Constructive Teacher?

Do you consider yourself to be a constructivist teacher?  Explain why you feel the way you do.
Where do your teaching practices "fit" along the constructivist spectrum spanning from radical to conservative?
Do your current teaching practices reflect your views on constructivist-based teaching and learning? Why or why not?

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Constructivism

Congratulations! You have been hired for your ideal teaching position, in your ideal school district.

Living up to your "ideal" expectations, your new school district has been selected to host a panel discussion among a number of leading, world renown, scholars in education. Leading this panel discussion will be Eric Von Glasserfeld, L. S. Vygotsky (miraculously brought to life and speaking fluent English through a new procedure developed by NASA), and Jerome Bruner.

To your dismay, you find that your excitement about this opportunity is not shared among your colleagues. Upon a meeting with your principal, you learn why - Unfortunately, your colleagues are not well-informed on the insights that these famous scholars have contributed to our understanding of constructivist-based teaching and learning. You begin to realize that while your colleagues speak of constructivism regularly, they are not well-informed of its foundations or the various perspectives from which constructivism is often interpreted.

Given your insights and interest in this area, your principal has asked you to assist her in preparing your colleagues for this "once in a lifetime" opportunity.  

Illustrates the following different perspectives of constructivism:
1)Radical Constructivism
2)Social Constructivism
3)Cognitive Constructivism
Who is the key theorist associated with each perspective?
How does each theorist believe knowledge is constructed and/or learning occurs?
Supplement your presentation with a narrative depiction of what you will be "saying". 

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Philiosophy of Education

A teaching philosophy is a summary statement in which one reflects on how they teach and why. You will begin to develop your teaching philosophy by reflecting on and responding to the following:
How do you teach?
Why?  
Importantly, your discussion of "Why" you teach this way is to draw from your insights toward learning theories, as well as your insights on learning, education, and knowledge -that you gained in the previous two modules.

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Teaching

You have applied for your "dream" teaching position, and you are invited for an interview with the school principal. Prior to this interview, however, you have been asked to provide more information about your views and teaching style.

Your Task:
Prepare a response to the following questions:
1.  To what extent and in what manner* do your views on student learning reflect the views of two (2) of the following scholars:
B. F. Skinner?            
A. Maslow?            
J. Piaget or Vygotsky?            
A. Bandura?

*Describe what your students would be doing in your classroom that reflects these views.

2.  To what extent and in what manner* does your teaching style reflect two (2) of the following orientations?
Behaviorist?            
Cognitive?                  
Humanistic?          
Social/Situational
*Describe what you would be doing in your classroom (as a teacher) that reflects this orientation.

Assignment Expectations
Your response to each of the above questions is to clearly illustrate your understanding of (a) the unique influences that 2 of these scholars have had on our understanding / views of learning, and (b) the distinguishing features of 2 of these learning theories,

The structure of your assignment  is to demonstrate your ability to clearly present your insights in an organized and professional manner.

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Edgar Allan Poe's impact and contribution to literature

My research topic is Edgar Allan Poe's impact and contributions to Lietrature. However, I do think I should change the topic and spice it up. I would like to have titles for before few paragraphs. For example, I wanted to add a text(s) so I would like to have title before I start talking about Poe's text(s). I want to discuss about his detective poems. I was thinking to have three sections in the paper where I will talk about genre forming, author influence, and stylistics and hit a few pages on each. I was thinking about giving Poe's some of personal biography to start off with. I am looking for a MLA format work cited "annotated bibliography" followed by text(s), articles, and journals.

The text that I am looking for are Poe's detective tales 20th century, Poe's text horror by steven king and close reading of these text(s). An argument to talk about, his influence and impact on literature.

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Texas History

1.    First Page:  Includes the topic of your research and your name. 
2.    Typing:  Double-spaced.  Size 12 font.
3.    Sources:  At least ten (10) useful sources.  Limit on-line sources to no more than (5) five – use your local library for the print sources.  An internet site is not a source.  Wikipedia may not be used as a source and avoid printed or online encyclopedias as well.  Aim for a balance of popular, literary and scholarly sources.  Sources relevant to the assignment should be cited according to MLA style format in a separate bibliography. 
4.    Length:  5-10 page of text not including your bibliography.
5.    Format:  The final draft of your research paper should follow the conventions of American  Edited English with particular attention to spelling, grammar and usage. You may use parenthetical citation format in the body of your narrative. Your bibliography should be in MLA format.

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Diversity Considerations in Leadership

Diversity, in this course, is defined in its broadest terms. Diversity refers not only to race and ethnicity, but also to differences in gender, age, culture, religion, socioeconomic status, physical ability, and other criteria. Diversity brings with it opportunity and possibility, but providing leadership in settings that are highly diverse may be challenging to some. Effective leaders acknowledge the strengths of diversity, and work to address the challenges they experience within themselves and amongst colleagues. Leaders who work effectively with diversity can foster improved relationships and greater productivity in their organizations.

To prepare for this Discussion:
    
    Review Chapter 13 in your course text, The Art of Leadership. Pay particular attention to the sections on managing diversity and diversity strategies and techniques.
    
    Review the article, "Women and the Labyrinth of Leadership," and focus on the challenges that women face in leadership roles.
    
    Review the article, "Challenges of Leading a Diverse Workforce," and pay particular attention to how generational differences can present challenges to leaders.
    
    Think of a challenge that you might experience while leading in a diverse setting.
    
    Consider two strategies you might use to address this challenge so as to provide effective leadership in such a setting.
Assignment: 1 page, APA style format, No Plagiarism and must be cited. Thank you

Write a challenge that you might experience as a leader in a diverse setting. Explain two strategies you might use to address this challenge so as to provide effective leadership in this setting. Be specific, and cite the Learning Resources that support your thoughts.

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Resources:


    Course Text: The Art of Leadership
    
Chapter 12, "Human Behavior and the Art of Persuasion"
Chapter 13, "The Diversity Challenge"

Article: Campigotto, N. (2009). Cultural intelligence: The key to global leadership. Retrieved from http://www.wabccoaches.com/bcw/2008_v4_i3/a-global-workplace.html

Article: Eagly, A. H., & Carli, L. L. (2007). Women and the labyrinth of leadership. Harvard Business Review, 9, 1–11. Retrieved from http://pds.hccfl.edu/pds/Newsletters/NewsletteriD1.pdf

Article: Joplin, J. R. W., & Daus, C. S. (1997). Challenges of leading a diverse workforce. Academy of Management Executive, 11(3), 32–47.

Article: Tan, J.-S. (2004). Cultural intelligence and the global economy. Leadership in Action, 24(5), 19–21. Retrieved from http://www.ccl.org/leadership/pdf/publications/lia/v24n5question.pdf
Websites
    The Cultural Intelligence Center, LLC: Self-Assessment of Your CQ
http://www.culturalq.com/selfassess.html
This short assessment allows you to gauge your cultural intelligence.

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