Human Growth and Development Make your child development project a photo-rich one by creating a child development photo essay. Combine these images into an essay, placing them in Power point or in a Word Document and adding captions to explain what each image is showing. Remember to showcase the different stages of development.
Work through the Challenge, Initial Thoughts, and selected Perspectives and Resources sections. The modules do not have to be completed in one sitting. You may also return to the Perspectives and Resources sections if you cannot answer the questions. 2. Review the Banks text. Classroom Assignment: 1. Work ahead to secure a general education classroom, in a public school, for this assignment. You should begin to secure a classroom during the first three days of the start of the course. The classroom should mirror to overall demographics of a California classroom. Pay attention to race/ethnicity of the classroom ( Ed Data ) as well as a diverse socio-economic status of the school. The school selected should be ethnically and socio-economically diverse. Almost all public schools have their School Accountability Report Card (SARC) posted on their school website and this information will provide data on the school. If you are having a challenge in locating an appropriate school setting, contact your professor. It is recommended that 4 hours of observation be completed. 2. Discuss the assignment with the classroom teacher ahead of time and what you are observing. You will want to limit note taking and or conversation during the instructional time as to not detract from the classroom instruction. You are a student representing National University and should adhere to modest dress and professionalism. 3. During your observation, you will want to observe the diversity in the classroom and address the following in your final paper: a. provide a written overview of the ethnic diversity in the classroom; b. provide numbers of special needs students; c. observe how the teacher addresses the diverse needs of the students, including curriculum, activities, and interactions with the students; and d. how the students interact, collaborate, and have discussions in a diverse classroom setting. e. After reading both Unlocking the Curriculum located in Course Resources, and the Unit 4 lecture, you will note student engagement in activities of verbal language acquisition only, in verbal-textual language acquisition activities, and in textual language acquisition only activities. Assignment Criteria for Submission: Your assignment should include the following elements: 1. length between 5-7 pages plus references, double-spaced, written in MS Word, APA format, and a reference page; 2. support your observations with a minimum of one in-text reference from the IRIS module and two in-text reference from the Banks textbook; 3. list the school, grade level observed, content (or multiple subject if appropriate), the amount of time observed, and teacher name; 4. note the diversity of the classroom, including data if possible; 5. note the number of students with special needs; 6. discuss how the diverse needs are met in the classroom; 7. note student engagement in activities of verbal language acquisition only, in verbal-textual language acquisition activities, and in textual language acquisition only activities; and 8. your application of knowledge of the understanding, appreciation, respect and acceptance for student diversity, individual identity as well as culturally responsive instruction and critique of your own beliefs. You may view several example assignments in the Week 4 Important Information folder. The required form is attached here Classroom Observation Verification Form [required].doc and has been sent and posted already to all. Please submit this form at the same time as your assignment; there is a special assignment area just for it. This assignment is worth 20 points. Click on the “Week Four Assignment – Activity 4 Observation” link above to submit your assignment, as well to get more information regarding the due date and grading rubric.
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Answer the question about how lights and colour help the film to tell a story. Focus: Neon lights, colour and the artificiality of light in the film Noir Era Must reference reading list
Irony is when the speaker says the opposite of what she means. Discuss (if you wish, in relation to the Marina Hyde/Elton John case).
The illegal downloading of music or movies has been an important issue on college campuses for some time. Some students are being sued by the music industry, and they are being forced to pay thousands of dollars in damages and fines. Then explain your side and show why you think your understanding is stronger. Your presentation must be created in Google slides. Add at least one of each of the following: photographs, charts, videos, images (non-photo). The final and tenth slide of your presentation must be a Works Cited slide. Include citations for all images, as well as websites. Make sure that you have set the slideshow preferences so that your instructor is able to view the show.
2)Child’s Health (OR Maternal & Child Health): Specific child’s health issue is identified and discussed using social determinants. There is a critical analysis on the impacts of this issue. At least one social determinant is addressed by examining an existing program or by suggesting a theoretical program
1. Select a scholarly nursing or research article (published within the last five years) related to mental health nursing, which includes content related to evidencebased practice. 3. Write a 2 page paper (excluding the title and reference pages) using the following criteria. It has to be exactly 2 pages not 1 and half (1/2) .THE TWO PAGES HAS TO BE FULL Also read the guide lines provided in the attarchment 4. Paper must follow APA format. Include a title page and a reference page; use 12point Times Roman font; and include intext citations (use citations whenever paraphrasing, using statistics, or quoting from the article). Please refer to APA Manual as a guide for intext citations and sample reference pages.
You are employed by a global company that manufactures liquor. Management has approached you concerning a management position in Norway. The salary and level of responsibility involve a significant increase over your current position in New York. The company headquarters is in Sweden. The company is very profitable. Your manager in New York is encouraging you to accept the job. She has been an advocate for you at the company. If you decide to turn the job down, your manager will be disappointed and may be reluctant to support you in the future. However, after speaking with friends, you are concerned that accepting the position may not be a good idea. You are thinking of turning down the opportunity. Your friends point out that you do not speak Norwegian. They say you will be regarded as an outsider and this may prevent you from being effective in management. Your friends also point out that there is more revenue and more business potential in New York. Norway, they tell you, is a small country with little potential. Your friends also tell you that Norway has a different approach to management. Decisions are approached locally and you have no experience in that environment. In the past two years, you are aware that the Norwegian divisions of the company have had several conflicts with the New York management. It is true, however, that Norway is where much of the manufacturing takes place. The company has seen a sharp increase in online sales and Norway, being near to their distilleries, offers a great deal of management opportunity for a sharp, efficient manager who is interested in manufacturing, shipping, online sales or accounting. One way or the other, you must be ready to explain to yourself, to your manager and to your friends why you reached a particular decision. Your task is to accomplish the following: 1. Come to a clear decision: you will or will not take the job. 2. You will identify and analyze three major arguments in favor of taking the position and three against. These arguments must be supported by research including articles from the Wall Street Journal. Your boss will not accept vague references to opinions. 3. Your manager has an MBA and is known to back up her recommendations by carefully weighing the pros and cons of all opportunities.
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Two major functions that district-level curriculum efforts serve. How effectiveness of district planning and organization is evaluated. Analyze how the district functions are represented in the choices and implementation of curriculum for that district. Are the functions adequately implemented and evaluated for effectiveness? Provide reasons/examples in your response(s). To complete the essay for this module you will need to refer to the required readings to: Explain the importance/benefits of planning and organization of curriculum at the district level. Identify major functions district-level curriculum efforts serve. Analyze how the district functions are involved in the choices and implementation of curriculum documents for that district. Identify the district planning and organization of the curriculum and how it functions as implemented and evaluated for effectiveness at the school level(s), provide reasons/examples in your response(s). Assignment Expectations The paper should: Be between 3-5 pages long Indicate that you have a good understanding of the required background reading Have an appropriate introduction and conclusion Have a clear and coherent structure Indicate that you have the ability to apply your understanding of the required background reading to answer the above questions Use APA formatting MAED Case Grading Rubric Assignment-Driven Criteria (23 points): Demonstrates mastery covering all key elements of the assignment in a substantive way. Critical Thinking (9 points): Demonstrates mastery conceptualizing the problem. Viewpoints and assumptions of experts are analyzed, synthesized, and evaluated. Conclusions are logically presented with appropriate rationale. Scholarly Writing (4 points): Demonstrates mastery and proficiency in scholarly written communication to an appropriately specialized audience. Quality of References and Assignment Organization (6 points): Demonstrates mastery using relevant and quality sources and uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to support ideas, convey understanding of the topic and shape the whole work. Citing Sources (3 points): Demonstrates mastery using in-text citations of sources and properly format full source information in the reference list (bibliography). Timeliness (5 points): Assignment submitted on time or collaborated with professor for an approved extension before the module due date. Reading Heald, S. B. (2016). Curriculum differentiation for gifted learners using instructional technology: A multiple-case study (Order No. 10105310). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (1790812429). Available in the Trident Online Library. National Association for Gifted Children (2008). Position Statement: The Role of Assessments in the Identification of Gifted Students. Retrieved from https://www.nagc.org/sites/default/files/Position%20Statement/Assessment%20Position%20Statement.pdf Hall, T., Vue, G., Strangman, N., & Meyer, A. (2003). Differentiated instruction and implications for UDL implementation. Wakefield, MA: National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum. (Links updated 2014). Retrieved May 20, 2016, from https://aem.cast.org/about/publications/2003/ncac-differentiated-instruction-udl.html Rous, B., McCormick, K., Gooden, C., Towne, K. (2007) Kentuckys early childhood continuous assessment and accountability system: Local Decisions and State Supports. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 27(1), 19-33. . Stamp, N., OBrien, T. (2005) GK-12 Partnership: A Model to Advance Change in Science Education. Bioscience, 55(1), 70 -77.
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LARGE GROUP INTERVENTIONS Assignment First and foremost, remember to go very carefully through all of the required materials before starting this assignment. There are two short videos and two short articles, plus two in-depth book chapters to go through. There are also some optional readings in the background materials that you can use for your paper. It is important to make sure you understand the ins and outs of Open Space Technology and Future Search before starting on this assignment, so make sure to go through the readings and videos carefully before you start on this paper. For this assignment, you will be going through four scenarios. For each scenario, cite at least two of the readings from the background readings to support your answer. You need to cite at least four of the readings total for your paperthese can include both required and optional readings listed in the background materials. Your paper should be 4 pages in length: 1. Suppose you win the lottery. Not sure what to do with all of your money, on an impulse you decide to buy a local college as you want to make a positive impact in your community. However, you soon find yourself a bit over your head as all day you have employees or students coming to your office with all kinds of advice, suggestions for changes that should be made, complaints, etc. Never having run a college before, you are a bit confused about how to deal with all of this input and you dont really have a good idea about what to focus on. The college has about 300 employees and 800 students and want to find a way to get some more organized input and creative ideas for improving the college. 2. A video game company starts out with five undergraduate students living in a dorm, but rapidly grows within three years to around 50 employees and $10 million a year in annual revenues. While the company is still expected rapid growth, there is still sharp tension between the very young video game designers and the older and more experienced executives who run the finance and marketing departments. In particular, the younger employees strive to develop new video games that are unique and much different than any other games available. However, the more experienced executives wish to take a more conservative route and come out with games that are similar to popular games produced by their competitors. The five founding partners are not sure which of these two directions to take and wish to receive input from all of their employees through some type of formal process. Should the CEO use Open Space Technology, Future Search, or neither? Explain your reasoning and justify your answer using at least two of the readings from the background materials. 3. An insurance company has most of its employees in three different departments sales, accounting, and information technology. The CEO is always receiving input from the sales department, as most of the salesforce is very outgoing and they dont hesitate to give their opinions or make requests. On the other hand, employees in accounting and information technology tend to be quiet and shy and rarely speak up. The CEO notices that there is considerably higher turnover in the accounting and information technology departments, and thus becomes concerned that perhaps employees in these departments are leaving because they are dissatisfied with decisions the CEO has made or because they feel the salesforce is overly favored. There are about 50 employees in each department. The CEO wishes to find a process by which a wider range of employee input can be obtained. Should the CEO use Open Space Technology, Future Search, or neither? Explain your reasoning and justify your answer using at least two of the readings from the background materials. 4. A CEO initiates an Open Space Technology conference. At the start of the conference, the CEO provides a list of topics he wants covered and also gives his opinion on what kind of outcomes he wants from the conference. He also makes attendance at the conference mandatory. When the conference starts, participants all volunteer to give sessions on the topics proposed by the CEO. A few participants propose to give sessions on other topics not mentioned by the CEO, but very few employees come to these sessions and instead go to the sessions covering topics suggested by the CEO. At the end of the conference, the CEO is presented with a carefully worded summary of the conference and given conclusions that the CEO wanted to hear. However, after the conference ends and employees go back to work they are very slow at implementing the recommendations from the conference. What do you think went wrong? Which major principles or concepts of Open Space Technology do you think the CEO violated? Explain your reasoning, and cite Leith (1996) and at least one other source on Open Space Technology to support your answer. Assignment Expectations Answer the assignment questions directly. Stay focused on the precise assignment questions; dont go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials. Make sure to use reliable and credible sources as your references. Articles published in established newspapers or business journals/magazines are preferred. If you use articles from the Internet, make sure they are from credible sources. Background Background LARGE GROUP INTERVENTIONS Required Reading To start out this module, view these two videos for a basic introduction to the large group intervention methods Open Space Technology and Future Search. These are short animated videos that will explain the basics of these methods. Pashley, S. (2012). Open Space. NHS Research and Development Forum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vEBcr_YkHU Kaapz. (2010). Kaapz and Future Search https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfTHKwvAbiA Now read these two articles for a basic overview of large group interventions such as Future Search and Open Space Technology: Nixon, B. (1998). Creating the futures we desire – getting the whole system into the room: Part I. Industrial and Commercial Training, 30(1), 4-11. Leith, M. (1996). Organizational change and large group interventions. Career Development International, 1(4), 19-23. Finally, take a closer and more detailed look at Future Search and Open Space Technology with these final two readings that are highly important for your assignments. You will be required to cite these readings in your papers: Norum, K. E. (2005). Chapter 15: Future Search conversation. In Dialogue as a Means of Collective Communication (pp. 323-333). Springer Science & Business Media B.V. / Books
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