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Analyzing Cultural Relevance In Instruction

In Chapter 12, Wardle (2013) summarizes the important characteristics of a culturally relevant teacher. Use this information as a guide or resource throughout this assignment to help inspire your thinking as you apply your knowledge of culturally relevant pedagogy toward specific solutions to problems facing a teacher with a very diverse student population. This exercise provides excellent practice over the application of culturally relevant principles in the design of effective instructional solutions. You will need to design such instructional solutions within the Final Project, so it is very important to practice such skills here. Specifically, for this assignment, you will view a brief video taken with a cell phone by a student in a high school social studies class. Student “Jeff Bliss” Mad at Teacher at Duncanville High  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iflIOklflrg&feature=youtu.be(Bliss, 2013) documents a meltdown Bliss experienced during his World History course at Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas.
Review the Instructor Guidance before this task. In your paper, include the following:

  • Address the items below based on your inferences and ideas after viewing the events captured in the cellphone video. (2 points)
    • Describe the problem from Jeff Bliss’s perspective as well as from Ms. Phung’s perspective.
    • Explain what probably caused it.
    • Identify who benefits and who loses.
    • Indicate your position on this issue.
    • Discuss how a more equitable, culturally relevant approach to the class could improve the situation.
    • Express how Ms. Phung might respond differently to Jeff’s concerns.
    • Describe any equity strategies you noticed or inferred being implemented in the video. (2.5 points)
    • Suggest at least one strategy for each of the following four categories that the teacher could have utilized to help meet student needs in a more equitable fashion:
      • Instruction
      • Classroom Environment
      • Student Grouping
      • Student Recognition/leadership
    • Describe evidence of any culturally relevant pedagogy in action in the cellphone video. (2.5. points)
    • List at least three strategies that could be used to create a more culturally relevant classroom. Such strategies might be drawn from the following areas:
      • Maximizing academic success through relevant instructional experiences
      • Addressing cultural competence through reinforcing students’ cultural integrity
      • Involving students in the construction of knowledge
      • Building on students’ interests and linguistic resources
      • Tapping home and community resources
      • Understanding students’ cultural knowledge
      • Using interactive and constructivist teaching strategies
      • Examining the curriculum from multiple perspectives
      • Promoting critical consciousness through opportunities to challenge predominant elements of the students’ social norms

Must be two double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style

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Describe the knowledge, skills and/or attitudes regarding each of the transferable skills that you've gained as a result of completing this particular project/assignment

Use attached papers to do this assignment.
In a minimum of 1 full page, using Microsoft Word, write an essay (full introduction and conclusion), which includes the following:
◦Describe the knowledge, skills and/or attitudes regarding each of the transferable skills that you’ve gained as a result of completing this particular project/assignment.
◦Discuss the ways that you are going to incorporate the transferable skills (the transferable skills that you showcased in your exemplary project) into your work within your chosen career field.
◦Describe your future goals based on the transferable skills that you’ve chosen to showcase.
◦Write your paper utilizing proper tone, spelling and grammar.

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Disability Matrix, And Beyond F.A.T. City: Look Back, Look Ahead

  • 1st assignment
  • Review the video “Beyond F.A.T. City: Look Back, Look Ahead—Conversation about Special Education.”  In a 500-750 word analysis, address the following:  How does Richard D. Lavoie define and explain fairness in the classroom? What advice does Lavoie offer to parents regarding fairness? What does Lavoie say about assumptions, and why does he discuss them? What are three key concepts from the video that were especially meaningful to you? How will they affect your professional teaching practice?  Be sure to cite specific examples from the video in your analysis.  Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.  This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.05:22
  • profile 2 assignment
  • Identify and research the 13 disability categories under IDEA, including the causes, prevalence, and characteristics of each. Use the “Disability Matrix” to complete this assignment.  Support your findings with a minimum of three scholarly resources. Include your citations on the “Disability Matrix.”  Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.  This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. Here is the direction
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Week 4 Summary Paper – Educational Leadership

 

Week 4 Summary Paper – Educational Leadership

Refer to the Educational Leadership with Dr. Douglas Reeves link (video) in this week’s Readings and Resources. Write a one-to-two-page summary as you reflect on Dr. Reeves’ research.
Dr. Reeves has conducted research concerning the principal’s role in closing the achievement gap as it relates to professional development. Interestingly enough, and contrary to what we may have heard in the past, Dr. Reeves points out that we are still being told not to bother trying to close the achievement gap! However, he takes the position that student achievement levels can increase with instructional leadership and provides data to back up his position.
As you reflect on the video, look for the answers to these questions:

  • School leaders’ actions are important and can help close the achievement gap. How does Dr. Reeves document that?
  • He mentions research from over three decades that indicates that leadership makes a difference. Discuss that research and Dr. Reeves’ analysis of the data.
  • What are some of the characteristics of students whose achievement levels are below average that have remained the same across all the research?
  • There are certain characteristics of low-performing students that Dr. Reeves does not discount. What were they and do you agree or disagree with him?
  • One of his summary points was, “Beware the silver bullet.” What did he mean and why is that so important?
  • Summarize what Dr. Reeves says about closing the achievement gap as it relates to professional development. What did you learn from his suggestion?

Remember that the expectation is for graduate-level writing and content. Your paper should be concise with a good introduction and conclusion, with proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
Youtube Link:   Educational Leadership with Dr Douglas Reeves

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Landfill Harmonics And 21st-Century Skills

Guided Response: Respond to two of your classmates’ posts. In your responses, compare the 21st-century skills and cross-cultural skills your peers identified with the ones you described. You are encouraged to ask questions about their posts. Questions might include requests for clarification on points made or for elaboration on an area of their post. Though two replies is the basic expectation for this discussion, for deeper engagement and learning, you are encouraged to provide responses to any comments or questions others have given to you. This will further the conversation and provide you with opportunities to demonstrate your content expertise, critical thinking, and real world experiences with this topic. 

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relationship and Physical Education

I have three Journals that are dues in the next two weeks.  The first journal is due February 4, 2018 Sunday @ 6:00pm and the other two journals are due February 11, 2018 @ 6:00pm each journal has to be 800 words. Arial 10 is the font
Journal #1 Due February 4, 2018 6:00pm  What stress responses have you experienced lately? Today? This week? What made them go away? How do you deal with stress? List and identify strategies that you could utilize to help with stressor’s in your life. Using the textbook as a guide, list some strategies that you can use to help you deal with stress. How does your cultural background relate to your stress? 
Journal #2 Due February 11, 2018 6:00pm Without commitment, no intimate relationship can flourish. Parents, children, siblings, friends, and lovers all need to acknowledge that they are in it together for the long run. Love.., it seems that no other concept has puzzled humankind as much as this.  Communication is the key in all relationships. In your culture are there differences in communication because of gender? If you were to make an attempt to define love, how would you begin to describe your interpretation of this concept? Is your expression of love limited by your level of self-acceptance? In your expression of love to others, do you find that you attach conditions, maybe without realizing it? When was the first time you fell in love? Did it last? Why or why not? What advice can you give to others regarding Love?
Journal #3 Due February 11, 2018 6:00pm  What are your ideas about responsibility for contraception? Should one partner be responsible or should responsibility be shared? Where did you get your ideas? Are they tied to other attitudes you have about male and female gender roles? Are you comfortable with your attitude toward contraception and the effect is has on your life? Who taught you about conception? How do you think kids of today learn about conception? What can we do as a society to help prevent unwanted pregnancies? Should schools teach sex education? If so, what should they learn? Does your culture or religion change your personal views regarding contraception?

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PREHISTORIC ART

M01 Assignment:
You are responsible for knowing the following items.
Works of Art:
PREHISTORIC ART
Upper Paleolithic Art (c. 42,000-8000 BCE) Define the following

  1. Lion-Human from Hohlenstein-Stadel
  2. Woman from Willendorf
  3. Architecture: (mammoth-bone house, Ukraine)
  4. Cave and rock paintings, sculpture
  5. Pech-Merle Cave
  6. Chauvet Cave
  7. Lascaux Cave
  8. Altamira
  9. Bison, Le Tuc d’Audoubert

Art in the Neolithic Period (8000-3400/2300 BCE)

  1. Sculpture (Woman and Man from Cernavoda)
  2. Village settlements (Catal Hoyuk)
  3. Megalithic Architecture
  4. Newgrange, Ireland
  5. Stonehenge

Vocabulary:
sculpture in the round
relief sculpture
abstraction
stylization
attributes
modeling
flying gallop
ceramics
Post-and-lintel construction
corbeling
dolmen
capstones
cairn
passage graves
henge
incised

M01 Assignment

Study Questions
Submit your answers and I will give you feed back on them.
Prehistory
1. Paleolithic humans were nomadic, and Neolithic humans began to live in villages. How did this
affect their art work respectively?
2. How did cave paintings differ from each other throughout the Paleolithic period? What were some of the techniques used? Define flying gallop. What does the term refer to?
3. What are some of the theories why Prehistoric humans may have painted on cave walls?
4.What were the hypothesized uses for some of the megalithic monuments in Europe?
5. What might  the appearance of metals mean to early humans?

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M02 Assignment : Cultural Values in Advertisements

M02 Assignment : Cultural Values in Advertisements

Our Cultural Values are communicated in a variety of ways.  We learn our values from our parents, at school, and often society teaches us values through the advertisements in the media we consume.
Find three advertisements from popular newspapers, magazines, social media etc. Then analyze the ads to see if you can identify the societal values they communicate
For each of the advertisements

  1. Identify the societal value(s) the ad is communicating.
  2. Explain how the ad communicates the value(s) you have identified.

Finally,
In 2-3 paragraphs explain the ways in which you feel advertisements influence your perceptions, worldview, and finally how your communication is influenced by the values you learn through the media. 

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Assignment 2: Comparative Study of Emerging Technologies

Assignment 2: Comparative Study of Emerging Technologies
Due Week 5 and worth 175 points
Refer to both the Overall Concept for Assignments 1-4 and your responses from Assignment 1 in order to complete this assignment.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

  1. Debate the overall merits of the selected emerging technology over the three (3) others that you had previously identified from Assignment 1.
  2. Compare and contrast the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) other emerging technologies that you did not choose. Your comparison should address the following:
    1. Three (3) methods in which the attributes and features of each address the needs and or challenges inherent in the educational setting or related to the scenario you selected in Assignment 1.
    2. Significant ways in which each technology supports meaningful learning.
    3. Three (3) attributes and / or features inherent in each emerging technology that instructors may use to address select characteristics of the 21st Century student population that you had previously identified.
    4. Three (3) aspects of your selected technology that best address two (2) of the NETS-S standards for using technology to guide learning.
  3. Provide at least five (5) sources that document detailed information about this emerging technology. The sources must be within the last five (5) years.
  4. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
    1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
    2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
  5. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Review current research related to emerging technologies for instruction and learning.
  • Analyze the effects of technology in different instructional settings.
  • Analyze the characteristics of 21st Century learners to aid in determining effective ways of using technologies for teaching and learning.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in designing, developing, and evaluating educational technologies.
  • Write clearly and concisely about issues in designing, developing, and evaluating educational technologies.

Points: 175
Assignment 2: Comparative Study of Emerging Technologies
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 70% F
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Debate the overall merits of the selected emerging technology over the three (3) others that you had previously identified from Assignment 1.
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or incompletely debated the overall merits of the selected emerging technology over the three (3) others that you had previously identified from Assignment 1.
Partially debated the overall merits of the selected emerging technology over the three (3) others that you had previously identified from Assignment 1.
Satisfactorily debated the overall merits of the selected emerging technology over the three (3) others that you had previously identified from Assignment 1.
Thoroughly debated the overall merits of the selected emerging technology over the three (3) others that you had previously identified from Assignment 1.
2a. Compare and contrast the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) other emerging technologies that you did not choose addressing three (3) methods in which the attributes and features of each address the needs and or challenges inherent in the educational setting or related to the scenario you selected in Assignment 1
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or incompletely compared and contrasted the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) other emerging technologies that you did not choose addressing three (3) methods in which the attributes and features of each address the needs and or challenges inherent in the educational setting or related to the scenario you selected in Assignment 1.
Partially compared and contrasted the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) other emerging technologies that you did not choose addressing three (3) methods in which the attributes and features of each address the needs and or challenges inherent in the educational setting or related to the scenario you selected in Assignment 1.
Satisfactorily compared and contrasted the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) other emerging technologies that you did not choose addressing three (3) methods in which the attributes and features of each address the needs and or challenges inherent in the educational setting or related to the scenario you selected in Assignment 1.
Thoroughly compared and contrasted the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) other emerging technologies that you did not choose addressing three (3) methods in which the attributes and features of each address the needs and or challenges inherent in the educational setting or related to the scenario you selected in Assignment 1.
2b. Compare and contrast the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) other emerging technologies that you did not choose addressing significant ways in which each technology supports meaningful learning.
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or incompletely compared and contrasted the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) other emerging technologies that you did not choose addressing significant ways in which each technology supports meaningful learning.
Partially compared and contrasted the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) other emerging technologies that you did not choose addressing significant ways in which each technology supports meaningful learning.
Satisfactorily compared and contrasted the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) other emerging technologies that you did not choose addressing significant ways in which each technology supports meaningful learning.
Thoroughly compared and contrasted the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) other emerging technologies that you did not choose addressing significant ways in which each technology supports meaningful learning.
2c. Compare and contrast the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) other emerging technologies that you did not choose addressing three (3) attributes and / or features inherent in each emerging technology that instructors may use to address select characteristics of the 21st Century student population that you had previous identified.
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or incompletely compared and contrasted the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3 attributes and / or features inherent in each emerging technology that instructors may use to address select characteristics of the 21st Century student population that you had previous identified.
Partially compared and contrasted the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) attributes and / or features inherent in each emerging technology that instructors may use to address select characteristics of the 21st Century student population that you had previous identified.
Satisfactorily compared and contrasted the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) attributes and / or features inherent in each emerging technology that instructors may use to address select characteristics of the 21st Century student population that you had previous identified.
Thoroughly compared and contrasted the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) attributes and / or features inherent in each emerging technology that instructors may use to address select characteristics of the 21st Century student population that you had previous identified.
2d. Compare and contrast the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) other emerging technologies that you did not choose addressing three (3) aspects of your selected technology that best address two (2) of the NETS-S standards for using technology to guide learning.
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or incompletely compared and contrasted the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) other emerging technologies that you did not choose addressing three (3) aspects of your selected technology that best address two (2) of the NETS-S standards for using technology to guide learning.
Partially compared and contrasted the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) other emerging technologies that you did not choose addressing three (3) aspects of your selected technology that best address two (2) of the NETS-S standards for using technology to guide learning.
Satisfactorily compared and contrasted the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) other emerging technologies that you did not choose addressing three (3) aspects of your selected technology that best address two (2) of the NETS-S standards for using technology to guide learning.
Thoroughly compared and contrasted the emerging technology that you chose with the three (3) other emerging technologies that you did not choose addressing three (3) aspects of your selected technology that best address two (2) of the NETS-S standards for using technology to guide learning.
3. 5 references
Weight: 5%
No references provided
Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.
Meets number of required references; most references high quality choices.
Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.
4. Writing Mechanics, Grammar, and Formatting
Weight: 5%
Serious and persistent errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.
Partially free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.
Mostly free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.
Error free or almost error free grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.
5. Appropriate use of APA in-text citations and reference section
Weight: 5%
Lack of in-text citations and / or lack of reference section.
In-text citations and references are provided, but they are only partially formatted correctly in APA style.
Most in-text citations and references are provided, and they are generally formatted correctly in APA style.
In-text citations and references are error free or almost error free and consistently formatted correctly in APA style.
6. Information Literacy/Integration of Sources
Weight: 5%
Serious errors in the integration of sources, such as intentional or accidental plagiarism, or failure to use in-text citations.
Sources are partially integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
Sources are mostly integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
Sources are consistently integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
7. Clarity and Coherence of Writing
Weight: 5%
Information is confusing to the reader and fails to include reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.
Information is partially clear with minimal reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.
Information is mostly clear and generally supported with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.
Information is provided in a clear, coherent, and consistent manner with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.