Educational Tour Essay

classroom (Tompkins, 2013). The inquiry learning is displayed through the guided practice of this minilesson (Tompkins, 2013). The last theory being discussed is the Engagement Theory. Children are more drawn in when they take an interest in engaging educational exercises (Tompkins, 2013). Students with self-efficacy that work with schoolmates are more likely to succeed (Tompkins, 2013). When the teacher encourages the students to share other words like, pat and let, that is initiating the…

Article Critique: Ecological Approaches to Organizational Consultation and Systems Change in Educational Settings Per Burns, Warmbold-Brann, & Zaslofsky (2015) Ecological theory was created by Urie Bronfenbrenner in the 1970’s. Per Meyers, Meyers, Graybill, Proctor, & Huddleston (2012) Bronfenbrenner proposed that a child’s development in influenced by the systems around the child as the center. A breakdown of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model is as follows. The microsystem included the…

More Than Teachable Moments: Enhancing Your Oral Vocabulary Instruction in Your Classroom. Watts, Cieara- Vocabulary Instruction Article Review CIR 407 More Than Teachable Moments: Enhancing Oral Vocabulary in Your Classroom Introduction The Oxford English dictionary defines a teachable moment as an event or experience that presents a good opportunity for learning about a particular aspect of life. This article explains that vocabulary instruction does not necessarily have to be…

As I compare and contrast my own narratives with the stories of Tashi and Lobsang, some additional connections I’ve made between where/when, why, what, and how they learned and how I have learned include the aspects of lives , what we already knew, what we were curious about, the risks we were taking, and the partners we had for the dialogs. In the beginning, Tashi was analyzing her new environment and “siblings” from a distance and tested the water by behaving in certain ways that annoyed…

Essay 3 Reflection PART I As young adults, we realize we truly are the future and the decisions that we make affect the future either in a positive or a negative way. Furthermore in life as adults, we realize and accept that the future now lies in the hands of our children and grandchildren. Our first priority should be the nurturing and education of America's youth. Americans tend to overuse the saying “Children are our most precious commodity.” Americans say this saying a lot, but do we…

concerning high quality care and how to promote child growth and development (“Parent Programs & Collaborative” n.d.). As an early childcare educator, I have learned that a high- quality program identifies that families, are crucial to children’s educational success (Workman & Ullrich, 2017, p. 9). This would be an opportunity to engage families in children’s learning and to have policies in place as well (p.9). Conversely, a parenting program is much needed in my community; therefore, I am…

history can bring in education, standing next to subjects such as mathematics or english. However, as stated in articles, Why Study History by Jerry H. Bentley and Why Study History? by Peter N. Stearns, a new perspective can be taken within this educational subject. Their strong opinions shows similarities as historians, but also their personal thoughts and ideas shows contrasts as separate individuals.The clear ideas of the two articles along with how history is related to people, shows the…

Nyetazia and Ms. Hicks both believe in the value of receiving an education and how educating oneself is important and necessary to move forward in life. However, Nyetazia stated she does not like going to her school. Nyetazia does not believe the school environment is either encouraging or supportive. Nyetazia stated she is constantly having issues with peers, which often leads to her getting into physical altercations and suspended from school. Nyetazia stated there have been several occasions…

So, about three years ago, during fifth grade in my elementary school, my friend and I decided to break the rules. Whenever I think back to this event I realize how foolish I was when I was eleven years old. I had just moved to San Diego, so this was my first year at this new school. It didn’t take long before I made new friends. But once I had my “friend group” I would follow them around during the breaks. They had been at this school since kindergarten and they knew all the secrets, and rumors…

In his paper “Cultural Variation in Styles of Thinking,” Ballard and Clanchy (1984) state that people from different cultures think differently. This also includes their rhetoric, attitudes to knowledge and approaches on thinking and writing. In many cases, students from different cultures bring different purposes for study. ‘Purpose’ in this study is determined as the aims of the students when organize and respond to questions or assignments. Sometimes, students answer the questions based on…