Discuss the characteristics of physical and cognitive development during adolescence and the affect it has on the learning process for students

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Teacher candidates will learn of development characteristics from a nurse, physical education teacher, sports coach, or other health specialist at the school and practicing special education teacher. In this block, your field experience must be completed outside of school hours when students are not present.

Contact a health specialist and a special education teacher from secondary grades 6-12 and arrange separate interviews. Speak with your instructor about alternate professionals to interview, if necessary.

Use the following points of discussion to guide your interview:

  1. Discuss characteristics of adolescence.
  2. What characteristics seem to change the most and why?
  3. What characteristics seem to never change?
  4. How does physical development influence the characteristics of adolescence?
  5. How does cognitive development influence the characteristics of adolescence?
  6. How do social and emotional relationships influence the adolescent?
  7. What technologies are used to facilitate adolescent learning?

In 250-500 words, summarize and reflect on your interviews.  Discuss the characteristics of physical and cognitive development during adolescence and the affect it has on the learning process for students. Explain the effect that social and emotional relationships have during adolescence.

Explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice.

summarization of ALL the environmental factors you observed, including the potential impact each of them could have on the worker; and 

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This assignment is designed to provide an opportunity to apply the concepts presented in the Unit V Lesson regarding controlling ergonomic risk factors with proper work environmental design.

Specifically, you will be evaluating a work task to identify specific control measures that can be implemented to improve the design of the work.

For this assignment, you will evaluate the same video from Unit III and IV to identify opportunities to improve the task using the concepts presented in your Unit V Lesson.

Click here to access the video for this assignment. Please note that this video includes audio.

You are required to develop a report that includes the following information:

  1. identification of ALL of the environmental factors you observed in the video;
  2. summarization of ALL the environmental factors you observed, including the potential impact each of them could have on the worker; and
  3. recommendations for controlling the environmental risk factors using the hierarchy of controls (you must include at least one of each of the controls: engineering control, administrative control, and PPE).

Your completed assignment must include a minimum of two outside sources, one of which must be from the CSU Online Library, and the assignment must be a minimum of two pages in length, not counting the title and references pages. You may also include graphics to illustrate your design recommendations.

What activities do you use to encourage student expression in a variety of forms, including speaking, physical activity, and artistic presentations?

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Interview

Interview an early childhood teacher (preschool through third grade) who has at least one special education student in the class. Develop a 2–3-page report that can be shared with your class members in this unit’s discussion. The purpose of this interview experience is to help you get a sense of how a teacher adapts lessons using DAP to ensure all children learn, including those with exceptional needs.

Ask the following questions, along with any others that are important to you. If you like, you can share these questions with the teacher prior to the interview so they know what to expect.

Interview Outline

  1. How do you design or modify lessons based on the understanding and identification of exceptionality, challenges, and gifts? How do you support development and educational progress of the individual with exceptional learning needs?
  2. How do you analyze the different influences of a learning environment on a young child’s development?
  3. How would you create learning environments aligned to educational expectations and goals?
  4. How do you communicate and collaborate effectively with parents to best meet the child’s needs?
  5. What activities do you use to encourage student expression in a variety of forms, including speaking, physical activity, and artistic presentations?

YOUR DON’T REALLY HAVE TO INTERVIEW A TEACHER UNLESS YOU WANT TO. YOU CAN JUST ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AS IF YOU WERE THE TEACHER AND HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS.

DISCUSSION 2

Comparison of Teacher Interviews

Share with others in the class the results of your teacher interview and responses to the questions you asked. In particular, how did teachers adapt lessons to make sure children with exceptional needs learn?

In the subject line of your posting, be sure to note the age range of the class your teacher teaches.

To protect confidentiality, please do not mention real names of those you observe or their school.

DISCUSSION 3

 

Demonstrating the Dispositions

Our ECE master’s program has been developed based on the following dispositions that learners are expected to embrace and demonstrate:

  • Is committed to fairness.
  • Is committed to personal and professional conduct that is both ethical and respectful of the rights of others.
  • Believes that all children can learn at high levels.
  • Persists in helping students achieve success by applying different approaches until they achieve that success.
  • Is willing to explore and use technology in the classroom.
  • Recognizes when one’s own dispositions may need to be adjusted.
  • Is committed to reflective practice, professional development, and lifelong learning.

After reviewing these dispositions and interviewing the teacher in this unit, how do you believe the teacher demonstrated her or his understanding of these? How do you currently (or will in the future) demonstrate your own understanding of the dispositions?

Describe your current educational setting, including the age of children (0-2, 3-5, or 6-8), number of children you work with, and the philosophy of your education setting.

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Grant Proposal

Throughout this course, we have been discussing becoming the Whole Teacher. One of the five pillars of becoming the Whole Teacher is to find ways to encourage child-centered active learning. As we learned through our conversations in the discussion forums this week, two elements that contribute to the development of this type of learning environment are the physical and creative aspects of the classroom. In your assignment this week, you will have the opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of how to foster a physical and creative learning environment that promotes child-centered active learning by completing a grant application.

At the monthly administrator’s meeting for ABC Early Childhood Center, the regional director shared with you a grant opportunity for early childhood centers to receive a grant of $5000 to remodel your center to stimulate physical activity and promote creativity for your students. The regional director encouraged you all to apply and you have decided to take them up on their suggestion and complete a grant application.

In your grant application:

  • Describe your current educational setting, including the age of children (0-2, 3-5, or 6-8), number of children you work with, and the philosophy of your education setting.  You can base this either on the education setting in which you are currently working or you can create a fictitious center. (.5 points)
  • Design the classroom environment that you would create with the grant money that is based on developmentally appropriate strategies and tools to promote optimal cognitive development and learning in young children.  To create your illustration you may use Classroom Architect (Links to an external site.), Scholastic Class Set-Up Tool (Links to an external site.), or Kaplan Floor Planner (Links to an external site.). Attach a copy of your classroom design to your grant proposal. (2 points)
  • Discuss how the design of your classroom environment aligns with Figure 1.1 from the text and is supported by current research about optimal classroom environments. (1 point)
  • Explain how the environment you have created would promote optimal physical development and learning in young children in each area of your classroom. Use specific examples from your illustration and research to support your decisions. (1.5 point)
  • Explain how the environment you have created would encourage development of the creative self in young children in each area of your classroom. Use specific examples from your illustration and research to support your decisions.  (1.5 point)
  • Summarize how the grant money will help you to ensure you can create a learning environment that promotes child-centered active learning and 21st-century skills. (2 points)

Research and Resource Expectations:

  • Source Requirement (.25points): 
    • At least two scholarly peer-reviewed sources
    • At least one professional credible source

Writing and Formatting Expectations:

  • Title Page: Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Academic Voice (.25 points): Academic voice is used (avoids casual language, limited use of “I”, it is declarative).- please follow direction for this?
  • Purpose and Organization (.25 points): Demonstrates logical progression of ideas.
  • Syntax and Mechanics (.25 points): Writing displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
  • APA Formatting (.25 points): Papers are formatted properly and all sources are cited and referenced in APA style as outlined
  • Suggested Assignment Length (.25 points): This assignment should be four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and reference pages).