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EDU 304 Entire Course For more classes
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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
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EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 1 Becoming a Teacher For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.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? Respond to the following
questions
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EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 2 Challenges and Rewards for
the Reflective Practitioner For more classes
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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?
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EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 1 The Pendulum of Educational
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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 Which period of
educational reform do you believe us to be in
today and why?
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EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 2 Types of Assessment For more
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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.co
m/cb/). Please define the following concepts in
relation to assessment Embedded assessments?
Authentic (performance) assessments
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EDU 304 Week 2 My Personal Teaching
Philosophy For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com 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?
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EDU 304 Week 3 DQ 1 The Gift of Diversity For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com 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?
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EDU 304 Week 3 DQ 2 Aligning Instruction with
Federal Legislation For more classes
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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. Based
upon your viewing of this video
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EDU 304 Week 3 The Inclusion Classroom For more
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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
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EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 1 Teaching the Standards with
Technology For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com 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?
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EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 2 The Teachers Role in a
Global Classroom For more classes
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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
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EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 1 Classroom Communities and
Academic Success For more classes
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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.
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EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 2 High-Stakes Testing For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com 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.
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EDU 304 Week 5 Final Paper For more classes
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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. In this paper
you will examine and discuss a variety of issues
and trends in education and consider those issues
in relation to your own pedagogy.
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