EDU 304 EDU304 EDU/304 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – ASHFORD UNIVERSITY

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EDU 304 EDU304 EDU/304 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – ASHFORD UNIVERSITY

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 3 DQ 1 The Gift of Diversity

EDU 304 Week 3 DQ 2 Aligning Instruction with Federal Legislation

EDU 304 Week 3 The Inclusion Classroom

EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 1 Teaching the Standards with Technology

EDU 304 Week 4 DQ 2 The Teacher’s Role in a Global Classroom

EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 1 Classroom Communities and Academic Success

EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 2 High-Stakes Testing

EDU 304 Week 5 Final Paper

EDU 304 EDU304 EDU/304 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – ASHFORD UNIVERSITY

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 diversity, student learning and educational reform? Respond to the following questions:

1.List the various qualities the teachers mention as essential. How many of them overlap with the attributes listed in the sidebar “Attributes of Good Teachers” in Chapter 1 of your text?

2.Begin thinking about whether you have these qualities. Name 3 that you will be working on developing. Draft a plan for how you will go about doing this.

EDU 304 EDU304 EDU/304 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – ASHFORD UNIVERSITY

EDU 304 Week 5 DQ 2 High-Stakes Testing

High-Stakes Testing. Read the article Why Has High-Stakes 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 EDU304 EDU/304 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – ASHFORD UNIVERSITY

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 paper you will examine and discuss a variety of issues and trends in education and consider those issues in relation to your own pedagogy. Throughout the text the author has asked you to consider whether you are a good fit for this profession. A critical and in-depth discussion of each area must be included.

You will begin working on these areas through weekly assignments throughout the course. Address each of the following bullet points in your final paper:

Title Page: Title of your paper, your name, course name/number and date.
Thesis Statement: The focus of your paper.
Attributes of a Good Teacher: An analysis of at least five of the attributes presented in Chapter 1 of the text. Academic Standards/Assessment and Accountability: An in-depth summary of the role of academic standards in the teaching profession as well as an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of assessment in this age of accountability.
Diversity in the Classroom: A discussion of how teachers meet the needs of the broad range of diverse students in their classrooms.
Technology: Analysis of the role of technology in education today.
Goodness of Fit: An examination of the match of your personal attributes, values and disposition and the demands of teaching.
Conclusion: A summary of issues and trends in education today.
Reference Page

The paper must be 8 – 10 double spaced pages in length and formatted according to APA style including a title and reference page. You must use a minimum of four resources, in addition to the course text.