Culturally Relevant Inspiration

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Culturally Relevant Inspiration

A number of important resources supporting the design, development,  implementation, and evaluation of culturally relevant instructional  experiences are available online. Throughout this course, you have had  many opportunities to view a number of such resources. This assignment  encourages you to reflect on the key concepts presented in the course  through the creation of a presentation that you can use in the future to  support your teaching efforts. The goal is to showcase schools or  programs representing what you have learned thus far regarding  culturally relevant practices, creativity, and innovation. A plethora of  options exists as you search for a model school or program. While the  K-12 public school setting may be on the forefront of your mind,  remember there are a variety of learning environments available, such as  charter and private schools, technical programs, post-secondary  education and training programs, schools and programs pertaining to the  military, Sunday schools and other religious schools, and more.  Therefore, expand your search efforts to gain a well-rounded perspective  to share in your presentation. The resource you create can also be  shared with colleagues (as well as the public in general) to advocate  for implementing a more culturally-relevant instructional approach to  professional practice.

A listing of free tools you might choose to use as you develop a  website or presentation is presented in the Instructor Guidance. Each  tool includes its own collection of help files and tutorials to support  your creative endeavor. Similarly, there are numerous web-based tools  that could be utilized to create an interactive presentation, such as  Animoto, Knovio, Prezi, or PowToon. Use your creativity and try  something new!

Review the Week Four Instructor Guidance for detailed assistance  about preparing for and completing this assignment. Next, construct your  assignment to meet the content and written communication expectations  below. You will submit this assignment to two places in our course.  First, submit the Assignment to Waypoint, as usual. Second, submit the  Assignment to Doc Sharing. To access the Doc Sharing tool, select  “Modules” in your left navigation menu. In the “Tools” module, you will  find the Doc Sharing page.

  • Create a Presentation that includes each of the following items: (7 points)
    • A separate page/slide for each bullet point:
      • Name and location of the school with a link to the school or program
      • General demographic information about the students
      • A summary of why the school or program is innovative and/or unique
      • A description of the 21st century skills supported by the school or program.
      • Examination of how the learning experiences reflect culturally relevant pedagogy
      • Explanation of how the school and/or program promotes creativity in the classroom for both teachers and students
  • The presentation is well organized, formatted with high-contrast (1 point)

If you are enrolled in the MAED Program, it is imperative that you  keep copies of all assignments completed in this course. You will return  to them for the portfolio that you will create in your final MAED  course. This portfolio is a culminating project that will demonstrate  that you have met program outcomes.

Review this week’s Instructor Guidance for additional information  about completing this assignment. Contact your instructor for  clarifications about this or any assessment in the course before the due  date using the “Ask Your Instructor” forum. Then, also using the  Grading Rubric as a guide for your performance on this assignment,  construct your assignment to meet each of the content and written  communication expectations.

Review your assignment with the Grading Rubric to be sure you have  achieved the distinguished levels of performance for each criterion and  submit the assignment for evaluation no later than Day 7.

Culturally Relevant Inspiration

  • Must be seven to ten slides (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must use at three scholarly, peer-reviewed, credible sources in addition to the course text.
    • The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesPreview the document table  offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have  questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this  assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the  final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a  particular assignment.
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • (1 point)

Describe your experience of engaging in each practice

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In this assessment, you do not need to engage with academic  sources, but it is expected that you would cover the following  considerations in your reflection paper:

• Outline your initial perception of each of the practices chosen;

• Describe your experience of engaging in each practice;

• Outline if and how your attitude regarding the practices changed throughout the weeks you engaged with them;

• Outline specific benefits and detriments experienced from  engaging with each practice – e.g. improved focus, a heightened  awareness of God’s presence, etc;

• Suggest how these practices might be best utilised in your local church.

 
 

History

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For this paper, I want you to choose two scholarly papers of between 10 and 25 pages apiece which examine some aspect of the First World War from different perspectives. The two essays do not need to be entirely in opposition to each other, nor do they have to be on exactly the same specific subject. However, they should treat the same general subject from different perspectives.

Please cite these papers as sources when first mentioned in the body of your paper, and also in a Bibliography at the end. See the Purdue Owl Writing Center handout on Chicago citation method.  (Links to an external site.)

Here is a link to a sample student paper

Actions that, while not 100% perfect, does a great job of performing a side-by-side comparison of the two papers the student chooses.  Note that the paper is about the Montgomery bus boycott, and thus is not about “World War I,” so this topic would not work for this particular assignment.

For example, if you were to choose as your World War I subtopic, “The Ottoman Empire in the Great War/WWI” you should find two essays which have as their main subject the Ottoman Empire which in some way relate to the First World War.

One paper (and I’m just imagining imaginary papers here) may examine the political intrigue surrounding the rise of the Young Turks to power, while another might examine the experience of Ottoman soldiers on the front.  As long as you choose two academic papers about the same broad subtopic, read them, summarize them, and compare their approaches, you have fulfilled the goal of the paper. 

All I am asking is for you to locate two reputable academic papers about a single subject, and then write a unified three to four page essay on what the different perspectives are. It need not be an assessment of the articles, but instead a comparison of their topics and the approach of their authors to the subject. The different perspectives must be chosen wisely, however. You cannot choose just any two papers. You must not write a three to four page paper that treats each reading separately and distinctly and doesn’t unify them. You must choose them so that you can write a unified paper that sheds light on the subject as a whole, by using the two essays. Usually the best way to do this is to have a strong introduction and thesis, and a strong conclusion. You may discuss the papers separately inside the essay, but your justification for looking at the two essays together must be clear.

That said, you are not writing a research paper based on two articles — you are comparing two academic articles.  You should mention in the body of your paper the author, title, and typically, the journal where they appeared, and will generally refer to the article in your paper by the last name of the primary author (e.g. “While McMillen discusses the Ottomans prior to 1914, Gandalf is mostly concerned with the collapse of the empire in the 1918-1920 period.” 

Here are some potential topics:

The Schlieffen Plan

Kaiser Wilhelm’s instability

Serbian nationalism

Bulgarian nationalism

The War in Africa

Japan in WWI

The Battle of the Marne (or Somme, or etc.)

Shell Shock (PTSD)

Nurses at the Front

The Flu Pandemic in Europe

Trench Life

The Sinking of the Lusitania

U-Boat Warfare

Women’s Suffrage Movements During the War

German and Austro-Hungarian Military Cooperation

The Versailles Conference

Dogfighting

I mean, there are millions of possible topics.  Just find two academic articles about one of them, read both, take notes, and then compare their approaches to the topic.  

NOTE: The assignment perhaps sounds more difficult than it actually is.  It really is just a compare and contrast piece concerning two different academic papers.  It’s not a review of the two articles, although you will have to summarize them; instead, you should discuss how each of the papers examines a different aspect of the subject you have chosen.  That’s it.

One good way to think about your thesis statement is create one that reads “Whereas Paper A says this about the topic,  Paper B says this.”  You should try to talk about the two papers together though, and not as two separate summaries or reviews.

 
 

Discuss how an adverse event impacts a health care organization.

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For this assignment, select 1 of the common causes of adverse events in the U.S. health care system from this week’s reading from the Institute of Medicine Report, To Err is Human.

Complete the following:

  • Discuss how an adverse event impacts a health care organization.
  • Describe at least 2 risk management approaches to prevent adverse events in a health care setting.
  • Include all of the following when considering approaches to preventing adverse events:
    • What reporting systems should be in place?
    • Was the root cause identified?
    • Was there any feedback provided?
    • What feedback loops were used to prevent future adverse events?

The use of 3 scholarly sources (e.g., textbook, article from the CEC Library) is required.