1) What is the worst job experience you have ever had? What was it about the organization you disliked?
Or conversely, discuss a job you really enjoyed. What was it you liked about that organization?
2) What factors do you believe effect social mobility (the ability to move up or down the socioeconomic ladder)?
Do you think the “American Dream” available to everyone equally?
Rationale: Acquiring knowledge of current trends and research in mathematics and science instruction is critical for teachers.
Description:
Review four current research articles (published within the past 5 years) in educational journals pertaining to how students learn mathematics and science.
• Two of the articles (one for science and one for math) should include the perspective of educational neuroscience in relation to how young children learn math and science.
Directions: Read two articles on math and two articles on science and write a summary and analysis of each article. Please include the following questions:
1. What are the central points made or issues discussed by the author(s)?
2. How do the points/issues relate to the mathematics and science position statements and standards or other current educational policies? (FEAP 5.e)
3. How do the points/issues relate to educational neuroscience and how young children learn math and science? (FEAP 5.b)
4. What are my perspectives related to this topic (do I agree/disagree with the author and why)?
5. How does the article relate/does not relate to what you have observed in your field experience setting?
6. How will you use the information presented in the article in your own classroom practice? (FEAP 5.f)
Video Assignment : Please watch the award-winning documentary “The Weather Underground” (2003). The film can be found at this website:
https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/the-weather-underground/
After seeing the film, please do the following: (1) Briefly summarize the film in a few sentences; (2) Discuss a point you found to be interesting/surprising, and explain why; please note the *time* when your point appears in the 92-minutes film; (3) What seemed similar to current times; and what seemed different?; (4) Why do you think there isn’t a strong student anti-war movement today, when the US is bombing multiple countries?
As a special educator, you will fulfill many roles and responsibilities for your students, families, other staff members and for your administration. It is important to know these roles and responsibilities so that you maintain professional, ethical, and legal dispositions at all times.
Allocate 2 hours in the field to support this field experience.
As a special educator, you will have many roles and responsibilities. Collaborate with your mentor teacher to reflect on the following professional roles and responsibilities of a special education teacher:
Case managing and managing others, i.e., paraeducators, aides
Differentiating lesson plans with general education teachers
Legal and confidentiality concerns when working with students and families/caregivers
Conflict resolution among students and staff
Being involved beyond the classroom
Advocacy and mentoring students, families, and other colleagues
Lifelong learning and staying current on educational trends and legislation for special education
Any additional roles and responsibilities your mentor describes
Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the mentor teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.
After the discussion with your mentor, complete a reflection based on your findings. Discuss any new insights, areas of concerns, and what you feel you need to know more about as you complete your studies.
In addition, discuss what steps you will take to keep yourself informed on special education and how you plan to be a lifelong learner after you enter the classroom.
Reflect upon how you will use this information in your future professional practice.
Access the GCU e‐library and locate six peer‐reviewed articles on Police and Community Relations. You need to specifically research articles that assess a particular community relations program/policy. access at least three databases for these articles. In a 1,500‐2,000 word analysis (total word count for the assignment), do the following:
Summarize each article:
1. Give an overview of the Topic.
2. What methodology (approach to understanding the problem) was used?
3. What were the implications/conclusions?
Construct a comparative analysis of Police and Community Relations by:
1. Describe the positives and negatives of the approaches that were taken in each of the six articles.
2. Delineate the approaches you would have taken in each of these six situations.
Write an essay investigating the causes or effects of a current trend, event, or phenomenon. You might, for example, seek to explain the popularity of superhero movie franchises, or the continued relevance of a particular work, such as Little Women; alternatively, you might consider the effects of social media use on mental health; or the effects of the declining number of honeybees; you might examine the causes of mass shootings, or of the opioid epidemic, or the effects of marijuana legalization. Whatever topic you select, your essay should strive to push beyond the obvious, revealing new insights.
What is the Impact of Rehabilitation Programs on the Field of Corrections
For this discussion, you will be focusing on your self-development and your learning experiences in the context of the workplace. In your initial post, apply basic research methods and the alignment of content within research to the questions below by making connections between your personal experiences and the content from the readings. You might also utilize other peer-reviewed articles of interest to you to support your assertions and conclusions. Analyze how your personal development in the learning and cognition domains have matured and developed through your formative years and work experiences. Your writing should not simply answer each question; a fully developed personal analysis of your own growth and learning processes should be concise and well organized in a manner that exhibits your improved writing ability and reflects APA style format.
In addition to answering the questions below, include an introduction and conclusion to your post.
What types of training and education have you received in the workplace?
What do you do now that differs from your past educational learning experiences?
How have your life experiences affected your learning?
Have events in your life influenced your beliefs and how you assert yourself in the learning process?
How do you see yourself as a life-long learner?
Next, consider how organizational learning and culture affect you personally and apply skeptical inquiry to the resolution of problems related to your own learning and cognition. How might you adjust your current strategies? Finally, apply ethical principles and professional standards of learning and cognition psychology that you have learned about to teaching or counseling others in the workplace. What implications should you consider when working with others?
Support in the classroom is not enough for families who have children with disabilities. Assisting families and caregivers in finding support outside the classroom is a necessity for a child to flourish and reach his or her fullest potential.
Allocate 2 hours in the field to support this field experience.
Collaborate with your mentor teacher to identify student and family supports offered within your school and community for individuals with disabilities regarding academic, transitional, and/or vocational skills.
Specifically, discuss the following items as you research these supports with your mentor:
Who oversees the support: the school or an outside agency? What services do they support?
Are the services free, or do families need to pay for these services?
How are community resources shared with families? Are supports discussed in the beginning of the school year, at conferences, in IEPs, or elsewhere?
Did the mentor teacher create his or her own newsletter/brochure, or utilize the school, district, or community made resources?
Discuss the importance of continuing the support for students and families or caregivers outside of the classroom. What are the benefits and challenges associated with receiving supports outside of the school day?
Discuss if there are limited resources in certain areas, and if so, how has the mentor teacher or school addressed those identified limitations.
Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the mentor teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.
Compose a 500-600 word summary based on your discussion with your mentor regarding student, family, school, and community supports available. Reflect on how you will use this information in your future professional practice.
Utilize critical thinking techniques that Identify, Analyze, Define, and Evaluate the issues in the film and how they relate to today’s society
