Monday, April 15, 2013

Unit 3 QTC Chapter 3



Chapter 3
(3.1) Personal and social development can have a major influence on both individual student learning and the learning environment as a whole.  Identify a case from the CSEL guidelines* that you would like to address in your paper.  Then, examine the possible developmental factors that could be influencing your target student(s) or classroom in the case study.  Consider all dimensions of personal and social development, including cognitive, language, social, emotional, and moral development. *CSEL guidelines can be found under CSEL Artifact. Cases are included at the end of the document. Choose the case that best suits your desired grade level.

         I will analyze the elementary education case study concerning Lisa’s disruptive group behavior. Lisa seems to not have the ability to put herself in someone else’s shoes or concern herself with the needs of her group members. This makes it difficult for her to understand that everyone will take turns at having different roles. She has difficulty seeing past what she wants in order to contribute to her group. Also, Lisa may not have developed the emotions and morals associated with sharing and contributing to a team. Another developmental issue could be self-efficacy. Lisa may not want to contribute because she feels that she would not be good at any other role other than the one she wants.

(3.22) Check out tables 3.1 (p. 75), 3.2 (p. 83) and 3.3 (p. 91) with particular attention to the age ranges you are interested in teaching.  Identify your personal favorite ways that an educator can promote a child’s sense of self, perspective taking, and moral reasoning skills.

The first suggestion for kindergarten through 2nd grade would be highly effective. The suggestion is to encourage students to tackle challenging tasks that they think they can accomplish. Teachers should also provide sufficient scaffolding to make this happen. Teachers and students should agree upon achievable goals and work together to meet those goals. 

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