... completed over the course of the sessions. This poem activity also lends itself to some of the ideas and concept discussed by Goodman in the new media literacy course. This author describes how all learning begins from your own experience and that students have the ability to learn from one and other. This is actually what we were doing with these ... section, I was able to learn a significant amount about the other individuals in the class and I'm sure many others were able to do that as well through this activity. Another prominent author from the new media course was Freire, who esse...

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... of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing (2011) more specifically examined the unintended negative consequences of zero-tolerance policies in schools and explores an innovative alternative means of enforcing discipline. The author cites two main negative consequences of these rigid disciplinary codes: the increased number of out of school suspensions and increased number of court referrals from schools. The ... author argues that this harsh response, to what he asserts to be normative adolescent behavior, is misinformed and counterproductive. This case study evaluates the Clayton Cou...

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... to sustain a positive classroom environment, the teacher needs to consistently support all students. How can this be done? Well, in the article Caring Behavior Management: The Spirit Makes the Difference author Karen D. Paciotti writes that a classroom must both well organized and caring in order to help struggling students address and achieve their goals. This can be done by having the children ... to serve as visual aid. I would use the practice quiz for readiness but discuss the results with the children. Questioning/Questionnaire In the book Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Rea...

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... and its contexts.* Demonstrates an adequate understanding of the rhetorical situation and the purpose of the original reading. Demonstrates accurate summary of the source, though in a rote, obvious way. Interprets author's argument in its rhetorical situation accurately and convincingly. Accurately notes the rhetorical situation and relates the issue to another context.* Summarizes text to identify both major and more nuanced meanings ... and its contexts.* Demonstrates an adequate understanding of the rhetorical situation and the purpose of the original reading. Demonstrates accurate s...

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... texts. Reading strategies are almost always created with the intent to convince and persuade. Students who use reading strategies can construct multiple meanings from text that go well beyond an author's intent. Reading strategies recognizes knowledge production and consumption as a very human activity. All teachers, regardless of their subject area, should be able to help with the reading strategy of decoding ... book, or other facts about the world, is making a true connection to what is being read. When students make a connection with the text it helps them to understand what the aut...

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... crammed a lot of information in a student's head so they can pass the test. The teacher lose sight of the students and uses the education for their own hidden agendas. Recently author Anya Kamenetz wrote a book called The Test. Kamenetz states, " They are making the teachers hate teaching, high stakes standardized tests deprofessionalize teaching because they give outside authority the final ... ...

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... on the area I'm placed in I may need to be able to provide students with such skills (dependent on demographics). There was no statistical data shown in this article but the author concluded that when dealing with racism the only way to change it is by allowing for children to bring their own voice to the classroom and as a teacher be able ... ...

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