Describe a content lesson or unit that defines you as a teacher. How did you engage students of all backgrounds and abilities in learning? How did that learning influence your students? How are your beliefs about teaching demonstrated in this lesson or unit?

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Teacher Essay

Describe a content lesson or unit that defines you as a teacher. How did you engage students of all backgrounds and abilities in learning? How did that learning influence your students? How are your beliefs about teaching demonstrated in this lesson or unit?

 

Write a summary of the article. The summary should be one to three paragraphs in length. Include the author’s purpose of the article, the focus of the research, and how the research was conducted and the findings of the study.

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Journal Article Review

Cite any direct quotes or paraphrases from the article. Use the author’s name, the year of publication and the page number (for quotes) in the in-text citations.

Below are the paragraphs to include:

A. Summary
Write a summary of the article. The summary should be one to three paragraphs in length. Include the author’s purpose of the article, the focus of the research, and how the research was conducted and the findings of the study. (cite to support)

B. Impact on Early Childhood Education
In one to two paragraphs, explain the implications and effects of the research on early childhood education. Discuss any flaws, as well as strengths and weaknesses in the article or research. (cite to support)

C. Applying the Research
Write one paragraph giving thoughtful suggestions on how to apply or use your research. Include why this topic interested you and how it affects the development of your educational philosophy. (cite to support)

Give a brief on line of current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Include in your answer reference to Prevent, FCM, breast Ironing and forced marriage.

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Understand how to safeguard children and young people

Give a brief on line of current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Include in your answer reference to Prevent, FCM, breast Ironing and forced marriage. Also show an  Understanding of the requirements of the “UN Convention on the Rights of the Child” in relation to relaxation and play. You may need to do additional research which must be referenced.
You may find it useful to present your information in a table which shows 2 or 3 key points about each document you choose to describe. As a reminder the following are points you need to include:

Relaxation and play

Prevent

FGM

Breast ironing

Forced Marriage

Pandemics.

Is this a proposal for a new chess program, or an improvement of an existing program? Does the proposal detail the institution, the learners, and the chess resources that will be involved? Does your Institution Paper show how the chess program will meet the needs of the learners, the institution, and the community?

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Ralph Tyler (The Tyler Rationale)

The Institution Paper is based on the curriculum theory of Ralph Tyler (The Tyler Rationale), which states that three sources must be addressed by curricula. Those sources are content, developmental needs of learners, and societal concerns. Here are the questions your Institution Paper final draft must answer to earn some or all of the 450 points possible:

1) Is this a proposal for a new chess program, or an improvement of an existing program? Does the proposal detail the institution (name, location, mission), the learners (ages, developmental needs, cognitive abilities), and the chess resources (books, software, Web sites, and other chess content) that will be involved? Does your Institution Paper show how the chess program will meet the needs of the learners, the institution, and the community?

2) Does the Institution Paper use the readings from this course and also resources that students investigated in Discussions to support its points? You must use Discussions C, D, E, F, G, H, and J in your Institution Paper. Be sure to incorporate the edits Dr. Root gave you on each of those Discussions into the versions of those Discussions that you include in Institution Paper.

3) Is APA Style used? When I request APA Style, I am only referring to
   a. in-text citation (author, date) or (author, date, p. #), or the equivalent citation for other sources such as films or Internet sites, and
   b. Your Reference List
   c. Quotes, accurately done, from your sources
When you learn APA Style, please concentrate on accurate quotes, correct citations, and a Reference List.

Identify and describe your most valuable experiences during the first phase of your internship. Identify and describe the most challenging component of your internship and what strategies you have used to overcome those difficulties.

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Reflection

Identify and describe your most valuable experiences during the first phase of your internship.
Identify and describe the most challenging component of your internship and what strategies you have used to overcome those difficulties.
Share concerns or roadblocks that exist in your internship, if any.
Describe what have you learned about leadership from observing your principal during the past 10 weeks.
Briefly describe the insights that you have gained by working with your principal and faculty in developing the Internship Assignments for this course.

Complete the “Assessments for Reading” chart by defining and describing details and examples related to the following types of literacy assessments: General screening assessments; Diagnostic testing assessments; Progress monitoring assessments; Outcome assessments.

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Assessments for Reading

Complete the “Assessments for Reading” chart by defining and describing details and examples related to the following types of literacy assessments.

General screening assessments

Diagnostic testing assessments

Progress monitoring assessments

Outcome assessments

Support your findings with 2-4 scholarly or other professional resources.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

What insights have anthropologists gained from cross-cultural research, and how does it challenge us to think differently about race or gender?

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Cultural Anthropology Final Exam

Resources for part A:
https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/two-spirits-one-heart-five-genders
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-reaffirm-famed-ancient-viking-warrior-was-biologically-female-180971541/
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/ancient-persians-recognized-at-least-three-genders/
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/12/researchers-may-found-3000-year-old-burial-site-transgender-people/
https://www.sapiens.org/body/intersex-biological-sex/
https://rewire.news/article/2018/10/26/why-genetic-testing-for-gender-is-dangerous-pseudoscience/

Answer both A. & B.
Use only materials introduced in the course in your answers.

A. Answer the following question in 500-550 words. In your answer you should incorporate at least 2 readings and refer to class materials (films and film clips/class activities). Using the concepts of either race or sex & gender, answer the following questions: (20 points)

Using examples from class and the readings, discuss how social stratification regarding race or gender in US society is based on ideology and not biology. In your own words, define biological determinism and explain why it is important to challenge biological determinism regarding an analysis of social hierarchy/stratification. If biology is not satisfactory enough to provide a thorough understanding of observable differences (physical differences as well as behavioral ones) between ethno-racial groups or between males and females, then what does account for some of those observable differences? (If discussing “race,” why do we find that certain ethno-racial groups tend to dominate in certain sports, entertainment and/or occupational arenas? If discussing gender, why do we find differences between genders in occupational arenas and in attitudes about dating & mating?) Finally, what insights have anthropologists gained from cross-cultural research, and how does it challenge us to think differently about race or gender?

B. Write about Kath Weston’s Traveling Light, incorporating the following elements in about 500-550 words total. You must make specific use of examples (at least 2) in Traveling Light in your answer to get full credit. (20 points)

After reading Traveling Light, write an essay about your thoughts about the ethnographic research Weston presents and the key lessons that you’ve learned from reading the ethnography.
What did you learn about doing ethnographic research from reading this ethnography? What are some of the strengths and limitations of participant observation as a key method of ethnographic research? How do you think Weston’s positionality as a White woman or her childhood experience “living poor” affected her research and her interactions with the people she met taking cross country bus rides? In what way(s) did the ethnography enhance your understandings of the people who are living poor? Are there any lingering questions that you would explore further?

Extra credit (up to 2 points added to your final grade). Answer the following in about 300 words:

If you were to conduct an ethnographic study on the lived experience of people who could be considered “poor,” what would you want to do and how would you go about doing it? What perspective or method from Weston’s ethnography would you use as a guide (if any)? How might who you are (experience-wise and identity-wise) affect what you want to study and who and what you would be able to access?

Analyse and discuss teachers and/or pupils experiences of one or more aspects of contemporary primary school classrooms, making reference to the policy context.

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Primary school experiences

Analyse and discuss teachers and/or pupils experiences of one or more aspects of contemporary primary school classrooms, making reference to the policy context.

Create individual communications to students and their support systems. Create an explanatory document where you will justify the form and content of your welcome to the class communication survey and the individual communications.

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EDU 540 Student and Support System Communication Profiles for Individual Outreach

The project is broken into three parts to address the scenario.

In part 1, you will develop a welcome to the class communication survey.

In part 2, you will create individual communications to students and their support systems.

In part 3, you will create an explanatory document where you will justify the form and content of your welcome to the class communication survey and the individual communications.

Imagine you are applying for a job as a teacher, educational psychologist, or counsellor at a school. In the written portion of the interview, you are asked what is your educational philosophy? More specifically, can you explain your view on teaching, learning, and which educational theories you advocate?

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EDUCATION

Read the following and answer only 2 questions.

QUESTION 1
Imagine you are applying for a job as a teacher, educational psychologist, or counsellor at a school. In the written portion of the interview, you are asked what is your educational philosophy? More specifically, can you explain your view on teaching, learning, and which educational theories you advocate?

Explain and justify in 2-3 pages (or 500-750 words).

QUESTION 2
Imagine you are a practicing teacher, psychologist, or counsellor in a school. Your task is to help students in a particular class improve the way they learn (your choice on the grade and subject). What issues would you expect to encounter? In what ways would you identify and address the issues you face?

Explain and justify in 2-3 pages (or 500-750 words).

QUESTION 3
If you were to create a “learning strategies” course for TWU undergraduate students, what metacognitive strategies and skills would you include in this course and how would you teach it? (See chapter 9 for ideas).

Explain and justify in 2-3 pages (or 500-750 words).

QUESTION 4
You have been subjected to many models of learning including my (in)famous accompanying drawings. You may also recall Josef’s model of learning in relationship to an airplane. Use a metaphor/analogy to explain the major concepts covered in this course.

Explain and justify in 2-3 pages (or 500-750 words).

QUESTION 5

You have heard from several very experienced teachers (Ken Wolgram, Juan Sanchez, Pat Rohla, Jeff Dickson) with a combined professional experience of almost 90 years. Compare and contrast the messages you have taken from them. Describe how their stories/threads/insights have aligned (or not) to the major topics of this course.

Explain and justify in 2-3 pages (or 500-750 words).