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EDU 304 Entire Course (Ash)

• 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

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EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 1 Becoming a Teacher (Ash)

• EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 1 Becoming a Teacher
• Education - General Education
• 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
• 1.List the various qualities the teachers mention
  as essential. How many of them overlap with the
  attributes listed in the sidebar Attributes of
  Good Teachers in Chapter 1 of your text?

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EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 2 Challenges and Rewards for
the Reflective Practitioner (Ash)

• EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 2 Challenges and Rewards for
  the Reflective Practitioner
• Education - General Education
• 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?

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EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 1 The Pendulum of Educational
Reform (Ash)

• EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 1 The Pendulum of Educational
  Reform
• Education - General Education
• 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?
• Where is the pendulum now and which way is
  it moving? Think about such educational reforms
  as standards-based education, NCLB (No Child Left
  Behind) and the Race to the Top competition from
  the federal government (Race to the Top is a
  federal fund for competitive grants. It awards
  states money based on their approved plans for
  educational reform).

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EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 2 Types of Assessment (Ash)

• EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 2 Types of Assessment
• Education - General Education
• 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.co
  m/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 assessments in
  each state. What are some of the issues that
  present themselves with this type of assessment?

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EDU 304 Week 2 My Personal Teaching Philosophy
(Ash)

• EDU 304 Week 2 My Personal Teaching Philosophy
• Education - General Education
• 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 (Ash)

• EDU 304 Week 3 DQ 1 The Gift of Diversity
• Education - General Education
• 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 (Ash)

• EDU 304 Week 3 DQ 2 Aligning Instruction with
  Federal Legislation
• Education - General Education
• Aligning Instruction with Federal Legislation.
  View the video Foundations Aligning Instruction
  with Federal Legislation (http//login.cengagebrai
  n.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 What is the
  best advice for a new teacher who finds himself
  or herself in an inclusion classroom as a general
  education teacher? How does the inclusion
  specialist express the sentiments behind the idea
  in Chapter 6 that one size does not fit all?

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EDU 304 Week 3 The Inclusion Classroom (Ash)

• EDU 304 Week 3 The Inclusion Classroom
• Education - General Education
• 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
• Discuss the controversy regarding the practice
  of inclusion You must include a minimum of 2
  references in addition to the course text.

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EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 1 Teaching the Standards with
Technology (Ash)

• EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 1 Teaching the Standards with
  Technology
• Education - General Education
• 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?

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EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 2 The Teachers Role in a
Global Classroom (Ash)

• EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 2 The Teachers Role in a
  Global Classroom
• Education - General Education
• 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?
• Think back to what we said in Chapter 4 about
  curriculum as both a window and a mirror for
  students. How does this activity act as a window
  and a mirror for the students in this class?
• How does this activity foster an
  appreciation of global differences?

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EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 1 Classroom Communities and
Academic Success (Ash)

• EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 1 Classroom Communities and
  Academic Success
• Education - General Education
• 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.

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EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 2 High-Stakes Testing (Ash)

• EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 2 High-Stakes Testing
• Education - General Education
• 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 (Ash)

• EDU 304 Week 5 Final Paper
• Education - General Education
• 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.
• You will begin working on these areas through
  weekly assignments throughout the course. Address
  each of the following bullet points in your final
  paper

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