Category: Education and Teaching Strategies

    CourseworkEducation and Teaching StrategiesITL526 Single Subject Integrated Design ILesson Planning and AssessmentNational UniversityStudent-Centered Learning

    Knowing Your Learners

    Knowing your students and their needs is crucial in developing your lesson plans.  Knowing students’ prior knowledge and their specific learning needs:  For the CalTPA, you will be expected to create a class profile that outlines the assets, funds of knowledge, special programs, students needing specific accommodations or modifications, and other important information and describe how that informs your lesson planning and teaching. This discussion will help you identify methods you could use to collect data for that class profile while also collecting the content knowledge needed to inform your lesson planning.   You will be encouraged to incorporate these...
    CourseworkEducation and Teaching StrategiesITL608 Design and Process of TeachingNational UniversitySocial and Emotional Learning (SEL)Student Development and Support

    SEL and Positive Behavior Supports

    This week, we were presented with an overview of the expansive social and emotional learning field. Through the lens of Social Emotional Learning, we examined and were presented with many strategies for developing relationships, exercising compassion and empathy, applying critical thinking and problem-solving skills, engaging in effective communication, and, through understanding human diversity, we saw how culture impacts our learning environment. For the first of this week’s assignments, we were to explore six cards to help us discover powerful practices that will impact teaching and student learning. Introduction Supporting the whole child is the goal of Social Emotional Learning. This section...