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For more course tutorials visit<br>www.uoptutorial.com<br><br><br>EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 1 Becoming a Teacher<br>EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 2 Challenges and Rewards for the Reflective Practitioner<br>EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 1 The Pendulum of Educational Reform<br>EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 2 Types of Assessment<br>EDU 304 Week 2 My Personal Teaching Philosophy<br>EDU 304 Week 3 DQ 1 The Gift of Diversity<br>EDU 304 Week 3 DQ 2 Aligning Instruction with Federal Legislation<br>EDU 304 Week 3 The Inclusion Classroom<br>EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 1 Teaching the Standards with Technology<br>EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 2 The Teacher’s Role in a Global Classroom<br>EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 1 Classroom Communities and Academic Success<br>EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 2 High-Stakes Testing<br>EDU 304 Week 5 Final Paper<br>
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EDU 304 Ash Tutorial Course EDU 304 ENTIRE COURSE EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 1 Becoming a Teacher • EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 1 Becoming a Teacher • EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 2 Challenges and Rewards for the Reflective Practitioner • EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 1 The Pendulum of Educational Reform • EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 2 Types of Assessment • EDU 304 Week 2 My Personal Teaching Philosophy • EDU 304 Week 3 DQ 1 The Gift of Diversity • EDU 304 Week 3 DQ 2 Aligning Instruction with Federal Legislation • EDU 304 Week 3 The Inclusion Classroom • Becoming a Teacher. View the video Becoming a Teacher: Voices and Advice from the Field (http://login.cengagebrain.com/cb/). This video showcases several teachers, some new to the field and some who have been teaching for years. Pay special attention to their ideas about what is needed to be a successful teacher. How do these teachers deal with diversity, student learning and educational reform?
EDU 304 Ash Tutorial Course EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 2 Challenges and Rewards for the Reflective Practitioner EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 1 The Pendulum of Educational Reform • Challenges and Rewards for the Reflective Practitioner. The “Teaching Stories” shared in Chapter 2 reveal the demands of the teaching profession and the need for reflection. Respond to the following questions: • 1.Explain what it means to be a reflective practitioner. Whose teaching story in this chapter did you most relate to? Why? • 2.Which story did your find the most instructive for your own teaching philosophy? • 3.What role do diversity, accountability and educational reform play in reflective teaching? • The Pendulum of Educational Reform. Your text states: “To understand the ways American public schooling has shifted over the last century, imagine the swings of a pendulum” (Koch, 62). Please reflect on how the pendulum is continually in motion by thinking and responding to the following questions: • § Which period of educational reform do you believe us to be in today and why?
EDU 304 Ash Tutorial Course EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 2 Types of Assessment EDU 304 Week 2 My Personal Teaching Philosophy • Types of Assessment. Assessment is the process of collecting information to find out what students are learning. View the video Performance Assessment: Student Presentations in a High School English Class (http://login.cengagebrain.com/cb/). Please define the following concepts in relation to assessment: • § Embedded assessments § Authentic (performance) assessments • My Personal Teaching Philosophy. Write a 2-3 page paper describing your personal teaching philosophy at this point. Are you an essentialist? A progressive? A social reconstructionist? A mix of several types? How and why? How do the learning theories presented in Chapter 4 influence your philosophy? How do these learning theories provide for meeting the diverse needs of your students?
EDU 304 Ash Tutorial Course EDU 304 Week 3 DQ 1 The Gift of Diversity EDU 304 Week 3 DQ 2 Aligning Instruction with Federal Legislation • The Gift of Diversity. Your text states: “The most important theme of this chapter is that differences among students are a gift to welcome in your classroom, not a barrier to overcome” (Koch, 2012). Identify and briefly describe 5 types of diversity presented in Chapter 5 of your text. Which areas of student diversity pose the most challenges for you as a future teacher? How will you meet those challenges and welcome those differences in your classroom? • Aligning Instruction with Federal Legislation. View the video Foundations: Aligning Instruction with Federal Legislation (http://login.cengagebrain.com/cb/). This video presents a roundtable discussion in which teachers, specialists and an intern reflect on how the legislation for IDEA and No Child Left Behind directly affects their teaching.
EDU 304 Ash Tutorial Course EDU 304 Week 3 The Inclusion Classroom EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 1 Teaching the Standards with Technology • The Inclusion Classroom. Write a 2-3 page paper describing the concept of Inclusion as discussed in Chapter 6 of your text and in your own words: • § Define inclusion • § Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this educational approach • Teaching the Standards with Technology. Read The Power of Technology article by Lee L. Jenkins. Based upon your reading of this article and your reading of Chapter 7 in the text, please respond to the following questions: • § What role does technology play in regard to academic standards? • How does technology promote meeting the needs of all students? Give specific examples.
EDU 304 Ash Tutorial Course EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 2 The Teachers Role in a Global Classroom EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 1 Classroom Communities and Academic Success • The Teacher’s Role in a Global Classroom. View the video Diversity: Teaching in a Multiethnic Classroom (http://login.cengagebrain.com/cb/). This video gives an opportunity to view second graders from diverse ethnic backgrounds collaborating on a special project. Based upon your viewing of this video and your reading of Chapter 8 in the text, please respond to the following questions: • § In what ways does this American classroom feel like a global classroom? • Classroom Communities and Academic Success. We know from recent studies that children who feel a sense of identity within a group are the most well-adjusted and successful in school. The opportunity to participate as a contributing member of a community helps children to become successful learners, problem solvers, and decision makers. Chapter 9 of your text discusses characteristics of a classroom community.
EDU 304 Ash Tutorial Course EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 2 High-Stakes Testing EDU 304 Week 5 Final Paper • High-Stakes Testing. Read the article Why Has High-Stakes Testing so Easily Slipped Into Contemporary American Life? by Nichols and Berliner. Based upon your reading of this article and information in your text, do you agree with the issues presented in this article? Why or why not? Give specific examples to support your opinions. • Final Paper • For the final paper, you will demonstrate an understanding of the complex set of issues that must be considered as you embark on your professional preparation to become a classroom teacher. In addition to the requirements of skills and knowledge, your own pedagogy is essential to your future endeavors.
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