Application 1: Change Through the Ages Part 1 Table 1.2 (pp.14–15) in your text summarizes the ways in which society’s goals for education have changed from the Agrarian Age through the Industrial Age and finally, to today’s Knowledge Age. Recognizing that one of the primary goals of education is to prepare individuals to enter and remain productive in the workforce, consider how occupations have […]

  Enhancing a Lesson Your readings and video for this week discussed the skills necessary for learning and innovation and provided examples in the context of problem solving and project-based learning contexts. With these examples in mind, analyze the sample lesson plan on Urban Communities Exploration provided in this week’s resources to determine how it can be enhanced to provide greater opportunity for students to […]

    Capstone Paper and Draft of Chapter 1 Regardless of what type of capstone project you choose to produce, you must submit an associated paper. For this assignment you are required to develop and submit a draft of the first chapter of your capstone paper, Chapter 1: Introduction. This should be a draft only. Later in the course, you will finalize this particular chapter […]

  Determining Hiring Criteria As stated on page 73 of the course text, the last five Performance Evaluation Criteria shown on Table 5.1 (on page 74) are career and life skills, which “…are some of the performance qualities most often reviewed on employee evaluations.” These critical skills are not new but, rather, “some of the age-old personal skills…that are becoming more in demand as technology […]

Content Review     Directions: •Respond to each item. Each response should be concise and between 2–3 paragraphs in length. •Use MS Word to write your responses, and submit your answers to all three questions in one Word document. •Copy and paste each question into the document, so your Instructor can see which questions you are answering.   1.Explain what racial boundaries are and why they form among […]

Ethnicity and Race   This week, you have examined some of the ways in which ethnicity and race influence the development of school-age children and adolescents. Often, ethnicity and race are the first things that people actively perceive about others, whether because of skin color, clothing style, or even a name. As a result, ethnicity and race inevitably play heightened roles in how all individuals, including […]

  Assignment 2: Leading Self Managing Teams Report This week’s module covers the role that team leadership has on a team’s effectiveness, in terms of motivation, development, building team culture, managing conflict, etc. For this assignment, you will analyze and compare two perspectives regarding leading effective teams. Follow the directions below to write a 3–5 page report. First, read the following two articles regarding teamwork: Resnick, M. […]

   “Theory of Oppression”  Please respond to the following: Note: This can either be a written or video discussion post. Note: Collaboration matters! Please respond to at least one other student. · Partnering with Hetrick-Martin Institute, New York City’s Department of Education is one of the first educational organizations to open a high school created specifically for the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) population. […]

I DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THIS BOOK, YOU WILL HAVE TO FIND THE INFORMATION ON YOUR OWN!    Ornstein, A.C. and Levine, D. U. (2011). Foundations of Education (13th ed). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.    Your goal is to write a reflective summary of Chapter 3. You must explain what the chapter is conveying to the reader pursuing a teaching career.  Demonstrate your knowledge and […]

   “Racism and Homophobic Bullying on Campus”  Please respond to the following: Note: This can either be a written or video discussion post. Note: Collaboration matters! Please respond to at least one other student. Read Sam and Gary’s stories on pp. 14 and 15 of the “Racist and Homophobic Bullying in Adulthood: Narratives From Gay men of Color in Higher Education” article. Next, summarize both […]