Interview three people from a culture different than your own. Feel free to be liberal in how you define the term culture that is, cultural differences can be any aspect of the family that is different from yours (e.g., socioeconomic, religion, racial, ethnic, language, etc). Please make sure to include the following components in your interview: a) What is the role of mother and father […]

Research 3-5 early childhood classroom environments. Take note of the materials found in each environment and how the rooms are arranged. Create two classroom models that maximize literacy opportunities for young children within two different ages/grades, one in a Birth-PK and the other in K-3. Write a 750-1,000-word explanation of the two classroom models that includes the following: 1.      How you have integrated effective literacy […]

Introduction Literacy is such an important part of any Early Childhood classroom.  Although children use and expand their literacy in almost every activity and curriculum area in which they participate, creating a child-centered language arts area focuses on the importance of literacy as a central core of the curriculum. The Assignment Consider the elements of a quality Pre-K language and literacy learning center. For your […]

What Did He Mean by That? (journal)     Horace Mann (1779-1859) is best known as the father of the American public education system. Mann improved the school system by limiting private influence, increasing the number of high schools and increasing attendance. In addition, he was instrumental in bettering the salaries for teachers. Review the following quotes from this great advocate for education. Select one […]

Interview Assignment Instructions Overview While textbooks and scholarly journal articles can provide a great deal of useful information, interviews have the potential to bring that information to life. It is extremely beneficial to speak with individuals who have firsthand knowledge of the content or skills that we seek to understand. The interview assignment will allow you to speak with an individual who has experienced special […]

2 peer responses due in 4 hours MALEETA’S POST:   World War II film Saving Private Ryan (1998), directed by one of my favorites, Steven Spielberg, is what I the topic my topic of week five’s discussion. This film is like no other World War II film that I have seen because of the realistic combat. I found myself getting overwhelmed, covering my eyes, and getting sick […]

These responses are due TODAY!!   Please respond to the below discussion questions, your response should be clearly written and contain references:     Discussion #1 Identify and discuss how the Situational and Style approaches to leadership could be used when leading teams.        The situation approach to leadership recognizes no single form of management as better than others. Blanchard, (2008) asserts “In situational Leadership, there […]

  For this assignment you will be reviewing an article from the area of child development. Your text this week has described some important concepts related to research with young children, and your task is to read and reflect on ONE of the attached articles in order to incorporate your understanding of these concepts. After completing your reading, provide the following information for each article […]