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EDU 304 Entire Course

EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 1

Becoming a Teacher
EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 2
Challenges and Rewards for
the Reflective Practitioner
EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 1 The
Pendulum of Educational
Reform
EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 2 Types
of Assessment
EDU 304 Week 2 My
Personal Teaching Philosophy

EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 1 Becoming a

Teacher

Becoming a Teacher. View

the video Becoming a
Teacher: Voices and Advice
from the Field (
http://login.cengagebrain.com/
cb/
). This video showcases
several teachers, some new
to the field and some who
have been teaching for years.
Pay special attention to their
ideas about what is needed to
be a successful teacher. How
do these teachers deal with

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EDU 304 Week 1 DQ 2 Challenges
and Rewards for

Challenges and Rewards for

the Reflective Practitioner.
The Teaching Stories shared
in Chapter 2 reveal the
demands of the teaching
profession and the need for
reflection. Respond to the
following questions:
1.Explain what it means to be
a reflective practitioner.
Whose teaching story in this
chapter did you most relate
to? Why?

EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 1 The

Pendulum of Educational

DQ 1 The Pendulum of
Educational Reform. Your text
states: To understand the
ways American public
schooling has shifted over the
last century, imagine the
swings of a pendulum (Koch,
62). Please reflect on how the
pendulum is continually in
motion by thinking and
responding to the following
questions:
Which period of educational

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EDU 304 Week 2 DQ 2 Types of
Assessment

Types of Assessment.
Assessment is the process of
collecting information to find
out what students are
learning. View the video
Performance Assessment:
Student Presentations in a
High School English Class
(http://login.cengagebrain.com
/cb/). Please define the
following concepts in relation
to assessment:
Embedded assessments

EDU 304 Week 2 My Personal

Teaching Philosophy

My Personal Teaching
Philosophy. Write a 2-3 page
paper describing your
personal teaching philosophy
at this point. Are you an
essentialist? A progressive? A
social reconstructionist? A mix
of several types? How and
why? How do the learning
theories presented in Chapter
4 influence your philosophy?
How do these learning
theories provide for meeting

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EDU 304 Week 3 DQ 1 The Gift of
Diversity

The Gift of Diversity. Your text

states: The most important
theme of this chapter is that
differences among students
are a gift to welcome in your
classroom, not a barrier to
overcome (Koch, 2012).
Identify and briefly describe 5
types of diversity presented in
Chapter 5 of your text. Which
areas of student diversity
pose the most challenges for
you as a future teacher

EDU 304 Week 3 DQ 2 Aligning

Instruction with Federal

Aligning Instruction with

Federal Legislation. View the
video Foundations: Aligning
Instruction with Federal
Legislation
(http://login.cengagebrain.co
m/cb/). This video presents a
roundtable discussion in
which teachers, specialists
and an intern reflect on how
the legislation for IDEA and
No Child Left Behind directly
affects their teaching. Based

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EDU 304 Week 3 The Inclusion
Classroom

The Inclusion Classroom.

Write a 2-3 page paper
describing the concept of
Inclusion as discussed in
Chapter 6 of your text and in
your own words:
Define inclusion
Describe the advantages
and disadvantages of this
educational approach

EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 1 Teaching the

Standards with Technology

Teaching the Standards with

Technology. Read The Power
of Technology article by Lee
L. Jenkins. Based upon your
reading of this article and your
reading of Chapter 7 in the
text, please respond to the
following questions:
What role does technology
play in regard to academic
standards?

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EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 2 The
Teachers Role in a Global

The Teachers Role in a

Global Classroom. View the
video Diversity: Teaching in a
Multiethnic Classroom
(http://login.cengagebrain.com
/cb/). This video gives an
opportunity to view second
graders from diverse ethnic
backgrounds collaborating on
a special project. Based upon
your viewing of this video and
your reading of Chapter 8 in
the text, please respond to the

EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 1 Classroom

Communities and

Classroom Communities and

Academic Success. We know
from recent studies that
children who feel a sense of
identity within a group are the
most well-adjusted and
successful in school. The
opportunity to participate as a
contributing member of a
community helps children to
become successful learners,
problem solvers, and decision
makers. Chapter 9 of your text

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EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 2 High-Stakes
Testing

High-Stakes Testing. Read

the article Why Has HighStakes Testing so Easily
Slipped Into Contemporary
American Life? by Nichols
and Berliner. Based upon
your reading of this article and
information in your text, do
you agree with the issues
presented in this article? Why
or why not? Give specific
examples to support your
opinions.

EDU 304 Week 5 Final Paper

Final Paper
For the final paper, you will
demonstrate an understanding
of the complex set of issues
that must be considered as
you embark on your
professional preparation to
become a classroom teacher.
In addition to the requirements
of skills and knowledge, your
own pedagogy is essential to
your future endeavors. In this

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