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2. EDU 304ACADEMIC COACH EDU 304 Entire Course (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com 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

3. EDU 304ACADEMIC COACH EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 1 Becoming a Teacher (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com 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?

4. EDU 304ACADEMIC COACH EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 1 The Pendulum of Educational Reform (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com DQ 1 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:

5. EDU 304ACADEMIC COACH EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 2 Types of Assessment (Ash)For more course tutorials visitwww.uophelp.comTypes 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:

6. EDU 304ACADEMIC COACH EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 2 Types of Assessment (Ash)For more course tutorials visitwww.uophelp.comTypes 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:

7. EDU 304ACADEMIC COACH EDU 304 Week 2 My Personal Teaching Philosophy (Ash)For more course tutorials visitwww.uophelp.comMy 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?

8. EDU 304ACADEMIC COACH EDU 304 Week 3 DQ 1 The Gift of Diversity (Ash)For more course tutorials visitwww.uophelp.comThe 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

9. EDU 304ACADEMIC COACH EDU 304 Week 3 DQ 2 Aligning Instruction with Federal Legislation (Ash)For more course tutorials visitwww.uophelp.comAligning 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

10. EDU 304ACADEMIC COACH EDU 304 Week 3 The Inclusion Classroom (Ash)For more course tutorials visitwww.uophelp.comThe 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

11. EDU 304ACADEMIC COACH EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 1 Teaching the Standards with Technology (Ash)For more course tutorials visitwww.uophelp.comTeaching 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:

12. EDU 304ACADEMIC COACH EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 2 The Teacher’s Role in a Global Classroom (Ash)For more course tutorials visitwww.uophelp.comThe 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:

13. EDU 304ACADEMIC COACH EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 1 Classroom Communities and Academic Success (Ash)For more course tutorials visitwww.uophelp.comClassroom 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

14. EDU 304ACADEMIC COACH EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 2 High-Stakes Testing (Ash)For more course tutorials visitwww.uophelp.comHigh-Stakes Testing. Read the article Why Has High-Stakes Testing so Easily Slipped Into Contemporary American Life?

15. EDU 304ACADEMIC COACH EDU 304 Week 5 Final Paper (Ash)For more course tutorials visitwww.uophelp.comFinal PaperFor 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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