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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 1 DQ 1 Becoming a

Teacher

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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:

 EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 2 Challenges and

Rewards for the Reflective Practitioner

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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?

 EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 1 The Pendulum of

Educational Reform

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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?

 EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 2 Types of

Assessment

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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
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each type of assessment? When
would it be appropriate to use each type of assessment? The No Child Left Behind
Act mandates standardized

 EDU 304 Week 2 My Personal Teaching

Philosophy

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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 Week 3 DQ 1 The Gift of

Diversity

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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?

 EDU 304 Week 3 DQ 2 Aligning

Instruction with Federal Legislation

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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. Based upon your viewing of this video and your reading of Chapter 6 in the
text, please respond to the following questions

 EDU 304 Week 3 The Inclusion

Classroom

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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
Address the requirement for improved performance of students with disabilities
under the No Child Left Behind Act

 EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 1 Teaching the

Standards with Technology

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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.
In your opinion, what is the greatest promise of technology for teaching and
learning?

 EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 2 The Teachers

Role in a Global Classroom

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The Teachers 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?

 EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 1 Classroom

Communities and Academic Success

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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. Summarize these characteristics and explain why they promote academic
success for students. Discuss what strategies you will employ as a teacher to create
a learning community.

 EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 2 High-Stakes

Testing

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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.

 EDU 304 Week 5 Final Paper

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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. 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. Throughout the text the author has asked
you to consider whether you are a good fit for this profession. A critical and in-depth
discussion of each area must be included.