Category: Education

During these first few weeks, you have learned about different perceptions of teaching and overall goals for schools. With our class discussions and course readings in mind, answer the following question: What is the purpose of education? Feel free to limit this to a more specific aspect of “education,” such as the purpose of high school, or the purpose of early childhood education programs.
Remember to make this at least 500 words and include a minimum of three in-text citations from the assigned textbook. No outside research is required. The paper should follow APA format, including double-spaced text, 12-point font size, and 1” margins. A reference list is required. Submit your Reflection Paper 1 to this Dropbox by Sunday at 11:59 pm CT.

please complete both worksheets. View attachments.
1st worksheet: Be thorough
2nd worksheet: For each of the three areas, you must identify two reinforcers for each grade level identified

Review the Week 8 Quiz Section Slides posted to the Week 8 Lesson Module homepage. 
Please engage in the following Mindfulness Exercise and reflect on your experience. 
This mindfulness exercise is an “observe” activity. Grab something you can eat and set a timer for 2 minutes. Engage in “mindful eating” by eating the food you selected for 2 minds, using all 5 senses to observe your piece food. Use your “how” skills to notice any judgments or distractions that may come into your mind and let them go to bring yourself back to your practice non-judgmentally, one-mindfully, and effectively.  After your practice, write a half page reflection debriefing your practice by responding to the following prompts:
Which of the “how” skills was most challenging? Which came more naturally? Why? 
What thoughts, emotions, or physical sensations did you observe as you were engaging in this activity? How did you use your “how” skills to bring your focus back to your practice of observing your mindful eating? 
How did this “mindful eating” practice differ from the way you might typically eat? What did you notice about your food while you were being one-mindfully focused on observing it through all 5 senses? 
3. Review slide 6 titled “Four Corners, Four Horsemen” and follow the prompts to visit the Google documentLinks to an external site. created by your peers. Review the examples of the 4 Horsemen and their antidotes that your peers brainstormed during quiz section. For each of the 4 Horsemen (criticism, defensiveness, contempt, and stonewalling), describe a situation in which you used the negative communication style (4 situations total). Include direct quotes of what you might have said that reflected criticism, defensiveness, contempt, and stonewalling. For each example situation, rewrite the dialogue using the corresponding positive “antidote” to the horseman used in that situation. Include direct quotes. This section should be at least a page. 
4. Review Slide 7 also titled “”Four Corners, Four Horsemen.” Write a half page reflection addressing the following prompts on the slide (and listed below): 
How do these 4 horsemen show up across your different relationships? What factors make you vulnerable to using them more often?
What 215/216 skills did you use to stop your horsemen? How did the skills help make your communication more effective?
How could using these skills support you in improving or strengthening your relationships?
Please submit your 2 page reflection by Monday at 11 PM. Please remember that your homework post is also due on Canvas at that time. Partial credit is not available for make-up assignments. 

I will be attaching the information for the first thread. I am already a teacher 
This discussion asks you to reflect on what you observed in the videos from this week’s studies (linked in Resources). Choose one of the two threads:
The first thread is for learners who are currently teaching in their classrooms.
The second thread is for learners who are aspiring to become teachers or those who work in other areas and do not have access to classrooms.
Using your Sullivan and Glanz custom text, reflect on what you saw in the video case analysis. Share your thoughts and feelings in 1–2 paragraphs and make at least one substantial response to your classmates.

– Include themes and codes table with participant quotes
– Include themes and frequency codes across data table
– Written in paragraph format

Create a research outlining how the pioneers Reverend Henry Ward , Dudley grant and Madge Saunders contributed to the transforming of the early childhood development in Jamaica

Write a 3-page minimum, error free paper in APA style about your observation and interview. Must be typed.
Observe the activities and characteristics of the classroom.
Describe your observations in detail by using the guide below (write in paragraph form – not question/answer).
Include interview with teacher if necessary to complete the assignment (write in paragraph form – not question/answer). If a topic is not observed, you will have to talk to the teacher to glean information.
Include any additional comments that you want to make about your visit.
Describe how this assignment will affect you as a teacher in the future. What did you learn?
Submit the completed log and contact information from the teacher you observed with your report.
Report should be clear, detailed, error-free, at least 3 pages, written in paragraph form following the APA style guidelines.
The following assignment must be submitted as a Word document. Google docs cannot be opened. The professor cannot grade what cannot be opened. Failure to submit this assignment as a Word document may result in a zero for your grade.
The student will examine the issues facing schools in today’s diverse society, including socioeconomic distinctions, gender, race, ethnicity, language differences special education and the changing standards for future educators. The student must discuss each of the aforementioned topics and refer to primary or secondary resources for reference. The student uses primary and secondary resources which include data.
Information to include in your paper:
Introduction
Use National Center for Education Statistics http://nces.ed.gov/ to give general information 
School
Teacher’s name and characteristics
Grade level/subject
Type of class (inclusion, resource, regular education, etc.)
Student make-up of the class (ethnicity, gender, ethnicity, ELL, students with disabilities, and any other apparent attributes that are important to note)
Structure of the Learning Environment:
Physical environment
where was the class?
Describe the condition of the facilities.
What is posted on the walls?
How are displays arranged?
Are people shown in the displays?
List the different cultures (race, ethnicity, gender, ability/disability etc) that are included in the displays.
Purpose of the setting
why were the students there?
Who established the setting?
What did it intend to fill?
Culture
What can you see or hear that will tell you about the students’ culture? (race/ethnicity, gender, social class, ability/disability, religion etc).
Is your culture different from those in the setting?
With whom does the teacher make more eye contact (consider race/ethnicity, gender, social class, ability/disability, religion etc)?
Other Things to Consider: directness, politeness, humor, anger, approval, degree of formality, competitiveness, cooperativeness
Were any holidays celebrated?
How does this teacher’s classroom organization and teaching strategies meet different student needs? Is the classroom teacher-centered or student-centered? Why?
Who talks more, boys or girls? Minority or majority students? Rich or poor kids?
What are the characteristics of students who are usually silent?
Describe the kinds of clothes the students wear. What do clothes of students tell you about their cultural groups? Describe the different kinds of clothes that the different cliques wear. Do students ever challenge the teacher’s authority? What cultural group does it?
Social Class
Are you able to determine social class of the students you observe? How? Do you see any differences?
Language
Is Standard English used all the time?
Do you observe code-switching / register-switching?
Do students have a different language? How does this make you feel?
What are some social perceptions of the students’ language?
What modifications do you make to communicate effectively with students? (consider listening, speaking, reading, writing)
Are there ESL students in the setting? Are any bilingual programs offered in the school?
What is the students’ communication style?
Was body language used?
What is the supervisor’s communication style?
Gender
When observing boys and girls, what gender differences are you able to observe?
Think of the way children act, their choices of activities as well as friends, and their responses to various stimuli. Does the teacher treat boys and girls differently? In what way?
Ability/Disability
Is there ability grouping in the schools and in individual classrooms? If so, describe the differences in the way the groups are taught.
Are there any students with special needs? Are these students treated differently? If so, in what way? Is there a special room in the school for special education students?
Stereotypes and discrimination
What are the common prejudices and stereotypes applied to the students with whom you worked? Was there any evidence that they were aware of these?
Which stereotypes and prejudices might have been on your mind when you entered the setting?
Is there any evidence of segregation in the classroom or in the school on the basis of sex, race, religion, ability, or socioeconomic background? If so, who does the segregating–the teacher, the students, the administration?
Conclusion
Briefly answer the question: what have you learned from your field observations?
Please use the following naming protocol for your file:
LastnameFirstinitialObservation.docx
My Submissions
Part 1
Title Start Date Due Date Post Date Marks Available
Classroom Observation Report-Due Tues 5/21 9AM – Part 1 5 Mar 2024 – 18:42 21 May 2024 – 09:00 21 May 2024 – 09:00 100
Summary:
Write a 3-page minimum, error free paper in APA style about your observation and interview. Must be typed.
Observe the activities and characteristics of the classroom.
Describe your observations in detail by using the guide below (write in paragraph form – not question/answer).
Include interview with teacher if necessary to complete the assignment (write in paragraph form – not question/answer). If a topic is not observed, you will have to talk to the teacher to glean information.
Include any additional comments that you want to make about your visit.
Describe how this assignment will affect you as a teacher in the future. What did you learn?
Submit the completed log and contact information from the teacher you observed with your report.
Report should be clear, detailed, error-free, at least 3 pages, written in paragraph form following the APA style guidelines.
The following assignment must be submitted as a Word document. Google docs cannot be opened. The professor cannot grade what cannot be opened. Failure to submit this assignment as a Word document may result in a zero for your grade.
The student will examine the issues facing schools in today’s diverse society, including socioeconomic distinctions, gender, race, ethnicity, language differences special education and the changing standards for future educators. The student must discuss each of the aforementioned topics and refer to primary or secondary resources for reference. The student uses primary and secondary resources which include data.
Information to include in your paper:
Introduction
Use National Center for Education Statistics http://nces.ed.gov/ to give general information about the school and the classroom you observed.
School
Teacher’s name and characteristics
Grade level/subject
Type of class (inclusion, resource, regular education, etc.)
Student make-up of the class (ethnicity, gender, ethnicity, ELL, students with disabilities, and any other apparent attributes that are important to note)
Structure of the Learning Environment:
Physical environment
where was the class?
Describe the condition of the facilities.
What is posted on the walls?
How are displays arranged?
Are people shown in the displays?
List the different cultures (race, ethnicity, gender, ability/disability etc) that are included in the displays.
Purpose of the setting
why were the students there?
Who established the setting?
What did it intend to fill?
Culture
What can you see or hear that will tell you about the students’ culture? (race/ethnicity, gender, social class, ability/disability, religion etc).
Is your culture different from those in the setting?
With whom does the teacher make more eye contact (consider race/ethnicity, gender, social class, ability/disability, religion etc)?
Other Things to Consider: directness, politeness, humor, anger, approval, degree of formality, competitiveness, cooperativeness
Were any holidays celebrated?
How does this teacher’s classroom organization and teaching strategies meet different student needs? Is the classroom teacher-centered or student-centered? Why?
Who talks more, boys or girls? Minority or majority students? Rich or poor kids?
What are the characteristics of students who are usually silent?
Describe the kinds of clothes the students wear. What do clothes of students tell you about their cultural groups? Describe the different kinds of clothes that the different cliques wear. Do students ever challenge the teacher’s authority? What cultural group does it?
Social Class
Are you able to determine social class of the students you observe? How? Do you see any differences?
Language
Is Standard English used all the time?
Do you observe code-switching / register-switching?
Do students have a different language? How does this make you feel?
What are some social perceptions of the students’ language?
What modifications do you make to communicate effectively with students? (consider listening, speaking, reading, writing)
Are there ESL students in the setting? Are any bilingual programs offered in the school?
What is the students’ communication style?
Was body language used?
What is the supervisor’s communication style?
Gender
When observing boys and girls, what gender differences are you able to observe?
Think of the way children act, their choices of activities as well as friends, and their responses to various stimuli. Does the teacher treat boys and girls differently? In what way?
Ability/Disability
Is there ability grouping in the schools and in individual classrooms? If so, describe the differences in the way the groups are taught.
Are there any students with special needs? Are these students treated differently? If so, in what way? Is there a special room in the school for special education students?
Stereotypes and discrimination
What are the common prejudices and stereotypes applied to the students with whom you worked? Was there any evidence that they were aware of these?
Which stereotypes and prejudices might have been on your mind when you entered the setting?
Is there any evidence of segregation in the classroom or in the school on the basis of sex, race, religion, ability, or socioeconomic background? If so, who does the segregating–the teacher, the students, the administration?
Conclusion
Briefly answer the question: what have you learned from your field observations?
Please use the following naming protocol for your file:
LastnameFirstinitialObservation.docx

Write a short essay outlining the historical significance of cassinga Massacre from the Namibian perspective . use the historical significance criteria of novelty,applicability, effect , memory and do include examples . include references 

Watch Professor Michael Wesch’s video “a few ideas …” (Visions of Students Today) that grew out of a college class project on the students and took on a life of its own:

Now, with this video, this week’s lecture, and the rest of our Week 3 resources, please address the following to get this conversation rolling:
How does the school culture, and especially the subculture of students, impact the learning process? How do the cultural groups that students embrace impact their learning and attitudes toward school in general? What impact is technology having on students today?

Reflection Outline
Write a comprehensive reflection Based on the Transcript I got from Mr. Ngo and the class lecture. 
No AI work is accepted!!!!!!
Description of the teacher (e.g., qualifications, years of experience, ethnicity, etc.)
Demographic description of the school in which this teacher works (e.g., size, populations it serves, etc.)
Comprehensive response to interview questions(Mr. Ngo’s Response)
Interviewer’s(Your) comprehensive reflections
Learnings from the project (Describe the significance of the project