Education

School Discourse Analysis (20%) Educational scholars have analyzed and written at length about the historical context of culture, power, and discipline/control that has created our contemporary educational climate. None of these scholars, however, works in your school and with your students, colleagues, and administration. This assignment asks you to notice and note the discourse around “goodness” and “badness” (in particular as it is related to “difference” e.g. race, socioeconomic status, language, ability, gender identity, and sexual orientation) in your school.  Over the first few weeks of the semester, using a T-chart format, note down any moment where you notice moments of “goodness” or “badness” as related to student behavior.  Note down any dialogue and action you can from the moment on the left side of the T-chart.  On the right side, consider what you might be seeing given the historical and contemporary framework of discipline and punishment provided by our readings. Using your observations, write a brief analysis of discipline and punishment in your school context. What counts as “good”? What counts as “bad”? Who decides? What are the outcomes that impact students? How do you make sense of all of this? How do you position your intersectional self within all of this? To turn in: Your observational notes A 3-5 page analytic paper (Double- spaced; 12pt font, Times New Roman, 1-inch margins, APA style in text citations/quotations, APA style reference page).

DO NOT ANSWER THE PROMPTS: Just simply Write Comments on responses to these prompts bellow:  comment on 1st (R.B) and 2nd response (B.M)   prompts in the Education Code discussion forum :  What is your understanding of the California Education Code and Title 5 code or regulations? What role do constituencies play in policy development at the K-12 level?

Color is such an integral part of daily life that we tend to take it for granted, seldom thinking about how color affects our response to objects in our environment. Click on the article “True Colors of Ancient Statues” (below) to explore how color may alter your perceptions of works of art. https://moco-choco.com/2014/04/18/true-colors-of-ancient-greek-and-roman-statues/ What did you find surprising about the way ancient Greek statues looked when they were new?  Mention specific characteristics of individual statues or buildings. Which did you prefer, the white statues you were accustomed to seeing or the newly painted copies? Why? You may have liked some statues better white and others better in color. How did specific colors–such as red, blue and yellow–seem to shape your perceptions? If you wish, you may click on the article below for ideas. https://www.verywellmind.com/color-psychology-2795824#:~:text=Color%20is%20a%20powerful%20communication,%2C%20increased%20metabolism%2C%20and%20eyestrain. ?Briefly describe what you learned about the impact of color by comparing the white and colorful versions of ancient statues.?

What steps will I take to prevent or limit the known causes of misbehavior that might otherwise influence my classes? Specific Format : Write the question in bold print. Write the rest of the paragraph in regular print. Proactive behavior management is a crucial step in effectively managing student behavior. Take your time on this assignment.  Think through all of the misbehaviors, minor and not-so-minor, that you might prevent from happening if you have a developed plan to address these behaviors before they start.

Special educators will teach comprehension skills, no matter what subjects or grade levels they teach. Students of all ages should also be taught strategies to monitor their own reading abilities and progress, giving them autonomy and power for metacognition. An effective special educator knows the value of using research-based strategies that empower students and enable them to increase their reading comprehension. Create a digital presentation, to be used for teacher professional development in an elementary school, which creatively and accurately explains current research on how to develop reading comprehension skills. Your presentation should be 10-15 slides, including a title slide, reference slide, and presenter’s notes. Within your presentation, explain each of the following: ·         Summarize how language development, fluency, and vocabulary are critical to building a student’s capacity to comprehend what he or she reads at a younger age. ·         Select three of the five recommendations from the practice guide meant to increase reading comprehension for young readers. Demonstrate how each recommendation relates to the research you presented. ·         Describe evidence-based strategies, different from those in the practice guide, that students can be taught to use to enhance their language development, fluency, and comprehension. Justify why these strategies are useful. Your digital presentation should include graphics that are relevant to the content, are visually appealing, and use space appropriately. Support your presentation with a minimum of two scholarly resources.

Watch the PBS segment on Georgia’s segregation of students with disabilities. Write a 1–2 page paper in which you address the following: What might be the state of Georgia’s rationale for this practice? Other than the obvious, horrific examples given in the video, how could such segregation be damaging to students with disabilities? How might the state of Georgia address this issue? Remember to take into account their possible rationale for the practice. Your essay should be 1-2 pages in length. the reference is the video Remember to use appropriate formatting as per APA (6th ed.): https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/0 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/kids-disabilities-behavior-problems-illegally-segregated-georgia

There will be the website link which will be posted by me. After watching what is on the site, reflect on the value and several things about what was so important from what you saw on the website and why was it important? Also, it should include what does this look like in action as an pre-school teacher? 2 pages DOES NOT include title page and the reference.

Please write a 2 to 3 page paper, double spaced, answering the following questions: 1. The focus of Malala’s message is that an education is worth dying for; what is Malala’s perspective of education? How is that perspective the same or different from how we, in America, view education? What might Malala think about our understanding of education? Is her only goal to get a job? 2. All throughout the telling of her story, Malala clearly identifies with her homeland: “so I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as Swati and then Pashtun, before Pakistani”. In what ways does identifying ourselves with our homeland open up opportunities? In what ways can it limit us? 3. Malala demonstrates an overwhelming sense of courage in the face of adversity. Discuss how Malala reacts to challenges she faces, as well as the challenges to Swat and Pakistan. How do her peers react? What gives them strength? 4. Malala and her father have a very unique and close relationship. Think of someone in your life how has become a mentor. How did they inspire you?

Describe  3 learnings that you took away from reading the two articles  by summarizing briefly the important learning and explaining how it might inform your choices of books or approach to using books with children in the classroom.

Read Chapters 3, 6, and 8 in Design Alchemy: Transforming the Way We Think About Learning and Teaching, where instructional design is proposed as a combination of science, art, and alchemy. Also read Sustainable e-Learning: Toward a Coherent Body of Knowledge, as the authors investigate possible approaches towards sustainable teaching and learning in the higher education sector. Finally, view the media piece,Anatomy of eLearning: Conceptual Framework, in this module’s Learning Resources with a focus on the “Sustainability” (bottom right) section.  Then, reflect on a course that you have recently taken and completed or a course that you have recently taught, and consider the sustainability of its design Post the Following: Deconstruct the design and delivery of the course you selected. Then, analyze the level of sustainability of the course. Finally, explain whether the course is sustainable or not—providing reasons to support your position. In your explanation, be sure to describe the sustainable elements in the course or describe specific strategies you would use to make course elements more sustainable. Adopt and defend a firm position on the need for sustainability in eLearning. Support your analysis using the three pillars of sustainability, personal experience, and at least one research study (PhD, EdD, and EdS students) or dissertation (PhD and EdD students); include course resources as applicable.