Education

Write a 2000-2250 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all questions in each bullet point. Include clear headings that allow your professor to know which item you are addressing in that section of your paper. Make sure to reference three (3) citations using the APA writing style for each article. Include a cover page and a reference page, which do not count towards the minimal word amount. Essay: In the article, “Developmental Stages of Preschool Teachers” Lillian Katz (link to PDF below) discusses professional development stages for becoming an early childhood educator. Review this material and then answer the following questions: What are some key issues in early childhood professional development? Identify and discuss three of the seven influences on early childhood professional development. List and describe five tools for professional growth and development. How has professional development in early childhood evolved since this publication? Describe the paths those wanting to work in early childhood education can choose to follow. Link to required resource: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED057922.pdf

Consider the advantages and disadvantages of online education and education in a traditional classroom setting. Which method of learning is better for students? Write an essay in which you try to persuade a classroom teacher that either online or classroom learning is best.

Interview Guidelines:What do you want to know about this field/position?Suggestions:What is a typical day for you (If you are short on time, skip this one.)What is your favorite thing about your job?What is the most challenging thing about your job?Why did you choose this fieldPlease hand in a reflection on your interview with excerpts/quotes from your notes included.Grading:A range:Paper that shows engagement and that you were making a strong effort to learn from this experience.  The writing is enthusiastic, engaging for the reader and clear.ALSO: separately write a thank you note to the person you interviewed and attach is at the bottom of the paper and label it “Thank you”.

Science Investigation Notebook (Electronic): Put the items below together in an electronic notebook (could be a PowerPoint, Prezi. or other electronic notebook) 1. Grade Level and Alabama Standard 2. Title: catchy, but reveals what the investigation was about. 3. Photographs of: materials, set up, investigation sequence  4. Question: clearly stated  5. Materials: listed clearly  6. Procedures: clearly stated and based on ability to replicate study  7. Data Gathering: how you collected your data clearly explained  8. Data Analysis: how you interpreted your data clearly explained  9. Findings/Results: based on analysis and logically presented  10. Conclusions: presented based on evidence and results  Each item (1-10) is worth 10 points. ***2 points will be deducted for each error found in the electronic notebook. Notes: a. Make sure you select a question that you are able to research in a class or 24 hour time frame. Examples: (do not use these) Which brand of paper towel is the “real” quicker picker upper? (too short time frame) Which light bulb will last the longest? (too long of a time frame needed) b. Make sure that you control for all variables in your investigation.

In order to effectively choose a curriculum approach, you must have the knowledge base regarding curricular approaches, an understanding of your own core beliefs about children, and your image of yourself as a professional. Much of how you approach choices related to curriculum relates to the assumptions and internalized values you bring to your particular school or center (Jaruszewicz, 2013, section 2.4). An important step in this process is connecting what you know about curriculum approaches and how this information fits into your core beliefs. As Jaruszewicz (2013) posits, excellent teachers and caregivers are “reflective” and purposefully think about the curriculum decisions they make and their teaching practices (section 1.5). This journal is a start in that reflective process.-Describe the major differences between an approach and a model.-Compare and contrast the effectiveness of multiple early childhood curricular approaches to your own beliefs by completing the Matrix for Reflection chart.Explain how making these comparisons supports your ability to make appropriate curricular decisions (i.e., respond to the unique needs of children based on culture and experiences, consider developmentally appropriate practice, etc.).

Scientists, philosophers, theologians, and laymen throughout history have long considered wisdom a hallmark of adult thinking. This week you will reflect on your own understanding of wisdom and the ways in which this understanding impacts you as an adult learner and an adult educator.Consider the following questions, keeping this week’s Learning Resources in mind. Specifically, review the readings about the structures and functions of the brain, wisdom, and how wisdom may be associated with memory, cognition, knowledge, prior experience, and the neurology of the brain. Also, consider what you learned from the video, “Attaining Wisdom, Part 1.”How do you define wisdom? Has this definition changed throughout your life? If so, in what waysWhom do you know that you consider wise? In what ways is this person (or are these people) wise?Have you had opportunities to learn from people you consider wise? What were those experiences like for you?Then, complete the following:New Directions and Discoveries  Write a summary of how the information presented and the questions posed might influence you as an adult educator.Wisdom and learningFor this part of the assigment, summarize your own perspective on the source and definition of wisdom. Include ways in which your wisdom has grown, expressed itself, and been influenced over the course of your life. Think about the people in your life whom you consider wise and the ways people have fostered your growth with regard to wisdom. Also, consider the relationship between wisdom and learm wisdom influenced you as an adult learner? To what extent will this influence impact your practice as an education professional?

Assignment Create a PowerPoint (any type of  presentation format using technology will be accepted) on one of the disabilities from Assignment #7. It should be a disability  you  deal with most often in your teaching assignment.    Include the following in your PowerPoint:  What ?        Describe the Disability Eligibility?    List the GA eligibility determination rule for this category Assessment?  Assessments used to determine eligibility Placement? Describe placement options for the disability and include Least Restrictive Environment in your description Interventions? This includes recommended teaching strategies, accommodations, assistive technology and positive behavior supports

Wittgenstein hated living and working at Cambridge University.  He especially didn’t like the constant chatter about ethics and politics that is associated with college life, both back then and today.  Whenever he could, he would leave to faraway places: a fjord in Norway, a cottage in western Ireland, and so on. Both of these tendencies sharply contrast with Plato’s depiction of Socrates — he loved to talk about ethics and politics, and he never left Athens.  How would Plato respond to Wittgenstein’s view of philosophy?  Write a paper imagining how Socrates would respond to Wittgenstein’s behavior: pretend that they somehow met and spoke the same language.

Personal statement on why you would like to complete MBA at University of Houston-Downtown. Explanation on why I want to complete my MBA.

Essay Prompt: What factors do you think were most influential in causing the revolt and why? This essay is asking who or what you think cause the revolt? Should we say Spanish subversion caused it? Overwork and abuse on the part of the English masters? Were the slaves destined to revolt against the system? Some other cause? Was it some combination of these factors? This about your interpretation based on the sources. Your essay should be a discussion of the primary sources and what they can tell us about why the revolt happened? Thesis:  The factor that was most influential in causing the Stono Revolt was the mistreatment of slaves and the offer if freedom to slaves because they were really desperate to become free people. Direction: (Please read carefully) 1. Review all the source analysis and Thesis Statement Provided. (Decided if you want to make any changes to the thesis) 2. Present your evidence. You MUST use and cite at least 6 different primary source documents of the 15 that was provided Remember that this is an argumentative essay. You do not have to recite the events of the revolt. Focus on examples from the primary sources that address the causes of the revolt you have listed in your thesis.