Intelligence cycle

Literature Review During formative years, children and adolescents spend a considerable amount of time at school receiving instruction from an array of educators. While the continued focus of education systems is to improve a child’s academic skills, there has been a growing body of research which draws attention to the social and emotional well-being of students as well. Payton et al’s (2000) article on promoting mental health and reducing risk behavior in children and adolescents provides that

Students in eleventh grade are required to take an end of course assessment in social studies. Students take United States History in eleventh grade and are required to pass at least one social studies end of course assessment in order to graduate. The Standards of Learning Blueprint that lays out the structure of the end of course assessment divulges thirteen out of sixty questions on the test are based on the standards related to World War I (Virginia Department of Education, 2009). Being that

Introduction During Jane McGonagall’s 2010 TED Talk video “Gaming can make a better world”, she states “the average young person today in a country with a strong gamer culture will have spent ten thousand hours gaming by age 21”. Such numbers alone should pique the interest of every educator in our country. Young people today spend the same amount of time learning at school as they spend gaming (TED Talk, 2010). Many people view video games as fun, exciting, and adventurous outlets where they can

order to learn, the brain undergoes a process called neuroplasticity, where it rewires and molds itself by forming new neurological pathways each time we encounter a new experience. However, fixed mindset students believe that qualities such as intelligence are fixed traits and are inherited through genetics. While growth mindset students embrace making mistakes and look for ways to improve, fixed mindset students run away from making mistakes and care about being judged. Students should adopt a growth

Self-directed, intrinsically motivated, active learning Learning styles come in different forms and are all correlated to match learners of certain personalities to make learning more effective. This is as a result of the need to recognize the needs of learners as well as those of teachers and at the same time appreciate that the inclusive education environment, irrespective of its merits, will present barriers for learners and for teachers. The learner can be described as an individual, a recipient

As stated by Driscoll & Wood, (2007), the possible faculty resistance to OA include the following, “It’s inflexible, mechanistic, and reductionistic. It’s privileges lower-order measureable knowledge and skills. It’s unresponsive to multiple intelligences and diverse learning styles” (p .8). We would further add that it may indicate what the faculty currently teaches is ineffective. Change is never a popular event. Many individuals are resistant because of the uncertainty change brings to the table

Teaching is one of the most important jobs as the future of the country, and indeed the world, lies in the children of today. It is important that we as teachers provide an environment, day in day out, that encourages and enables the students to grow not only as learners but as individuals. I believe the environment that facilitates this, (1) includes a fair, enthusiastic and supportive teacher, (2) incorporates the students’ interests into the curriculum, and (3) includes continual assessment to

Social policy is a terminology applied to areas within the governmental scenery, which refers to guidelines, principles, activities and legislation that affect the living circumstances conductive to human welfare (Berk 2013). In other words, government sponsored programs like Obama Care and Head Start are social policies enacted to better the living conditions of American citizens. Though social policies are essential and beneficial to the wellbeing of people’s natural laws—moral, ethical, and legal

After taking the class Personal Dimensions of education, I’ve come to understand, there is not one set way to learn. Learning is the act of processing then applying information that we absorb from our surroundings. This means we are in a constant state of learning with everything we do. This class introduced me to the concept of the four learning patterns and how we use them. The Learning Connection Inventory Survey assessed our leaning tendencies how we use each pattern. Sequence responsible

An overview of what I learned in the course: The main thing that stood out for me was Universal Design for Learning, and how much “assistive technology” and “accessibility” tools benefits EVERYONE! There is no such thing as average! Even as adults we benefit from this approach! We learned about an overwhelming amount of resources, and I look forward to exploring more of them. Off the top of my head, some of the tools that stand out the most for me are: Google Chrome extensions (so many!), iPad accessibility