limited to) the following:

  • philosophical/ideological information about the existing program
  • demographic information about the group/class (e.g. group size, ages, genders)
  • physical and human resources available

Provide a full picture of all relevant background information and demonstrate that you are approaching planning from an informed, sociocultural perspective. (10 marks)

Part 2 Drama Planning and Reflecting (40 marks)

Implement your experience with children to enable you to fully complete your reflection. Examine the role of drama learning, analyse what you have observed and apply strategies that would suitably scaffold children’s learning in drama.

  1. a) Rationale (200-400 words)

Account for or rationalise your proposed experience. Record your observations of the children using an appropriate method that is acceptable to the setting. Include complete observations/interpretations, or you may choose to include a summary of the important aspects of these. (10 marks)

  1. b) Aim(s) (10-50 words)

State your aim(s) for the proposed learning experience. (5 marks)

  1. c) Procedure (200-400 words)

Outline the procedure you will carry out with the children. Consider how you will engage the children, utilise any drama materials, apply any pedagogical strategies that you intend to use and so on. Choose the most appropriate way to do this bearing in mind the word count. (10 marks)

  1. d) Reflection (400-450 words)

Critically reflect on the outcomes of the learning experience. Focus on moving beyond technical descriptions of what occurred and cast a critical eye over your decisions and actions related to planning and implementing. (15 marks)

Part 3 Music and Movement Planning and Reflecting (40 marks)

Implement your experience with children to enable you to fully complete your reflection. Examine the role of music learning, analyse what you have observed and apply strategies that would suitably scaffold children’s learning in music and movement.

  1. a) Rationale (200-400 words)

Account for or rationalise your proposed experience. This will involve describing what you have observed and interpreting these data. Record your observations of the children using an appropriate method that is acceptable to the setting. You may include complete observations/interpretations, or you may choose to include a summary of the important aspects of these. Be guided by the word count and the way you express things. Your observations and interpretations should be supplemented with additional data such as discussions with teaching colleagues and/or parents, and so on as appropriate. It is likely that summaries of these data are more appropriate than the data themselves. (10 marks)

  1. b) Aim(s) (10-50 words)

State your aim(s) for the proposed learning experience. Aims should link to your rationale and be guided by your knowledge of children’s development in music. The number of aims will depend on the data you gathered and the context in which you are teaching. Note the word limit (10-50 words) is not per aim, but for all of section b. (5 marks)

  1. c) Procedure (200-400 words)

Outline the procedure you will carry out with the children. Consider how you will engage the children, utilise any music materials, apply any pedagogical strategies that you intend to use and so on. Choose the most appropriate way to do this bearing in mind the word count. (10 marks)

  1. d) Reflection (400-450 words)

Critically reflect on the outcomes of the learning experience. Focus on moving beyond technical descriptions of what occurred and cast a critical eye over your decisions and actions related to planning and implementing. (15 marks)

Word equivalent: 2,020 – 3,050 words

 

Develop specific strategies for strengthening communication between the elementary K-5 school located in the Fordham section of the Bronx NY and members of the community.

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Standard 6: Political, Social, and Legal Context

Assignment description is as follows: It needs to include all the elements listed in the description.

* Develop specific strategies for strengthening communication between the elementary K-5 school located in the Fordham section of the Bronx NY and members of the community.*

Below you will find some descriptions from my internship journal to help give more of an insight.

The portfolio is intended to document the intern’s leadership growth and development during the period of the internship and formal coursework. It reflects the content and quality of the internship experience. The standards established by the Educational Leadership Constituent Council Standards (ELCC) and Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC), have been used to identify appropriate internship activities. The portfolio should provide documentation that the intern has met or has exceeded in meeting these standards.

From the notes that you took on the chart, write an essay report on the observation.

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Written Observation Report

Use the online outline guide to write the Observation Report. Remember, you are submitting an essay report. Do not write in the boxes and submit. The chart online is for you to take notes while you observe this class. The notes will guide the writing of your essay report.

* From the notes that you took on the chart, you then write an essay report on the observation.

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