Category: Education

Access the link to watch the following video, The Power of Literacy. You will need to watch it a couple of times to see how the gentleman featured in the video grew in his literacy development and his motivation for learning to read. How did this impact his ability to communicate not only with his family, but society in general?

I have used this video over a dozen times in class and I still get chill bumps every time I watch! Enjoy!
In a one page document, analyze where the Nine Guiding Principles for Literacy (Corwin Text, Figure 4.2, page 55) are supported in this video.
Identify five or more principles and pull examples from the video that support those guiding principles.
Be creative with your response by composing an Infographic that supports these guiding principles.

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case study 500 words
Purpose: Students will synthesize their understandings of developmental theory and the current research base in order to propose solutions to problems presented in various case studies.
Name—Identify one problem.
Reflect—Identify all of the stakeholders and their positions relative to the problem.
Act—Choose one solution to your proposed problem and make a case for your choice. Be sure to incorporate theory and research, from the articles, the chapters and the video clips, to support your identified solution to the problem.
Case Study: Thomas Sr. at 60 and Tom Jr. at 25
Thomas Sr. better known as “Tee” and son Tom Jr. or “TJ” both arrive home just before the usual dinner time of 7:00 pm. Each enters the home through the kitchen just off the garage. The home is filled with great smells. Tina, Tee’s wife of 30 years, is engaged in her daily routine, making the family its three square meals. The two each passed by mom with no more than a head nod. The talking coming from the living room is the familiar sound of Lester Holt, the nightly news broadcaster mom watches religiously. The volume on the television set is maxed out. Every word Lester speaks makes you feel like she is standing right next to you shouting in your ear. Unfortunately, the men of the family are used to it. Ever since mom turned 60 she listens to everything at full volume, though no one bothers to make a fuss.
TJ, the couple’s only child lives at home. Tom and Tina, once typical empty nesters looking for ways to fill the hollow spaces left by their son’s time at college and graduate school, find themselves arguing regularly over TJ’s future. However, Tom Jr. is far from concerned.
The family gathers around the kitchen table for dinner. Lester has signed off for the evening, so the TV is off. “So where have you applied TJ?” asks Tina with a mother’s love. TJ doesn’t answer. She asks him again. Simultaneously, Tee let’s out a sigh. The reason is obvious. Tina has been asking TJ the very same question for months. While she tries not to broach the topic of employment every day, it feels like she does. Unexpectedly, TJ gets up from the table, slams down his fork, and disappears through the very same door he entered earlier. He goes to his 6-year-old car, a high school graduation gift from his parents, stares at it for a moment, kicks the door with everything that he has got, and reaches for his stress relief medication.
What is the central issue here? What normative and non-normative life events shape the central issue? Be sure to consider the following issues and theoretical perspectives that have been explored to date:
Erikson’s Psychosocial Development
Arnett’s Emerging Adulthood
Andragogy-Adult Learning Levinson’s Theory of Life Structures

write an essay about stunting with the theme of the importance of adequate nutrition in the first 1000 days of life

Reflection on Teacher Leadership
In this assignment, you will write a 3 page paper (not including the title and reference pages) reflecting on the topics of becoming a teacher leader, communication and collaboration, and leadership for student learning.
Step 1. Introduce
Introduce your reflection paper by relating the topics of teacher leadership, communication and collaboration, and leadership for student learning in 1-2 well-developed paragraphs.
Step 2. Compose
Compose one page on each topic guided by the questions (1 well-developed paragraph per question). Reflect on what you have learned in this course. Use the titles as subheadings in the paper.
Becoming a Teacher Leader
What specific knowledge and skills have you gained in this course to assist you in exploring and fulfilling teacher leadership opportunities in your school?
What obstacles are making it difficult for you to involve yourself in teacher leader initiatives?
How will you transform data into relevant information you and your colleagues can use in decision making to improve your practice and your students’ learning?
Communication and Collaboration
What knowledge and skills have you gained to support you in helping foster a school culture of communication and collaboration to improve instructional practices?
What strategies will you use to build consensus and bring together diverse members of a team when developing collaborative solutions to school or classroom initiatives?
How will you use supportive communication techniques to enhance your relationships with colleagues and persuade them of the positive academic outcomes teacher leadership may yield?
Leadership for Student Learning
What initiatives do you propose for your school to positively affect student learning, and, as a teacher leader, how will you obtain buy-in from colleagues?
Why do you predict these initiatives will be more effective than those already implemented?
How will you measure the outcome an initiative has on student achievement?
Step 3. Conclude
As a conclusion, in a well-developed paragraph, connect the topics in the reflection paper to summarize your learning in this course.

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Discuss liberal ideology 
Discuss Christian national ideology 
Discuss liberation socialism

In the Final Paper, you will submit a Research Proposal, a plan for a new study on the research topic you selected in Week 1. Note that all instructor feedback from your previous journal activities should be applied in preparing your proposal.
In your paper,
Include the following content under the given sections.
Introduction
Introduce the research topic.
Explain why it is important.
Present your research question and/or hypothesis.
Literature Review
Summarize the current state of knowledge on your topic by citing the methods and findings of at least two previous research studies.
State whether your proposed study is a replication of a previous study or a new approach using methods that have not been used before.
Methods for Qualitative/ Quantitative study
Design
Indicate whether your proposed study is qualitative or quantitative.
Select one of the research designs you have studied in the course.
Indicate whether the design is experimental or non-experimental.
Evaluate why this design is appropriate for your research topic.
Cite the textbook and one other source on research methodology to support your choice.
Participants
Describe the study population.
Identify the sampling strategy you would use to recruit participants.
Explain the estimated number of participants you would need for your study and why your sampling method is appropriate for your research approach.
Procedure/Measures
Describe the steps you would use in carrying out your study.
Data Analysis
Describe the statistical techniques (if quantitative) or the analysis procedure (if qualitative) you plan to use to analyze the data.
Cite at least one source on the chosen analysis technique.
Ethical Issues
Analyze the impact of ethical concerns on your proposed study, such as confidentiality, deception, informed consent, potential harm to participants, conflict of interest, and IRB approval.
Explain how you would address these concerns.
Conclusion
Briefly summarize the major points of your research plan and reiterate why your proposed study is needed.
The Research Proposal paper
must be 6 to 7 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word resource.
must include a separate title page with the following in title case:
title of paper in bold font
Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
student’s name
name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
course name and number
instructor’s name
due date
must utilize academic voice.
Review the Academic Voice resource for additional guidance.
must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions and Writing a Thesis Statement, refer to the Writing Center resources.
must use at least 4 scholarly, peer-reviewed sources in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, refer to this Quick and Easy Library Research tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process and provides some library search tips.
must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper guide.
must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center.
Refer to the APA: Formatting Your References List resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Format
requirements for Personal Understanding of Diversity/ Social Justice Paper:
·       
3 pages
written in Microsoft Word’s 12-point Times New Roman font, 1 inch 
margins, double-spaced. Include a title page with name and date (not to be
included in the 3-4 page requirement)
The essay should be an honest self reflection on your experiences and personal
understanding of class, diversity, social justice and equity. The assignment is
for you to consider and write about any areas of personal growth,
misconceptions, personal ‘isms’, barriers to learning, ‘aha’ moments, and
thoughts on leading through the lens of social justice, diversity, inclusion,
and/or equity. What (if any) impact did this reading have on your life
personally and professionally? How do you foresee taking the impact moving
forward? How (or were) your previous perceptions and attitudes challenged? What
paradigm shifts or new insights did you obtain about yourself, your cohort as a
collective or as individuals?
——– What I wrote
Your Personal Understanding of Class, Diversity and
Social Justice
I love Mexico, and for many years, I have observed
inequality, inclusion, and a lack of diversity, especially among women. Gender
equality, by definition, refers to equal rights, responsibilities, and
opportunities for everyone, regardless of gender or sex, ethnicity, age,
ability, religion, and culture.
I have worked since I was 14 years old, and even when I was
young, I could see how other women were not treated equally at work, not just
in the aspect of position promotion but also in the executive environment.
Women did not have the same opportunity for fair employment.
Also, in high school, I noticed that out of my class of 40
students, 25 were women and 15 were men; many of my female classmates were not
continuing their education because they had to continue working or start
working to help their families. On the other hand, almost all of the male
classmates were pursuing college or technical careers. In my own family, my mom
was told by the city major that she was still young to retire after 25 years of
service in the government. That year, the city management changed the
retirement qualification years of service from 25 to 30 years before receiving
retirement benefits.
Here in the States, I met my husband when I was going to
nursing school. To be honest, we both applied after graduation to the same
company and the same job position, but when we received the job offer, it
clearly looked different from my husband’s. It looked significantly different
in the hourly compensation section by a couple of dollars per hour. To my
surprise, the company we both applied to had a particular policy not to discuss
how much we were getting paid with other co-workers.
I guess I was not surprised but a little disappointed that I
saw the same inequality in pay compensation, and it was hard to believe that it
also happened in the number one nation in the world.
One of the many things I improve in the people I have had
the opportunity to touch with for a few months is when working on their
resumes. I have had the chance to work with many employers and HR
representatives, and one of the things that they check is the prospective
employees’ social media, home addresses, and personal references. It got me
thinking: if they would research their addresses and notice that they live 30
to 40 minutes from the employer’s address, would they give them an opportunity
based on their skills and personality and not on the distance that they have to
travel to get to work? Suppose they ask them a question that asks them to tell
me a little bit about yourself during the interview. They answer I am a single
mom or I have several kids. In that case, they may not want to employ them
because they may be afraid of the employee coming to work late or even how many
times they will miss work because their children were sick or had emergencies.
I help them not only modify the resume format but also provide them with an
opportunity to receive an interview, and the employer find how quality and good
employers they can be and the much potential and aspect that they can be to any
employee if they only give them the opportunity to become part of the company.
As a person leaving with a disability, I understand directly
that inclusiveness is not always present. I understand that it is not always
simple to overcome the obstacles in front of us because of our limits. However,
it is difficult when society and the community contribute to making exclusion
appear more like inclusion for all abilities.
In my opinion, women’s rights call upon us, everyone as a
society, to critically assess the persistent gaps in workforce participation,
pay equity, and leadership opportunities. Our role is pivotal in conquering
these obstacles and constructing a more just and equitable city, state, nation,
and world. We need an authentic revolution of education and society to achieve
this goal. We must educate and have an impulse for freedom of expression.
(I know I am missing more in
inclusion and diversity; can you please add it)

Disaggregate data from a specific school in your district by reviewing the last 3 years’ worth of data in either reading or mathematics. How does this school compare to the district, state, and nation in relation to proficiency? Discuss what steps, based on the trends seen in the data, should be taken to develop and refine the curriculum. You are expected to use charts to display your data, also describe in narrative form what the data presents and use relevant sources and scholarly references to support your findings.

In this assignment, you will apply your knowledge of cognition, metacognition, and critical thinking to the five assumptions related to Bloom’s taxonomy and critical thinking you chose in Module 1. With this, you will create a concept map showing how your ideas about critical thinking, cognition, and metacognition are related.
Step 1. Consider
In Module 1, you noted five assumptions you hold about Bloom’s taxonomy and critical thinking. Consider your learning in this course so far, and use the following questions to respond to each of the five assumptions:
Which of your five assumptions from the Module 1 assignment have held true so far?
How have the assumptions you still hold true been confirmed or deepened?
Which assumptions have been challenged so far?
How have the assumptions been challenged?
Step 2. Create
Create a concept map of your choice to summarize how your perspectives on the assumptions have held true or been challenged. Incorporate your knowledge of cognition, metacognition, and critical thinking in your response.
Include APA-formatted in-citations and a reference page.
See the Module 2 Learning Objects for concept map tools and resources.
Step 3. Submit
Submit your APA-formatted title page, concept map, and reference page.