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Higher Education, Global Health and the Middle East: An Opportunity for Global Leadership
$17.50A critique of “Higher Education, Global Health and the Middle East: An Opportunity for Global Leadership,” by Muhammad H. Zaman
Critique/Response Guidelines:
- Have a good descriptive title, or use the title of the article you are responding to, but mention the author. E.g. Name of Title, by name of author
- You are responding to the ideas/issues presented, not the format of the article in which it was presented.
- First write a short summary in the beginning (about one paragraph long), then take the issue at hand and discuss it.
- Relate/Refer what you are reading to your readings, other sources…etc. to show that you have a good grasp of the topic and to show that you have done your readings and can support what you are saying with credible sources. Do not take each point in the article and dwell on it.
- Copy and paste the article with the full reference at the end of your paper. Remember to use the ‘save’ or ‘print’ option provided by the site, which takes out all the unnecessary pictures, ads…etc.
- Cite any information you bring into your text to support your ideas. Use APA documentation style in your in-text citation, and remember to include the full citation in the reference section at the end of the paper.
- Edit your work before submission
- Avoid repetitiveness. Be direct, clear and succinct in presenting your ideas.
Develop a basic research design
$10.00This week, you will develop a basic research design, based on YOUR original topic from your literature review and problem statement assignment.
The assignment should be at least one and a half pages (double spaced), and include your name and a title for your project.
The design should describe how you will test your hypotheses. This could include qualitative and/or quantitative research strategies. Regardless of what you select, clearly describe the following:
1. What is your main research question?
2. What are your variables of interest and how are they measured? (For example:)
a. Independent variable: Sleep – measured by number of hours of sleep per night
b. Dependent variable: Coffee intake – measured by number of cups of coffee consumed per day
3. The type of data you will collect (primary or secondary? WHERE WILL THE DATA COME FROM (If secondary, which data set are you using? If primary, how will you select your sample? Will you use a random sample, convenience sample, snowball sample, etc,? Explain the procedure for accessing your sample).Will you conduct a cross-sectional or longitudinal study?
4. Will you be using qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods to analyze your data? Which type of design will you use? Describe the procedure for conducting the study. If you select an experimental design, describe the experimental sequence; If qualitative, describe the approach (ethnography, phenomenology, etc.); If mixed methods, describe the mixed methods approach (convergent, embedded, etc.); if quantitative describe how the data would be analyzed (descriptive, correlational, etc.)
2 Pages
APA – 2 References
What it would look like for a child to develop language and communication WITHOUT play
$10.00Language Development and Communication
Describe what it would look like for a child to develop language and communication WITHOUT play. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of learning language and communication without the play component.
2 pages
APA – 4 References
Case #24 Who Creates the School’s Vision? – From Case studies on educational Administration by Theodore J Kowalski
$15.00Case #24 Who Creates the School’s Vision?
From Case studies on educational Administration by Theodore J Kowalski
Questions and Reflections
- What is your definition of a visionary leader? What is the basis of your definition?
- In this case Susan alludes to a community culture. What does this mean?
- What is the nature of the potential conflict between professionalism and democracy?
- Based on your knowledge of school administration, what role should the principal play in building the school’s vision?
- Is it possible that Susan can capitalize on the conflict to produce some positive results for the district and new middle school? If so, what are these opportunities?
Additional File:
case_24_who_creates_the_school_s_vision.doc
3 Pages
APA – 3 References
Case Study #6– Let the Committee Decide (From Case Studies on Educational Administration by Theodore J Kowalski)
$10.00Case Study #6– Let the Committee Decide
From Case Studies on Educational Administration by Theodore J Kowalski
Questions and Reflections
1. Is it common for principals to react negatively to centralized controls? What information supports your conclusion on this matter?
2. Duties and responsibilities in school districts are commonly divided into distint divisions. In this case, two divisions – curriculum and business – compete for jurisdiction over a decision on petty-cash funds. What are the possible advantages of dividing administrative functions into organizational divisions?
3. What are the possible advantages of using committees to make administrative decisions?
4. What are the possible disadvantages of using committees to make administrative decisions?
Additional Files:
case_6_let_the_committee_decide.docx
2 Pages
APA – 3 Reference
Describe your understanding of what it means to be a scholar-practitioner
$10.00Scholar-practitioner paper
The paper should be two pages in length. In your paper, you should:
- Describe your understanding of what it means to be a scholar-practitioner.
- Explain the following concepts: scholar, practitioner, scholar-practitioner, and practitioner-scholar.
- Reflect on which learning model describes you the best right now and on how the scholar-practitioner model applies to you as a learner and as a professional. Create a plan for becoming a scholar-practitioner.
- Differentiate between master’s-level learning and doctoral-level learning in terms of the Scholar-Practitioner model. Describe what you expect to do differently for this degree than what you did when you completed your master’s degree.
- Integrate the articles you found during your research on the Scholar-Practitioner model into your paper.
- Adhere to APA guidelines when citing and referencing your sources and formatting your paper.
Note: Scholarly writing uses third-person narrative, unless it is awkward to do so. Because you are talking about yourself in this paper, you may write in the first person.
What constitutes language policy in deaf education
$22.50Language policy in deaf education
Question:
What constitutes language policy in deaf education? How is it theory based?
4 pages
APA – 4 References
What are models of bilingualism that deaf education can adapt
$5.00Models of bilingualism for deaf education
Question:
What are models of bilingualism that deaf education can adapt?
Theoretical foundation of bilingualism
$12.50Theories of bilingualism and bilingual education
Question:
Theoretical foundation of bilingualism:
– Francois Grosjean
– Jim Cummins
– Stephen Krashen
– Skutnab Kangas
– Steven Nover
– Plaza Plust
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According to above of the theories of bilingualism and bilingual education? Define two theory in two or three sentences. Then select one of them and describe how it applies to bilingualism in deaf education.
Case #3 – A Bully’s Threat (adapted from Theodore Kowalski)
$10.00The School Principal and the Record of Students’ Fighting
Questions and Reflections:
If you were the principal, would you consider Carl Turner’s record of fighting relevant to reaching a decision on this matter? Why or why not?
When the principal tries to find Carl, he discovers that he is not in his fourth-period class. How do you evaluate his absence from school after three periods with respect to making a decision in this case?
Assume you are the principal. How would you handle this situation?
What do you think about the security guard’s suggestion about the parents filing a complaint?
Should the police have been contacted immediately?
Additional Files:
Description of my learning style
$5.00Learners “vary” in many ways. Think about yourself as a learner then write a good description with explanations, of yourself in terms of the following:
a. Learning style (include the dimensions in learning style-field dependence and /or field independence)
b. Hemisphericity
c. Learning Modalitiy1 Page
APA – 2 References
Emergent bilinguals” is the most recent term being used by linguists to describe foreign- and second- language students
$10.00Instructions:
Answer the below question in 1 pages including short introduction, content, and short conclusion. The references must be in a separate page.
Question:
Emergent bilinguals” is the most recent term being used by linguists to describe foreign- and second- language students. What do you think of Garcia (2009) views? Would you use the same term “emergent bilinguals” with deaf children”?
References:
1- Garcia, O. (2009). Emergent bilinguals and TESOL: What’s in a name?. TESOL Quarterly, 43(2), 322-326.
2- Add at least one more reference related to deaf or ASL.
2 pages
APA – 2 References
Models of E-learning Adopted in the Middle East (CRITICAL RESPONSE)
$10.00Read the attached PDF reading and write a CRITICAL RESPONSE for it.
You can use as many references as you want but the references should be valid.Additional Files:
Models of E-learning Adopted in the Middle East by Abdulrahman A. Mirza and Mohammed Al-Abdulkareem
models_of_e-learning_adopted_in_the_middle_east.pdf
2 pages
APA – 4 References
Visual Arts In Early Childhood
$20.00Investigate, through quality* literature, why the inclusion of Visual Arts is necessary in Early Childhood programs. In your rationale, justify the importance of Visual Arts to meaning-making; creativity; cognitive and aesthetic development in young children.
*For quality literature, search academic journals; your readings; literature found on e-Reserve; and professional web links, such as those provided in this unit plan.
Additional Information:
The Reggio Emilia Philosophy
Hailed as an exemplary model of early childhood education (Newsweek, 1991), the Reggio Emilia approach to education seeks to enhance a child’s “own powers of thinking through the synthesis of all the expressive, communicative and cognitive languages” (Edwards and Forman, 1993). The Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education grew out of a city-run system of centers in Reggio Emilia, Italy designed for all children from birth through six years of age. These programs have been recognized as the best in the world, and are based upon the following principles:
Emergent Curriculum: An emergent curriculum is one that builds upon the interests of children. Topics for study are captured from the talk of children, through community or family events, as well as the known interests of children (puddles, shadow, dinosaurs, etc.). Team planning is an essential component of the emergent curriculum. Teachers work together to formulate the possible directions of a project, the materials needed, and possible parent and/or community support and involvement.
Project Work: Projects, also emergent, are in-depth studies of concepts, ideas, and interests which arise from the children. Considered as an adventure, projects may last one week or could continue throughout the school year. Throughout a project, teachers help children make decisions about the direction of study, the ways in which the group will research the topic, the medium that will demonstrate and showcase the topic, and the selection of materials needed for the work.
Representational Development: Consistent with Howard Gardner’s notion of schooling for multiple intelligences, the Reggio Emilia approach calls for the integration of the graphic arts as tools for cognitive, linguistic, and social development. Presentation of concepts in multiple forms — print, art, construction, drama, music, puppetry, and shadow play — are viewed as essential to children’s understanding of experience.
Collaboration: Collaborative group work, both large and small, is considered valuable and necessary to advance cognitive development. Children are encouraged to talk, critique, compare, negotiate, hypothesize, and problem-solve through group work. Within the Reggio Emilia approach, different approaches toward the same investigation are all valued, and thus children are given access to many tools and media to express themselves. The relationship and collaboration with the home, school and community all support the learning of the child.
Teachers as Researchers: The teacher’s role within the Reggio Emilia approach is complex. Working as co-teachers, the role of the teacher is first and foremost to be that of a learner alongside the children. The teacher is a teacher-researcher, a resource and guide as she/he lends expertise to children (Edwards, 1993). Within such a teacher-researcher role, educators carefully listen, observe, and document children’s work and the growth of community in their classroom and are to provoke, co-construct, and stimulate thinking and peer collaboration. Teachers are committed to reflection about their own teaching and learning.
Ideally, each Reggio Emilia school has an Atelier, which is a common space where students work on projects that involve clay, wire, mirrors, beautiful papers, drawing materials, paints and found objects. The Atelierista (or studio teacher) sees these materials as languages that children use to construct and express many kinds of knowledge, even before they can speak. Teachers trace the children’s discoveries through the artwork, and together with the ‘atelierista’, document and reflect on the children’s learning.
Documentation: Similar to the portfolio approach, documentation of children’s work in progress is viewed as an important tool in the learning process for children, teachers, and parents. Pictures of children engaged in experiences, their words as they discuss what they are doing, feeling and thinking, and the children’s interpretation of experience are displayed. Documentation is used as assessment of learning as well as advocacy.
Environment: Within the Reggio Emilia schools, great attention is given to the look and feel of the classroom. Environment is considered the “third teacher.” Teachers carefully organize space for small and large group projects and small intimate spaces for one, two or three children. Documentation of children’s work, plants, and collections that children have made from former outings are displayed both at the children’s and adult eye level. Common space available to all children in the school includes dramatic play areas and worktables for children from different classrooms to come together.
Features of The Reggio Emilia Approach
Teacher Role:
- to co-explore the learning experience with the children
- to provoke ideas, problem solving, and conflict resolution
- to take ideas from the children and return them for further exploration
- to organize the classroom and materials to be accessible and interesting to the child
- to organize materials to help children make thoughtful decisions
- to document children’s progress: visual, videotape, tape recording, photos, portfolios
- to help children see the connections in learning and experiences
- to help children express their knowledge through projects
- to have a dialogue about their projects with parents and other teachers
- to foster the connection between home, school and community
Projects:
- can emerge from children’s ideas and/or interests
- can be provoked by teachers
- can be introduced by teachers knowing what is of interest to children: shadows, puddles, tall buildings, construction sites, heavy equipment, nature, etc.
- should be long enough to develop over time, to discuss new ideas, to negotiate over, to induce conflicts, to revisit, to see progress, to see movement of ideas
- should be concrete, personal from real experiences, important to children, should be “large” enough for diversity of ideas and rich in interpretive/representational expression
Media:
- explore first: what is this material, what does it do, before what can I do with the material
- should have variation in color, texture, pattern: help children “see” the colors, tones, hues; help children “feel” the texture, the similarities and differences
- should be presented in an artistic manner–it too should be aesthetically pleasing to look at–it should invite you to touch, admire, inspire
- should be revisited throughout many projects to help children see the possibilities
4 pages
APA – 6 References
Children’s Rights and How to Treat Children
$10.00Admission Essay on Children’s Rights and How to Treat Children
2 Pages
APA – 3 References
Identifying a Professional Problem
$5.00For this unit’s assignment, you will consider a problem within your specialized field and explain how the problem is related to your purpose and interests. Frame up a problem within the context of an organization appropriate for your specialization focus. If you are within a higher education specialization, you will use an institution that serves post-secondary, and not P-12, students.
You will also explain how the problem you choose is relevant to your future career goals.
Complete the following:
Use the Identifying a Professional Problem Template to create a paper that has the following headings and that addresses each element below:
- Problem identification.
- Describe a problem related to your specialization that will be the focus of your project.
- Define any important terms or jargon related to your problem with which individuals outside your field may be unfamiliar.
- Define the context in which the problem occurs:
- For higher education learners, this should be an institution that serves postsecondary and not P–12 students.
- Justification for choosing the problem.
- Explain why the problem is relevant in your specialized field.
- Why is it important?
- How do you know it is significant?
- What is the scope of the problem? For instance, who is affected by the problem?
- Personal thoughts on the problem.
- Describe how this problem is relevant to your interests and purpose in your field.
- Describe your beliefs and personal point of view on this problem.
- Describe any other professional observations you have about this problem.
- Relationship of problem to specialization.
- Explain how your problem is relevant to your specialization and the goals for your master’s work: how does this problem relate to your specialization?
Additional Files:
professionalproblem_template.doc
1 Pages
APA – 1 Reference