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EDU 654 Week 1 DQ 1 Historical Perspective For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Historic
al Perspective. Based on the historical
perspectives on student development, offer a
justified definition for student development and
a description of how the definition is grounded
in the historical evolution of the student
development movement. Does your own understanding
of student development align with your
definition?
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EDU 654 Week 1 DQ 2 Critical Paradigms For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Critical
Paradigms. Evans et al (2010) noted that
foundational student development theories have
continued to shift over time. In spite of these
paradigmatic shifts, student affairs principles
have remained grounded in common tenets for more
than 70 years. A tenet is a belief or supposition
that maintains relevance over time. In your
initial post, present a personal student affairs
philosophy statement that is justified by the
readings, and addresses these four tenets
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EDU 654 Week 2 DQ 1 Student Development
Challenges to Persistence For more classes
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Challenges to Persistence. Identify specific
barriers to student ?persistence that could be
the area of focus for your Final Project training
assignment. Explain your choice and provide
real-life examples. Discuss the related student
development theory (or theories) that could be
used to best address this challenge and what
strategies you would use to implement them. Be
sure to support your discussion with references
from the readings. X
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EDU 654 Week 2 DQ 2 Life Stress and Student
Development For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Life Stress and Student Development.
Review the table of significant life events found
under Life Events in Smith (2001) and offer
your reflections as to how one of the life events
listed in the table can cause a significant
readjustment period within student development.
Provide an example from your own experience that
demonstrates a time when a life event caused a
readjustment period for you. How could you use
your experience to provide support for others?
Support your discussion with the relevant
references to Evans et al. (2010). X
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EDU 654 Week 2 Student Development Philosophy
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Stu
dent Development Philosophy. Be sure to read the
instructions for the Final Project prior to
starting the Week Two written assignment, and
assume the hypothetical role of a Student Affairs
professional within a university setting. You
have been asked by your supervisor to prepare a
training session for a new team of academic
advisors that that will be hired and onsite by
the next semester.
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EDU 654 Week 3 DQ 1 Student Individual Identity
Development For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Student Individual Identity
Development. As Evans et al. (2010) noted,
Chickering argued that the college environment
has a tremendous influence over a college
students development (Chickering, 1969
Chickering Reiser, 1993). Select one of the key
issues facing todays college freshmen from the
list below and use any individual identity theory
(or combination of theories) to justify your
discussion as to how the issue may influence a
students college persistence and/or academic
success
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EDU 654 Week 3 DQ 2 Emergent Student Identities
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Eme
rgent Student Identities. As Evans et al. (2010)
described, in the real-world application of
several of the identity development theories,
great care is needed by higher education
leadership in the development of programs or
services that support a college students
evolving individual identity. Choose one common,
emergent identity that surfaces for traditional,
undergraduate college students that need such
support, and offer at least two recommendations
for direct or indirect services that student
affairs departments should be responsible for in
upholding within both an online and traditional
university setting. X  
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EDU 654 Week 3 Training Objective Advisor
Reading List For more classes
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Advisor Reading List. The Student Affairs
department you presented in Week Two will serve
as the setting for the academic advisor training
session designed to focus on student individual
identity development or student social identity
development (see Final Project instructions). In
this assignment, you will first design the
training objective for the training session. Your
training objective will be based one of two
choices
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EDU 654 Week 4 DQ 1 Student Social Identity
Development For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Student Social Identity Development.
Evans et al. (2010) noted that historically,
college student development issues have mirrored
the social constructs of the time. Select one of
the key issues facing todays college freshmen
from the list below and use any social or
socio-cultural identity theory (or combination of
theories) to justify your discussion of how
college student development issues may reflect
current social or cultural constructs a.
Sense of belonging
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EDU 654 Week 4 DQ 2 Social Media and Student
Social Identity For more classes
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Student Social Identity. Much has been studied
and written in this decade on the influence of
social media or networking on traditional-aged
college students. Conduct an internet or library
search and discuss one scholarly article that has
addressed the relationship between social media
ornetworking and a college students emerging
social identity from a theoretical perspective.
Share a summary of the articles main points and
your reactions to them. Make sure to include the
link to your article. X  
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EDU 654 Week 4 Student Development Principles
Checklist For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com   Student Development Principles Checklist.
In Week One, you explored the historical
literature that led to various tenets and
principles that founded the contemporary field of
student development. In this assignment, your
goal is to prepare a one-page student development
principles checklist for the group of new
academic advisors that you will be training. Your
checklist will consist of an itemized list of 12
to 15 tenets or principles that underscore the
student development philosophy in the PowerPoint
presentation you prepared in Week Two.
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EDU 654 Week 5 Academic Advisor Training
Syllabus For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com   Academic Advisor Training Syllabus.
Project Scenario Assume the hypothetical role of
a Student Affairs professional within a
university setting. You have been asked by your
supervisor to prepare one 50-minute training
session for a new team of academic advisors, who
will be hired and onsite by the next semester,
and an advance reading list that they will have
read prior to the training. Your goal is to train
the team of academic advisors on one learning
objective that you will develop with an
individual identity focus or a social identity
focus as justified by student development theory.
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EDU 654 Week 5 DQ 1 Student Affairs as Student
Support For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   Student Affairs as Student Support. Evans
et al. (2010) advocated that Transition ?Theory
should be used for ongoing support and
intervention, especially for graduate learners,
but cautioned against pigeon-holing student
support systems solely based on Schlossberg et
al.
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EDU 654 Week 5 DQ 2 Student as Self For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Student as
Self. For this discussion, draw on your own
experiences as a graduate learner and reflect on
the various support relationships that have been
important to your own academic success. What are
the roles you consider critical to your own
progression within a graduate program, especially
as related to student development, support, or
student affairs?  
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EDU 654 Week 6 DQ 1 The Student Affairs
Professional For more classes
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Professional. As Evans et al. (2010) states,
Models designed to ?connect theory to practice
can be helpful in the intentional structuring of
programs and interventions to facilitate student
development (p. 353). Using one of the models
presented in the text or one that you have found
in an internet search, draft a memorandum to your
supervisor that explains why the model supports
the training objective and training materials you
have developed for your advisor training session.
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EDU 654 Week 6 DQ 2 Student Affairs Professional
Practice For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com   Student Affairs Professional Practice.
Since time is a premium commodity for Student
Affairs professionals, setting aside time for
reflection may be a luxury. However, it is
essential that time is scheduled for reflection
when bringing student development theory to a
professional practice.
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