Reading of Choice.

750-1000 words (2-3 pgs).

For this paper, you may pick any assigned reading already covered in class. You will explain a central theory/argument from that reading (that you have not written on yet), then write your own philosophical response.

Your paper should have 3 sections; clearly label when each section begins in your paper (you may do this simply with section number or section title):

i. Intro (~ ¼ page): Introduction and brief summary of your paper. (In the intro, make sure to briefly and clearly state the main points you will address in paper; for example, could look something like “Philosopher A claimed B. I will claim C, for reasons D, E, F”)

ii. Exposition (1/2+ pg): Briefly, but clearly describe a key argument or theory from the chosen reading (which you will respond to in section 3). This section should primarily be in your own words, but include at least one key quote from the chosen reading.

iii. Your Philosophical Response (1-2 pgs): (Main section, spend most of paper on this). Give your philosophical response. Make sure you stay on topic. Do so in one of the following formats (do only one of these options):

1. Give rational objections to the argument/theory, state why it is faulty
2. Defend the argument from possible objections
3. Explain how the argument can be improved, how you would change it and why
4. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses, then your overall position

The following are helpful articles on how to write a philosophy paper:

http://www.sfu.ca/philosophy/resources/writing.html

http://www.jimpryor.net/teaching/guidelines/writing.html

Community Center Proposal: Final Project.

Your community is opening a brand new community center.  Now that you are an expert in the field, you have been chosen to lead a development team that will create a proposal for interactive, fun, and educational programming activities that will be provided for children and adolescents in this center.  Utilize problem-solving techniques in exploring developmental issues, grounded in child development, in order to assess what activities and items should be included in each program. Once you have chosen these features, you will present your ideas to a mock city council board (i.e. your instructor) with a written proposal describing the programming.

You have been asked to propose programming for five different age groups in the community center:

·         Infant (0-1 year)

·         Toddler (1-3 years)

·         Early Childhood (3-6 years)

·         Middle/Late Childhood (7-12 years)

·         Adolescence (13-18 years)

In your proposal, you will identify and describe at least 2 weekly activities for each age group (for a total of 10 activities) that address their developmental domain pathways: physical, cognitive, and psychosocial.  All three domains of development must be addressed within your classes or activities.  For example, you may have one activity which enhances cognitive and psychosocial development and a second activity which enhances physical development for a particular age group. In addition to identifying these activities, you will demonstrate a foundational knowledge of the age group’s developmental continuum by explaining your reasoning for choosing each activity, based on your analysis of theory and current child development research.

Additionally, you will search for at least 1 age-appropriate game, toy, picture, or other “play” item to enhance the chosen activities within each age group. Keep in mind that this may include things like art, music, technology, or safety gear as you deem fit.  For each item that you recommend, your proposal will provide a link to a website from which the item can be purchased by the city, as well as an explanation for why the city should purchase the item informed by research and theory.

The overall goal of the final project is much like that of a grant proposal, in which a developer must convince the city council that their new business or activity is both cost-effective and beneficial to the community.  You are encouraged to be creative and persuasive in your proposal, but remember that everything must be supported by the theories and research covered in our class. Included is a Community Center Proposal Template, demonstrating what information should be included in your written portion of the project.

SPECIAL NOTES: 
You will utilize the PSY104 Written Proposal template to create and submit your proposal.  Enter the requested information on the title page where indicated. Where you find the text “This is where you will…” within the proposal, please remove that and enter your own content. The headings in bold and the outline formatting with numbers and letters should not be altered.

In your Community Center Proposal, you must include the following:

1.     Please complete each section of the template including the information requested.

2.     Within section “iv” for each room, you will be asked to justify your activities and items by analyzing interactions of the major themes: Health and Well-Being, Family and Parenting, Education, Culture and Gender as factors influencing the developmental physical, cognitive and psychosocial pathways.  Your written proposal must address how you have accounted for each of these themes in its associated room as they relate to physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development. Each theme must be included in at least one room, and each room must address one or more themes. (Please see these samples for ways to explain how you have accounted for this.)

3.     Cite your sources according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. For information regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, located within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar in your online course. The EBSCOHost and PSYCinfo databases in the Ashford Online Library are helpful sources of information, as are the required and recommended resources found in your course materials. To locate EBSCOHost and PSYCinfo, visit the Ashford Online Library through the tab on the left navigation toolbar in your online course and select “Databases by Subject” and then “Psychology.” (For further assistance in researching scholarly sources, please access the tutorials page on the Ashford University Library website.)

The Community Center Proposal:

1.     Must be 6 to 8 double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

2.     Must include a title page with the following:

·         Title of Community Center

·         Student’s name

·         Course name and number

·         Instructor’s name

·         Date submitted

3.     Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement, in which you introduce the topic and your Community Center.

4.     Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought within each of the designated age groups.

5.     Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis and thanks the mock city council for their time and consideration of your proposal.

6.     Must use at least 2 scholarly sources, including a minimum of 1 from the Ashford Online Library.

7.     Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

 

 

 

Link to other tutorials for PSY 104 Just click on Assignment/Discussion/Journal name to go to respective tutorial.

Creative Teaching: Designing Culturally Relevant Instruction

For the Final Project, you will assume the role of a classroom teacher applying for a $10,000 Teacher Creativity Fellowship Grant. This award provides financial resources to teachers, which allows the recipient to spend time during the summer months developing an instructional experience that will be implemented and evaluated during the upcoming fall semester. This year’s grant recipients are awarded funding on the condition they develop instructional experiences and programs to support the learning of 21st century skills, specifically, creative and innovative skills.
To further prepare for your Final Project, imagine you teach in a culturally diverse school, and you recognize a need to develop more culturally relevant instructional experiences that promote creative and innovative thinking. After carefully examining the information in the request for proposal for the grant described above, you realize the funding awards are based on the clarity and details of a ten-part form submitted for evaluation. After careful deliberation, you decide to apply for the grant to finance your time and help you obtain the resources needed to develop the proposed instructional experiences. A primary component of your plan requires consideration of the culture and specific needs of each child enrolled in your class (or one of your classes) for the upcoming semester.
Writing the Final Project
Create your Final Project to meet the content and written communication expectations below. The content expectations include the ten parts of the request for proposal. If you have questions about the expectations for this assignment, use the Ask Your Instructor discussion section in the left-navigation pane of your course.
Content Expectations:

·         Part I: Audience and Rationale (1 point): Write an overview of the class and target population, including the age range, grade and/or subject area, and other relevant attributes of the culture in which school is situated.

·         Part II: Outcomes (1 point): List the instructional outcomes (i.e., learning objectives) of the instructional experience including (a) Content Outcomes, (b) 21st century skills with an emphasis on creativity and innovation and the International Society for Technology in Education technology skills, and (c) cultural competencies explicitly facilitated within the planned learning experience.

·         Part III: Assessment (1 point): Describe how you will measure the degree to which the learners have acquired your targeted outcomes. You do not need to develop the assessments, just describe what they would be in some detail.

·         Part IV. Context Description (2 points): Describe the nature of the overall instructional context established by addressing (a) creativity (i.e., learners involved in making or creating something), (b) problem solving (i.e., overall activity focuses on solving a specific or ill-defined problem), or (c) a real/simulated experience (i.e., activity consists of performing tasks that are part of a real-world experience or an experience designed to simulate real-world activity).

·         Part V: Instructional Plan Summary (2 points): Summarize the planned instructional experiences, providing a justification for the need to employ a culturally relevant framework to help facilitate both creativity and innovation skills and the content-area skills the instructional experience addresses.

·         Part VI. Evidence of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in the Instructional Plan (8 points): Describe the planned learning experiences in detail. Ensure the plan includes at least four of the following nine strategy options:

a.    Maximizing academic success through relevant instructional experiences

b.    Addressing cultural competence through reinforcing students’ cultural integrity

c.    Involving students in the construction of knowledge

d.    Building on students’ interests and linguistic resources

e.    Tapping home and community resources

f.     Understanding students’ cultural knowledge

g.    Using interactive and constructivist teaching strategies

h.    Examining the curriculum from multiple perspectives

i.      Promoting critical consciousness through opportunities to challenge predominant elements of the students’ social norms

·         Part VII. Creativity/Innovation Strategies in the Instructional Plan (6 points): Ensure the planned instructional experience provides four or more of the following ten strategies for facilitating creativity and innovative thinking:

a.    Encouraging students to believe in their culture-influenced creative potential

b.    Nurturing the confidence to try

c.    Helping learners find their creative strengths

d.    Promoting experiment and inquiry and a willingness to make mistakes

e.    Encouraging generative thought, free from immediate criticism

f.     Encouraging the expression of personal ideas and feelings

g.    Conveying an understanding of phases in creative work and the need for time

h.    Developing an awareness of the roles of intuition and aesthetic processes

i.      Encouraging students to play with ideas and conjecture about possibilities

j.      Facilitating critical evaluation of ideas

·         Part VIII: Timeline (1 point): Explain when the following steps will occur: (a) development of instructional materials (including both formative and summative assessments), (b) Implementation of the instructional experience, and (c) evaluation and reporting of results.

Written Communication Expectations

·         Page Requirement (.5 points): Submit eight to ten pages, not including the title and reference pages.

·         APA Formatting (.5 points): Format your paper according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

·         Syntax and Mechanics (1.5 points): Display meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar.

·         Source Requirement (.5 points): Reference three scholarly sources in addition to the course textbooks, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the references page need to be used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Next Steps: Review and Submit the Final Project
Review your assignment with the Grading Rubric to be sure you have achieved the distinguished levels of performance for each criterio

n. Next, submit the assignment for evaluation no later than Day 7.

 

WELCOME to the discussion for WEEK 6. Please respond in complete sentences for each question, unless directed to do otherwise, demonstrating in your reply that you have read the material in order to receive full credit.

 Topic 1: The Digital Divide
This week you read Digital Divide in a Global Economy by Jack Lule

Discussion:
More than just a tool for information transfer, the Internet has become a conduit for a globalized workforce.  However, as the Internet has become integrated into daily business life, a digital divide has emerged. Some derive the benefits of Internet access, but many others do not.
Questions: 

1. Could the digital divide change the way people think about themselves in relation to the rest of the world? Provide experiences, observations, or references to Week 6’s readings that helped shaped your opinion.
2. What barriers exist that make it difficult to close the digital divide in developing economies like India and China? What barriers exist in a developed country such as America?

 Topic 2: Digital Natives Digital Immigrants

This week you read Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants by Mark Prensky

Discussion:
According to Prensky, today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.  Prensky also pointed out that there needs to be a switch in the way in which educators teach because students are losing out due to the “old fashioned” methods of teaching which are still being used today.
Question #1: 
Do you agree that educators have to keep abreast of the technological changes and adjust the curriculum accordingly?  (justify and support your answer).

Posting instructions :

Please read this information extremely carefully:

• Please include the topic number and title in your subject name for each discussion throughout the course.. For instance, Topic 2 Open World.   It has to be clear what you are answering so ensure you clearly label.
• Do not attach answers or files in discussion unless directions state to do so.
• You must respond in complete sentences for each question, unless directed to do otherwise. Ensure you answer each question within the topic as this week there are multiple questions in the topics.
• Minimum Topic Response: Posts need to be at least a 70 words,  substantive and answer all parts.. If your reply for this question is less than 70 words and not substantive, you will lose points. You can use Microsoft Word to count the words in your response to make sure you have met the requirement.
• 🙂  to indicate a smile and lol for laughter  is fine and I may use it myself from time to time in discussion.  I would give deductions for other text speak such as using “u” for “you” etc.
• Each topic must be answered in a separate post.
• Answer posted in an organized manner.
• If references are used they need to be cited appropriately. Realize that to answer substantively you may need to do research and if so reference appropriately.
• Do not in any discussions cover same topic/product/website  etc  for separate topics
• After you post   please review it to make sure it is formatted correctly and is easy to read and has no spelling errors

Ms. A. is an apparently healthy 26-year-old white woman. Since the beginning of the current golf season, Ms. A has noted increased shortness of breath and low levels of energy and enthusiasm. These symptoms seem worse during her menses. Today, while playing in a golf tournament at a high, mountainous course, she became light-headed and was taken by her golfing partner to the emergency clinic. The attending physician’s notes indicated a temperature of 98 degrees F, an elevated heart rate and respiratory rate, and low blood pressure. Ms. A states, “Menorrhagia and dysmenorrheal have been a problem for 10-12 years, and I take 1,000 mg of aspirin every 3 to 4 hours for 6 days during menstruation.” During the summer months, while playing golf, she also takes aspirin to avoid “stiffness in my joints.”

Laboratory values are as follows:

Hemoglobin = 8 g/dl

Hematocrit = 32%

Erythrocyte count = 3.1 x 10/mm

RBC smear showed microcytic and hypochromic cells

Reticulocyte count = 1.5%

Other laboratory values were within normal limits.

Question

Considering the circumstances and the preliminary workup, what type of anemia does Ms. A most likely have? In an essay of 500-750 words, explain your answer and include rationale

In a short essay (500-750 words), answer the Question at the end of Case Study 1. Cite references to support your positions.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.